W4z Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 This arvo I went down to the sand flats in Port Hacking river and around 6pm the wind dropped off a bit. There was an insect hatch and whiting started rising and picking them off the surface. Is this common for whiting? I haven't heard of it before. It was great to watch and made me wish I had my fly rod with me. I wonder if how picky they would be with flies. I think that most of the rising whiting were small, but I did see some good ones in there including a 40cm model that came around behind me. It also made me wonder if they are looking up and taking insects off the top, then would it be a good time to use poppers. Unfortunately I only realised when I was out there that my poppers were at home so couldn't give them a go. It's a goal of mine to get one on popper this summer, and then one on popper on the fly rod. Should be fun. Some pics of the insects Cheers, Waz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blood Knot Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 Good post and pics of bugs Waz Just match the hatch ie: shallow diving minnows in clear & red or poppers the same colour. I would like to get one on fly too, should be easier as the water warms.Good luck Cheers Blood Knot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryder Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 They are termites. They only fly on the hot days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest no one Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 Interesting considering Whiting have a bottom feeders mouth making it hard for the to hit the surface like say a Tailor... good post! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W4z Posted November 14, 2014 Author Share Posted November 14, 2014 Cheers guys. Even though I only hooked one fish yesterday (around 25cm and dropped it at my feet) it was still a great afternoon. I learnt a few things for next time. I didn't know they would go for minnows, thanks blood knot I'll give that a go next time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blood Knot Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 Here are a couple of whiting taken on various lures. I phone pics are not great sorry. ecogear minnow surface walker Rover R to Sea popper Cheers Blood Knot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitchie18092 Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 Interesting post, do you think it's still too early to be targeting them off the surface? Certainly looking forward to cracking my first on a lure!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W4z Posted November 15, 2014 Author Share Posted November 15, 2014 Some nice fish there blood knot. I went down again yesterday afternoon with some poppers and flicked around. It was pretty slow. Got one fish that was lucky to be 20cm. Decided to wade back to shore and pull it along to get a photo but halfway there the hook pulled. Had another hit later but no hook up. Maybe to early or could have been weather/tide conditions. Cheers Waz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blood Knot Posted November 16, 2014 Share Posted November 16, 2014 Yep - struggled to pin a fish on topwater lures this morning - tide not great and a barometer a bit low + water could be a bit warmer is my excuse LOL. Picked up 3 on blades so the buggers were around - maybe should have been using a darker colour popper to standout against this morning's dull sky. Cheers Blood Knot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitchie18092 Posted November 16, 2014 Share Posted November 16, 2014 Had a crack just before for an hour or so as well. Lots of follows, couple of hits but were a bit small to hook up. Wind didn't make life any easier either. Good fun nonetheless Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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