jenno64 Posted November 29, 2009 Share Posted November 29, 2009 (edited) Headed out this morning and couldn't find any poddies so after a couple of trolls with my usual flatty lures I picked up some pinkies and a 20cm trumpeter whiting which I kept for a bait. The wind blew up about 9am so we headed over to the leeward side of the river and tried a drift with some plastics. On the first drift we were being blown at about 5 knots and the livey line screams. After a few minutes, a good flatty came up strangled by the other line which was snagged on the bottom. I pedalled over to a beach to see if she was still OK but she was rolling upside down and battle scared so I kept her. She went 76cm and ended up feeding six of us tonight. After gutting plenty of good flatties and finding whiting in the gut, my theory paid off. Edited November 29, 2009 by jenno64 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xtosea Posted November 29, 2009 Share Posted November 29, 2009 Nice work, my mates use them as live bait for Big Jews and do quite well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rush Posted November 29, 2009 Share Posted November 29, 2009 Headed out this morning and couldn't find any poddies so after a couple of trolls with my usual flatty lures I picked up some pinkies and a 20cm trumpeter whiting which I kept for a bait. The wind blew up about 9am so we headed over to the leeward side of the river and tried a drift with some plastics. On the first drift we were being blown at about 5 knots and the livey line screams. After a few minutes, a good flatty came up strangled by the other line which was snagged on the bottom. I pedalled over to a beach to see if she was still OK but she was rolling upside down and battle scared so I kept her. She went 76cm and ended up feeding six of us tonight. After gutting plenty of good flatties and finding whiting in the gut, my theory paid off. Are the Striped trumpeters any good for live bait? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny doi Posted November 30, 2009 Share Posted November 30, 2009 mate do you ever have a unproductive days fishing?LOL.you always seem to produce the goods,good onya jenno64.i bet youv lost count of how many flatties youv hauled into your kayak.im sure it would have to be in the hundreds. cheers johnny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hodgey Posted November 30, 2009 Share Posted November 30, 2009 Beaut flattie, Rob. A shame it perished on you but sometimes there is nothing you can do. On the upside though, the family enjoyed a nice feed! Have you tried trolling the SX60s yet? Cheers Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basil D Posted November 30, 2009 Share Posted November 30, 2009 Ive never tried whiting for bait, will give is a go next time I go for them. cheer Basil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jewiehaven Posted November 30, 2009 Share Posted November 30, 2009 Live Whiting are GUN bait for big Jewies. The only problem is Whiting are SO tasty on the plate I find it hard to thread one out live when I can eat the swet flesh, lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenno64 Posted November 30, 2009 Author Share Posted November 30, 2009 Hodgey the SX60s sound the goods...do they dive abit deeper than the 40s? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diesel Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 who could pass up a whiting mmmm nice flattie guys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregL Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 (edited) NIce flattie, they are a sucker for live baits. If the whitting were not really on the chew I'd chuck one out. Makes two fishfingers into a meal for six! WHitting don't come off the hook because of their nice strong rubbery nose area, doesn't get eaten, it would later back at home. Good one Rob G ps just thought of something, you yakkers need a fish craddle/ measurer on your crafts. Something like a piece of pipe cut in half length ways so the fish can lay in it without sliding around to much and have a measure sticker on the bottom of the pipe where the fish lies. Edited December 1, 2009 by GregL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krispy ! Posted December 2, 2009 Share Posted December 2, 2009 ive used whiting pieces for bait before and have had some results but i've never actually thought of sending them out for livebait. Great thinking and welldone on a beaut flattie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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