lots of whiting around the river at the moment.
Submitted by crezz on Wed, 2013-10-23 12:18
so after catching a whiting yesterday while going for flatties I decided to go back today with the gekkabijin vibe and target a few whiting. first cast resulted in a 25ish cm whiting and within an hour I had landed 7 or 8 whiting all between 20-30cm. I also hooked but didn't land a flattie about 30ish cm. last pic is of yesterdays flattie.
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Tradewind
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Nice oneLast year i went for
Nice one
Last year i went for a snorkel out from the Bicton Baths and saw some big whiting
One was so big it made me wonder if King Georges wander in there occasionally
Unfortunately the schools of blowies and trumpeters outweighed any decent chance with bait to get them and I didn't think the families would appreciate some big shaved head bastard with a gidgee getting in the water with their kids about
Versus
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pretty sure all spearing
pretty sure all spearing illegal in the river
Tradewind
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I do remember something about
I do remember something about no spearguns, but it's probably worded as spearfishing which would incorporate gidgees too
chrisd
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Dropped a big Whiting from the rocks at Freo yesterday
Caught a few small ones too. It was without a doubt my PB, sick as a chip.
Super peg
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Sorry crezz is that a popper
Sorry crezz is that a popper u got the whiting one? Or bibless
The art of fishing consists of casting, winding, trolling and jigging
while freezing, sweating, swatting and swearing.
Wookiee
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thats great news. Heading to
thats great news. Heading to Mandurah for a popper/stickbait session on Sunday. Probably early but see how we go.
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crezz
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super peg
its just a vibe a bit like the TT blades. whiting can't get enough of them. small TT ghost blades, river2sea baby vibe and the gekkis all work well in the deep channels.
Super peg
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Thanks mate!
Thanks mate!
The art of fishing consists of casting, winding, trolling and jigging
while freezing, sweating, swatting and swearing.
bitten
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what sort of gear are you
what sort of gear are you using to get them light lures out
crezz
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the gekkis aren't that light
the gekkis aren't that light about 7g I think but I usualy just use my trout gear for whiting. 1000 daiwa luvius with 4lb braid and 4lb leader and 1-3kg dropshot rod. this time I wanted to cast a bit further so I was using daiwa sol 2500 with a 7ft6 2-4kg rod, cast light lures a mile with that thing.