Michael Hatte Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 (edited) I arrived on christmas day and the weather was awful, the region had about a heap of rain in 48 hours and the rivers were a mess. Lucky enough the big tides flushed the rivers quite quickly and it was'nt long before the river was back to normal and we planed to hit the whiting in a major way. Ive traveled up here with a good mate who grew up in the area and has good knowledge of the system so was'nt long before we were into some great catchs during the morning run-in tide. Regular catchs of 20-30 whiting a morning and some great fish up to 40cm A little bit of bad weather set in for a few days and the wind got the best of us so we decided to mix it up a little and hit the Kalang river which is a little more protected from the wind. Flicked a few shore lines for lizards but they did'nt wont to come and play so we moved out to a break wall that leads out to sea, nothing happened with the plastics so i changed to a large Strike Pro Blade and first cast was absoulutly smoked by a large powerful fish that i had no chance stoping so close to the break wall Attached another blade but this time i was switched on, a few more cast and again the lure was belted and the fish was doing all it could to find it home in the wall, bazza got on the leccy and together we pulled the fish out into deep water, a few tight moments and we got a look at it, to my amazement there was a large Estuary Cod that went 4.5lb and and so far has been the highlight of the trip for me. The last few sessions have been a little tough on the whiting but still filling the esky slowly throughout the morning and returning by lunch to replenish our fluid levels and hit the beach in the afternoons to stock up on worms. Two best whiting of the trip so far have been nudging the 45cm mark and have both gone like trains in only inchs of water!!! Weather has turned a little nasty again with s-se winds 20-30knts forcasted for the next few day so ive planned to head west for the fresh water and get stuck into these Mid-North Coast Bass!!!!! HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!! Mick Edited January 3, 2011 by bloopin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rafinx Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 Great report mate, and those whitings looks like rippers, that would be fun fighting them on one inch of water lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul.kenny Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 Great report Mick, an outstanding haul of whiting and nice estuary cod. I have seen some nice whiting cruising the flats in Wooloware Bay but they haven't been interested in my surface lures or SPs. The weather has been testing all of us and it doesn't look like abating. cheers Paul. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dhype Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 Fantastic haul of whiting you have there! Nothing beats a feed of whiting fillets...! Well done Cheers Trung Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MOE^MOE Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 (edited) awsome haul mate iv been get 40 cm whiting consistently and there great eating great catch been Edited January 3, 2011 by SQUIDIN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flattyman Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 Great report Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenno64 Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 Fantastic bag of slappers there and acouple that look like KG whiting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamerz84 Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 great stuff mick those elbow slappers are huge the would be great fun on light gear. good onya with the cod that would of been a surprise. the weather isnt any better down here mate so good onya for being out there and having a go. cheers hamerz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnv Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 Wow Mick sounds like u all had a absolute ripper of a time up there mate, great lookin whiting plenty of excellent feed & great report aswell well done cheers john Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FISHARK Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 Well done good report Great catch of whitings and yes there is a couple of KG's !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hodgey Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 Great work Mick! A beaut feed of whiting. 40+cm is a crackin' whiting, and to get more than one of that size is GOLD Cheers Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
werris Posted January 4, 2011 Share Posted January 4, 2011 I reckon I could eat all those Whiting by myself...YUM!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mgourlas Posted January 4, 2011 Share Posted January 4, 2011 well done!! They are great to eat aren't they. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaman Posted January 4, 2011 Share Posted January 4, 2011 Mad report these whitings would look very nice on the barbee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gator Posted January 4, 2011 Share Posted January 4, 2011 I dream of catching whiting in numbers like that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aleung Posted January 4, 2011 Share Posted January 4, 2011 Awesome catch, cannot remember when it was last time that I caught some many whitings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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