b'snapper keep smashing them.ItThe Yakima top water box is a great accessory is one of the only places I haveon the Triton, keeping the surf rods ready until seen this as you usually need toneeded while in transport to the beach.drift to work softbaits effectively.The snapper are also found out on the west coast year-round, with so few calm days every month for boats to reach them, the population is very healthy and when you do get out, they just seem to be ravenous with many from 10-20lb in size.Remember out west the snapper limit is 10 fish per angler, so you can quickly fill the bin and need to return fish if you dont have enough bin space with a few anglers onboard.I would suggest going with an experienced beach launching local and have at least two other crew members to help launch, two hold the boat while skipper parks the 4x4 up high in the dunes.KAIPARA HARBOURThe great thing about the Kaipara Harbour is that is so massive, you can always find a calm spot to hide up and fish.The infamous graveyard in front of the old Pouto lighthouse is a great place to drive to at low tide and surfcast out in front of.If conditions are good and the swell is 1.5m or under, then the boat fishing at the graveyard is another place where big moochers lurk.I know of several 30lb fish caught here and have hooks bent or flattened on huge snapper we couldnt land.Often when the fish turn up in force and the baits are all getting hit bringing them underneath after a good 15-20 minutes of fishing, we switch to softbaits and simply drop them at anchor, and the snapper keep smashing them. /FISHINGINGODZONE15'