b'KAIPARA SHALLOWS Brian Snooks scored a good fish on a softbait while drifting over the sand banks.Snapper, kingfish and even gurnard are venturing up into the shallows (under 3m) to feed up on baby mussels, crabs, sprats, and other crustaceans such as mantis shrimp that live in this healthy eco-system.They seem to know they have a short window in late summer through to early winter before the heavy rain period arrives and flushes them out of the upper harbourreaches.62FISHING IN GODZONE MAY/JUN 2021'