b'SURFCASTINGI like to fish off these banks from two hours before low to one hour coming in, you will get snapper feeding hard over this period off the sand banks.They are coming here to feed on tuatua, crabs and sea biscuits (sand dollars), which seem to be everywhere out west.I tend to arrive early and dig fresh shellfish which is safely wrapped in elastic cotton on my KLT Recurve 6/0 hook and usually it gets hammered by a snapper or trevally on theThe FIGZ ute is well first cast.I have recently caught my twoequipped with the Yakima largest 65cm+ snapper in late spring onFresh Track rod holders, the fresh trevally I just landed.I normallynote in the background wouldnt do this as prefer the trevs forhow far out the tide is on a sashimi, but if I get a couple, I will usefull moon and the exposed sand bank to cast from.one for bait and the big dog snapper love it!New moon is usually the best forBIG CASTS technique, streamline your tackle, and surfcasting on the west coast, fullTo really get into the areas where theseensure you have a quality surfcaster.moon can also fire as well and eithersnapper are feeding off the sand banks,Get someone to video you on the side of these moon phases can bringyou want to be achieving longer castsbeach as you practice casting to view top surfcasting.Ideally, you want toover 80m to 100m+.I have fishedyour casting style, doing this in slow-be looking for settled swell conditionsopposite other anglers who were onlymotion will also really open your eyes as of under 1.5m so you arent gettinggetting 60-75m casts and not pickingto how it looks.I cant believe how much smashed by big sets coming in andup the larger fish.So, the best way toyour rod flexes and moves when slowed breaking onto the sand banks. cast longer is to practice, examine yourdown, it is cool to see.A big cast is needed to reach the larger snapper further out, CJ achieves good throws using a Tica Galant. 12FISHING IN GODZONE JAN/FEB 2021'