b"SMALL BOATSGranted, the gumboots literally filledmade its way to the table that night.with water, and I had to pull themThe following day bought a second off and empty them over the side ofchance to get out and try to redeem the boat often, but the rest of body wasourselves for the failure of the previous dry and warm. Justin however, beingday. This time round we were both the stubborn Taurus that he is, wasappropriately dressed as we headed out underdressed and underprepared for thein the boat.downpour that we endured. So much rainDoubtless Bay was too windy, so we bucketed down that the back of the boatshot over to nearby Rangiputa which started filling up.Many four-letter wordsoffered more shelter, and we went off later and Justin called it a day. planning to fish the shallows of the The one and only day, in memory,Rangunu Harbour.that he has been the only one to catchThe wind wasn't too bad here, so we more fish than me, and the only day, inheaded out the channel around to the memory that we have only brought backpoint and found a short drift that proved just a single fish. A lonely old snappera hell of a lot more successful than the Softbaiting over the sand in harbours or off beaches in the shallows is a good approach.Gear FishedShimano Dailuna and Zodius rodsShimano Stradic and Twinpower reelsZ-Man softbaitsBerkley Gulp softbaitsprevious days fishing.There was quite a lot of swell, so we had to practically hold each other up and take turns casting as the boat rocked back and forth, a good core workout making up for not getting a workout in that day.We pulled several good sized pannie snapper on board and persevered fishing in winds that picked up and with lashings of rain that didn't seem to dissipate. At one point I filmed Justin trying to talk about our session for social media and you could barely hear him through the crackling of wind against the phone. Once again, Justin fared worse off than myself, miserable in the weather but that only added to my entertainment.We decided enough was enough and retired for the day and went back home 38FISHING IN GODZONE JUL/AUG 2023"