b"BERLEY BRINGS BITE ONWith several good snapper landedThe berley started doing the trick, the Tony and Grant released plenty more. fish were on the bite as they say. Jarv was fishing a three-hook flasher rig and I was slow jigging, but it soon became apparent the fish weren't interested in jigs so I switched to a flasher rig as well and Jarv picked up his Benda-2 as he could see how much fun I was having on my lightweight rod.The fish started to get bigger and bigger, we had a couple of nice ten pounders on board. As well as a few fat pannies. We kept about 6-7 fish and threw twice as many back which were unharmed and healthy to release. We could have easily caught our limit of 20 snapper, but there was no need.Jarv muttered quietly while playing a good fish, This is a bit bigger, which is not like him to say anything so it must have been a good fish.Sure enough after a bit tug of war between the angler and fish, a beauty snapper was netted The guys called in to Mr.which went 77cm after measuring.After Grumpy's for takeaway after aa few pics we tried to put it back but it good trip out in Mr. Happy. was done coming up from that depth on lighter gear, so we humanely dispatched it to take home.Along with the snapper we caught trevally, gurnard, kahawai, coutta (top bait), mackerel and a small blue shark.With the change of tide, the swell dropped and sitting on the back of a wave the trip back in was uneventful. We called Muzza up once more before he fell asleep to let him know we were safely inside the channel.After washing the boat down, filleting the fish and packing it away we went to the Manawatu Hotel for a quiet beer and reflected on a momentous day. We faced our fears and came out the other side as fortune really does favour the bold.On the way back we stopped at Mr Grumpy's takeaway and grabbed a top gourmet The hardtop was a blessing for this andand see what happened. As Jarv wentburger. Mr Happy visits Mr Grumpy, now then we were out, we called up Muzzaabout setting up his dirty old flasher rigthat's a photo opportunity!FIGZagain and let him know we made it safelyon an old boat rod and cutting up baits. and his reply was, Don't be too late boysI excitedly put a 120gm orange slow jig as Ill be asleep on the couch at 8.30! on my new pink coloured Benda-2 slow Roger that Muzza. jigging set and dropped it down, it quicklyTop TipsHeading out we examined the charthit the bottom as there was literally no plotter and there was a bit of a lump ontide running at all. STAY: FOXTON BEACH HOLIDAY PARK the 40m contour, straight out from theAfter no time I felt the familiar hit of a+LAUNCH: Manawatu Boating Club river mouth which coincided where thesmall snapper on my jig and proceeded$10.00 launching feemuddy brown water stopped and becameto reel it in but for some reason it came+EAT: Mr Grumpy's Takeawaysbeautiful blue water. off. I looked over to see Jarv had one on+COFFEE: Little White Rabbit CafeOn arrival at the mark, we stoppedas well. This looked good so we anchored+FUEL AND SUPPLIES: Foxton Beachthe boat to watch the drift and thereand deployed the berley pot withFour Square (GAS)was none, so we decided not to anchorMurphy's Brew dry berley. /FISHINGINGODZONE61"