b'Feature CJ scored a fat 50cm trev onbeach was looking good for fishing tuatua baits from the hole. over the weekend as it had been very calm all week on the west side with a super moon with easterly winds, and boats had been beach launching to head off the coast and bin up on fat spring snapper.After a good late arvo session on the beach, rigging surfcasters, practice casting and getting some fresh baits for the next day, we enjoyed a cold beer as the sun started to set, and the warm water made it feel like summer was in touching distance.We got back to the bach to find a few more of the crew had arrived from Auckland, so we cooked a barbie and enjoyed their company, catching up and drinking, asking after each other and reminiscing about all the old stories from our collective past.This was one of the key reasons why we all commit to making the annual trip, and to honour our mate.This year the plan was made toShawn with one of several kahawai that was return to where we grew up incaught in the hole over the incoming tide.Dargaville and where Iain was a farmer and fished off Ripiro Beach. This time we stayed out at Baylys Beach and surfcast for snapper.The snapper population and surfcasting out west has recovered from the terrible days of the 80s and 90s when you struggled to catch them and is now some of the best surfcasting Ive seen around Godzone.FRIDAY RECONI picked up CJon the Friday morning, one of the Auckland boys who came to fish on many of the trips with Potz, and we headed up to Dargy as the plan was to help net in the surf for fresh mullet baits and do some recon for better spots to fish on the beach.The rest of the crew were driving up from Hamilton and Auckland on Friday night or Saturday morning to join the few Dargaville boys who still lived in our old hometown.The 12FISHING IN GODZONE MAGAZINE'