slam354 Posted April 9, 2013 Share Posted April 9, 2013 Hi Raiders.I took advantage of the great weather yesterday afternoon and had a session in the lower harbour's sandy spots with a high tide around 7.00pm I thought it would be worth trying.Got there around 4.00pm and fished till 9.00pm.I was using bloodworms for bait and noticed that on numerous occasions the hooks were bitten off with no bites or movement of the rod tip.At first I thought it was tailor but came to the conclusion that it is probably crabs or toads.Anyway after losing at least 6 hooks I finally started to catch some whiting the fish only bit for a period of two hours around the top of the tide.As the water is very shallow light leaders and minimal lead is necessary as are small shank hooks to allow the fish to swallow the baits.The whiting were around the 29 to 34cm range and the bream and tarwhine were legal fish.Anyway an enjoyable afternoon with a few fish for tea. Cheers Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sammy Posted April 9, 2013 Share Posted April 9, 2013 Nice catch there champ gotta love the bloodies on a rising tide! my fav bait ..Whiting can't resist Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowie Posted April 9, 2013 Share Posted April 9, 2013 A good feed of fish, especially the whiting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scratchie Posted April 9, 2013 Share Posted April 9, 2013 What about leather jackets on the bitten hooks? Do they frequent that area? Just a thought! Congrats on the feed btw. Cheers scratchie!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wchh Posted April 9, 2013 Share Posted April 9, 2013 Beautiful looking fish there! top catch! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mulcahya Posted April 9, 2013 Share Posted April 9, 2013 (edited) The jacket will definitely do that to ya. I doubt it would be crabs, as they would tend to get tangled. Nice haul though! Edited April 9, 2013 by Baffler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slam354 Posted April 9, 2013 Author Share Posted April 9, 2013 Thanks guys it could be leatherjackets however have never caught one in the area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRIER Posted April 9, 2013 Share Posted April 9, 2013 Nice whiting, big toads tend to do that as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keflapod Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 G'day Steve, I find the big soccerball-sized toads will slowly move up to the bait and eat it spaghetti style, then bite thru the line. You will never see the rod tip move. Check the trace. You will usually see one or two 'squashed line" marks on the trace, just above the bite-off point. Their teeth are not that sharp but rather they sever the line with a scissor style bite that squashes the line until it parts. Believe me you'd rather have them take the hook than bringing them into the boat for a photo. I once netted one because it was so big and I wanted to photograph it. It blew itself up after biting the line, while in the net. It's spikes got tangled in the net and I couldn't get it out until it deflated itself.... I had to keep the net in the water, with the toad in it, for a while...... so I couldn't use the net on the other fish until the toad calmed down to detangle itself from the netting.... Lesson learnt.... Nice catch by the way - the whiting are beautiful.... Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slam354 Posted April 10, 2013 Author Share Posted April 10, 2013 Thanks Tony for the info on the toads. Have you been fishing out on the bay of late? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tide'n'knots Posted April 13, 2013 Share Posted April 13, 2013 nice feed of whiting steve, I will have to organise a trip in my boat soon with you. I got a really good whiting on thursday night while fishing for jew and have wanted to try that spot with worms for a while now as the whiting are very common on the jew baits at this spot and they are big too! I have 2 weeks off work in may so I will be in touch and see what we can tee up. pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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