b'Feature Upon landing on the floor of the Oceanpro 460, it spat out a small mackerel the size of the 5 softbait it had struck.The day before I had also tied freshboat.My drift started at 15m andNUKED CHICKEN RESULT30lb leader to the 20lb braid on thethen as the boat moved in closer toI went with a Nuked Chicken 5 Jerk Daiwa Sol reel, as I had been bustedthe shoreline about 100m away, theShadz, the red and green coloured off before on good fish and I wanteddepth ranges from only 2-5m withZ-Man stands out and in the clear to ensure I landed them in thisa lot of boulders covered in kelp forshallow waters I thought it could get tough terrain. fish to hide. some interest today.On the very I first selected a Z-Man Jerk ShadzDrifting and casting, the conditionsfirst cast, it got smacked as soon as 5 Atomic Sunrise to rig on the Lightwere ideal as it was almost high tide,it hit the water!Wow, I must have Bulb 1/2oz jig head, as the brightand the heavy cloud cover blockeddropped it right on the fishs head I orange softbait had proved a goodthe sun which can sometimes deterthought as the weight soon came on colour for snapper from past tripsfish from hanging about in theand the Lanza rod bent over hard, and when fishing here. shallows.I didnt get much interestline stripped from the Daiwa 4000 The first few casts are often theafter a dozen casts, which was oddsized reel at speed.best as you drift in for the first timeso after moving using the Minn KotaI was juggling the rod and Go-Pro and work the softbait back to theI switched softbait colours. trying to both film and fight the fish, 18FISHING IN GODZONE MAGAZINE'