b'NETTING The ability to read a beach is also key, you shouldnt net in holes where deeper water and rips are, or where a sand bank with potholes are found on the beach.Flat areas of beach are best for safer netting and also ensuring fish cant get under the net when dragging.When you net it is best to always do so with at least 3-4 people to help drag the net, clear fish and assist the netters as it is tiring work pulling in the net against the surges.It is back breaking work and you want to be reasonably fit and strong, you can also alternate with people taking turns to pull the net.Wearing a full body wetsuit is a good idea to keep you warm and additional buoyancy.DIRTY WATERWhen you drive along the beach, the key to finding mullet is where the dirty brown water is found.This indicates plankton and the lighter golden-brown coloured water is the best.A good pair of polarised sunnies helps spot fish surfing down the waves or see their small heads popping out of the water as they feed.Again, you want to find dirtier coloured water with fish present on areas of flat Godzones longest beachbeach and often these places also have Ripiro off Dargaville, offersworm beds which are a favoured food for some of the best drag nettingflounder, which are a welcome bycatch for mullet in the country. for the table when netting in surf.Mullet will come into the shallows in summer and autumn in the warmer water to feed.32FISHING IN GODZONE MAR/APR 2023'