b'SOFTBAITINGUse your sounder to locate foul, rocks, kelp and drop offs from under M any Kiwi15m to target when softbaiting.anglers enjoy softbaiting and like me, it is one of my go to approaches for shallow water fishing no matter the time of year.Over summer the fish tended to school up with spawning and were also found over sand and are more widespread as they follow baitfish schools that are also prevalent.Moving into autumn and then winter with dropping water temperatures, snapper will usually head for deeper water but not always.What really dictates their movements is food availability, if they still have access to easy meals then they will stay in an area.We have seen this over the last couple of seasons on the Kaipara harbour, snapper used to move out of the shallowOnce the writer drifts harbour in May. There has been ainto a shallow area and starts getting fish strikes, noticeable difference with fish stayinghe will spot lock the in the harbour and putting on goodMinn Kota to keep condition over winter now, so they willon the spot for stay if the conditions allow. continuouscasting.42FISHING IN GODZONE JUL/AUG 2023'