b'LURE FISHINGCoupa Cushman hooked a kingfish in the early part of the workup season off Mangawhai. The biggest snapper of a trip fell to this Z-Man PaddlerZ. Life-like and convincing, softbaits are a good lure to use around those workups when things are tough.QUICK DROPPING JIGSI will often switch out the softbaits for heavier lures like slow pitch or slim designed jigs when the kahawai are thick. To make slow pitch lures really do their stuff you have to be masterful on the wand,lifting and working the lure properly.Oceans Legacy Hybrid Contact slow pitch jigs are a good option and can often account for kingfish in the work ups. If I am fishing two rods, then a heavy skirted lure like a slider or inchiku lure can work fine if being just dragged along in the holder while I work the slow pitch jigs.If the workups are going nuts, then Kingfish are oftengoing with the larger lures may score the present under workupsbigger fish. Large snapper like to eat more and this one was taken on an 80gm Fish Finger. protein with each bite so if it is less effort 14FISHING IN GODZONE SEP/OCT 2021'