b'DESTINATION Our crew consisted of; Craig Tubba Clements, Shawn House, Brian Snooks, Scott Bibby, Kel Cashin, Dom Sutton, Sam Bloore, Damien Webs Styles, Alex, and Josh Hyland.Unfortunately, twelfth member Derek Bradley couldnt make it up to join us as he was sick and isolating in case of the dreaded C-word.DAY 1RECON Most of the crew had planned to meet at Reef Lodge on Thursday night to get a day on the water on the Friday before the comp started on Saturday, with a few others coming up from Auckland on Friday.I planned to meet Scott from Hamilton in Auckland on the way through to pick him up and we arrived at Rangiputa at 8:30pm to find a couple of the boys boats parked up and no-one there?I phoned Tubba who said they were along the beach surfcasting with the sun setting.Scott and I drove the Triton up the beach to find them pulling in nice pan sized snapper and trevs.The night Kelly was catching goodbefore a local had scored two 6kg fish pannies for the tablefrom the same spot!The harbour fishes using the Black Magicwell right in front of the accommodation Sunakku 60gm jig. and you dont need to travel far.Launching is simple right in front of the lodge on the sand as the three teams hit the water early on Saturday to vie for the trophy.56FISHING IN GODZONE JAN/FEB 2023'