b'SURFCASTINGSaturday was a stunning spring day, but the bright conditions didnt help the fishing.Shawn walked it out in knee deep water for release.Another larger wave arrived and now standing in thigh deep water, the shark turned on him and he moved quickly out of its way only to stumble on an unseen pothole, landing face first in the water with the shark just behind him!Brian winds in a pannie inI wanted to get some fresh bait and my the sheltered harbour onfavourite surfcasting bait for big snapper the Tica Kazumi. is trevally.I was down the beach at 8am casting a tuatua baited hook out into a hole and on the second cast a fat trev smashed it and I had my fresh snapper bait in the bin.BRIGHT CONDITIONSAt 10:30am the guys arrived in their utes, and we headed off in convoy on the retreating tide along Ripiro Beach.It takes about 40 minutes from Baylys Beach to drive the longest beach in Godzone to reach our fishing spot just below the lighthouse at Pouto.The day was stunning with clear blue sky and sun out, with a brisk south-west wind which provided a bit of a chill.This fortunately died out and with little wind the sea conditions were calm at the famous graveyard.Low tide was around 1pm and the five of us started fishing around 11:30am and anticipation was high after hearing about recent stories of good snapper over 10lb being caught up in the harbour which was early for this time of year.12FISHING IN GODZONE NOV/DEC 2021'