Yowie Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 Pumped some nippers in the wind yesterday, blowing a gale with showers. Headed to the Gunnamatta flats at first light this morning, a light breeze from the west so I drifted using the nippers. Pulled out the whiting and dropped 2 more nice ones when the hook pulled both times. About half light before sun-up, the little whiting started biting, the bigger ones were gone. The flounder was a bonus. In some places, not a bite. The water was a bit cool as well, probably because of the rain. The biggest whiting was rather tubby, 700 grams (which is 1.5 pounds) and put up a good fight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krispy ! Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 Good stuff there yowie, that's a nice bag of great eating fish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoingFishing Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 Nice work Yowie That's a good size whiting ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowie Posted January 8, 2016 Author Share Posted January 8, 2016 Good stuff there yowie, that's a nice bag of great eating fish Thankyou, sand whiting are one of my favourite fish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowie Posted January 8, 2016 Author Share Posted January 8, 2016 Nice work Yowie That's a good size whiting ! Of the 2 fish that spat the hook, one was peeling off line at a good rate, easily as big as the biggest I landed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james3210 Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 Wow..good fish yowie. Do u use circle or long shank hooks for drifting? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowie Posted January 8, 2016 Author Share Posted January 8, 2016 Wow..good fish yowie. Do u use circle or long shank hooks for drifting? Long shank, size 2. A nipper fits along the long shank. If they fall down the hook, which sometimes happens, a half hitch of the line around the nipper's tail will keep them upright and not bunched up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fab1 Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 Great Feed there as usual yowie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowie Posted January 8, 2016 Author Share Posted January 8, 2016 Great Feed there as usual yowie. Thanks Fab 1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rock&Beach Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 That's a stonker whiting there howie. Bet that will-did taste good. Sent from my GT-I9100 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james3210 Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 Long shank, size 2. A nipper fits along the long shank. If they fall down the hook, which sometimes happens, a half hitch of the line around the nipper's tail will keep them upright and not bunched up. Thanks for the info. Cheers mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingie Hunter Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 Great report well done on the fish I've seen a guy fish off the wharf near the pool there and caught a 42 cm snapper on nippers believe it or not Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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