b'FeatureSECOND DAY"What I did notice aboutfish, but it seemed the baitfish Launching from Te Kouma againschools had a large school of pan early, we were out in front of thehis jig was that the twin- sized snapper amongst them and we harbour scanning the sky with theassist hooks used, hadreleased many fish that morning.binos looking for moving gannetsTrolling the mackerel around for or dolphins.All the birds werethe little white luminousa kingfish while softbaiting in the heading south towards Thames,feathers or tinsel on themshallows was also quiet.We had so we followed them and foundkept several fish for our families the area near the mussel farmsthat glow.They imitatebut released many more, the bigger was packed with baitfish. a small white bait, couldstring-pulling fish just werent The odd lone gannet was divingabout, but the jig versus softbait amongst working terns, withthis be the difference? comparison was interesting.the sounder chocka with baitTo me it highlighted that by below between 20-25m so weseveral large Jack mackerel whichfishing with different lures you can both adopted using smaller 4I kept for live baits in the tank. determine a pattern the fish are softbaits on light jig heads (1/2After an hour of steady action,going for and you can try mixing oz tooz).We both got interestbut with an absence of larger fish,things up for a while, but if one immediately and started catchingGraeme went back to this favouredmethod is producing more action on 32-34cm pan sized snapper andjig to see if he could land a biggerthe day, you are best to duplicate it.68FISHING IN GODZONE MAGAZINE'