b'35th King of BY MATHEW HEWETSONthe Kaipara Editor Matt Hewetsontrolling lures or deploying live baits. the harbour he rarely needs to I had organised to fish with atravel far from the boat ramp.returned to his homegood mate from my Dargy days,Webs was keen to see how I waters to fish in the 35thDamian Webs Styles in his Senatorused softbaits in the faster 5-6 540, who now lives in Mangawhaiknot current at the graveyard and King of the Kaipara contest. and was keen to experiencehis son Jordan was also going to T he mighty Kaiparasoftbaiting at the graveyard.Websjoin us on the day.I crashed the has fished the Kaipara oftennight with them in Mangawhai on has a soft spot inin recent years, but with suchthe Friday night and we woke to my heart, it is thegood fishing in the shallows ofa stunning day with little wind.harbour closest to my hometown of Dargaville where IJordan scored his PB snapper grew up and wherewhile softbaiting on the day of the King of the Kaipara.I still return to fish often to this day.It is a rugged place out on the west side and as the largest harbour in the Southern Hemisphere, it offers top fishing for most inshore species right on Aucklands doorstep.The King of the Kaipara has been going for 35 years now and was set up and is still run by Mike Nola, the local Dargaville tackle store owner.The one-day contest offers prizes for the top three weighed trevally, kahawai, gurnard, snapper and of course kingfish.I caught my first kingie here as a teenager on my uncles boat by trolling a Rapala along the edge of the huge sand banks that are exposed at low tide.Kingfish round up mullet gathering in the shallow warm water along the sand banks and is one of the prime spots to target kings by/FISHINGINGODZONE35'