Tips on Catching Whiting

 

Light line the trick to catching a feed of whiting

These are the top tricks you need to catch these delicious but fussy feeding Australian table fish:

  • Your line should be as light as possible. Whiting usually caught in sandy snag free areas so you can comfortably use one or two-kilo mainline and leaders.
  • If you need a sinker for a bait rig, make it as small as is practical for the prevailing water movement and depth.
  • Bait fishers should employ small long-shank hooks and use several rods for each angler, cast out in a fan pattern, to increase your water coverage.
  • Rig each rod with different bait until you see what is most popular on the day. Use fresh yabbies or bloodworms - it’s fun to catch them and more effective than frozen bait.
  • Focus on sand flats close to where you find your bait and keep changing your location if you don’t get a bite within 20 minutes.
  • Once you find a school, try casting small poppers around for bigger whiting - you might even find a flathead by accident.
 
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