b'Feature The main prize for all anglersDAY 2: MANGAWHAI COASTis the $40k Frewza F15 andThe Saturday weather was looking Honda BF60 boat package. bad, with westerly wind going up to 28 knots and stormy fronts for the west side so it meant we might sneak out over the Mangawhai bar and look for a workup to jig under for snapper and kingies.We just took the Oceanpro centre console out with Graeme and Snooks joining me as we crossed the bar and headed up to fish in close softbaiting the heads with no fish landed.Looking out in the choppy conditions and we could see diving birds, so we pushed out in the chop and trolled lures amongst the working birds.Although there was an abundance of bait near the surface, minimal activity was detected beneath it. After several hours of jigging, we only managed to catch a few gurnard, which were not eligible for inclusion in the competition.They would be Jared Beynon was drawncoming home for the pan though.to win the boat and posesAfter persevering in uncomfortable in the middle with contestconditions for the morning, with organisers Wanye and Dan.the wind gain strength it meant we couldnt get out wide to look for Charlie Guy scored the top Daiwaa workup and we disappointedly combo for the longest snapperpulled the pin on our fishing.with his epic 86.5cm fish. Back in at Webs place we checked the leader board on the app and Lure Masters social media to see some great results and photos for anglers fishing further up the Northland coast, with a huge 86.5cm snapper leading which ended up taking the top snapper spot for angler Charlie Guy.Overall, the weather was challenging but anglers still managed to get onto some great fish with the top 10 snapper caught all over 80cm (20lb fish) and kahawai in the 50cm range for prizes, with the kingfish top 10 from 1290mm1095mm.FOR 2026 TICKETS & INFOwww.nzluremasters.co.nz16FISHING IN GODZONE MAGAZINE'