b'Softbaiting in the Kaipara means you need heavier jig heads with the 5-knot current and I would tend to favour 3/4oz or 1oz jig heads when at anchor with the Minn Kota on spot lock.shallows of the Kaipara before so was eager to try something new.Launching on the concrete ramp at 7am and it was very still, with no wind and calm water, we headed down past the Tinopai settlement and could see terns working and kahawai busting up on the surface near a marker by a reef.We approached carefully to cast softbaits at the action to score a couple of kahawai for fresh baits, snapper on the Kaipara love these baits and it often proves a winner when fishing in the harbour off the boat or surfcasting.After putting a couple fish in the bin, we shot around the corner and went north to find a deeper hole and use the Minn Kota to hold our position.Deploying berley and fresh cut kahawai baits, it took about 15 minutes to get some interest and the smaller fish arrived first.I explained to Adrian that itGraeme was enjoying the red-hot snapper action in the morning.usually took about 20 minutes for the better fish to arrive in numbers when suddenly he hooked a goodinvestigate using the Lowrance 12experienced.With the abundance fish that tore line from his reel. sounder.As soon as we came overof food in the Kaipara, the snapper It gave him a good fight and soonthe hole, there was a massive schoolreally put on top condition over had a nice 50cm+ fish at the boat.Iof bait fish, so I quickly deployed theautumn into winter that I believe was confident that it was the startMinn Kota again while we droppedare the best time to eat them.of the run around the outgoing tide,baits and softbaits into the sign. At midday we made the call to stop but it proved a bit quiet over theThe action was much better as wefishing to have lunch in the inner next 2 hours as we only caught asoon caught snapper in the 40- harbour to test out the Lowrances few fat 35-40cm fish that we kept. 50cm range and several large 2kg+other features and with a healthy It was after 10am and the tidekahawai.Adrian was commentingbin of a dozen fat snapper, we was about to turn to come in, sohow well conditioned the snapperhad enough fish to take home we made the call to move southwere compared to fish on thefor our families (even though we and found another deeper hole toeast coast after a recent trip hecould take 20 snapper in total). /FISHINGINGODZONE61'