b'JOHN DORYScott Cushman scored a nice dory when live baiting off the Coromandel.Just twitch your rod casually with aorange softbaits have been deadly on JDsdelicate mouth or arent even hooked slow wind on the handle, leaving it everyand would be my go-to softie for targetingat all, with the live bait wedged in their so often and let the boat pull it alongthem.The other upside is that snapper,large mouth.with its drift.A lighter jig head ofoz ortrevally, gurnard, and kingfish also loveTake it easy when bringing the fish up less is also best to prevent those snagsthis colour, so you have all bases covered. and when you see it at the surface, always when being fished closer to the bottomcall for the net.So many dories are lost this way. GO STEADY & USE NET when at the boat as anglers attempt to Flicking softbaits around reefs, over theWhen a JD strikes your softbait or livelift in the non-struggling fish, only for sand near harbour mouths or even aroundbait, there is no big run of line screamingthe hook to rip out of its soft mouth and wharves or channel markers whereoff your reel at speed, typically it is justwatch it swim (slowly) back to the bottom. baitfish hide, will bring more success.Ia dead weight. When you start windingSo, this winter head out with a plan to put have also discovered over the past fewdown and lifting the rod, it feels like youmore John dory into your fish bin and you years that my catch rate for dory hashave got kelp or foul hooked a fish.Fromwill be surprised by how many you catch increased dramatically when using Z-Manhere, be careful how you bring up theand the bycatch benefit of other species 5 Atomic Sunrise lures.These brightfish, often they are just hooked in theiryou will often bag.FIGZ34FISHING IN GODZONE JULY/AUGUST 2022'