cogo44 Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 On our last few trips off inshore Sydney, the whiting were totally absent and the flathead catch was below par. On Saturday, eight of us landed 64 whiting with the great majority of them being as big as we have seen for years. Baits were attacked all day and only the quick flathead had any chance of having a go at the baits on offer. The sea was sloppy for the first few hours but settled down reasonably well and gave us a good drift all day. Twenty five good sized flathead came on board with the best weighing in at 1.4 kilos cleaned. The best news was that the current had settled down and lines were not going down the side of the boat and tangling. Many old fishos who we have fished with over the years, often claimed that autumn was the best fishing window off Sydney. Let's hope it continues to be so! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welster Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 (edited) You can't beat a feed of whiting well done. What depths were you fishing in? I agree Autumn is good I just need to get out there. Edited March 9, 2020 by Welster Typo again 🤦🏻♂️ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masterfisho7 Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 Sounds like a great report whiting top eating fish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cogo44 Posted March 8, 2020 Author Share Posted March 8, 2020 1 hour ago, Welster said: You can't beat a feed of whiting well done. What depths were you fishing in? I agree Autumn is good I just need to get the it there. We fished in 50 to 55 metres as it was clumpier out wide. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smobaby Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 Great catch been an ordinary month hopefully comes good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wcurrall Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 3 hours ago, cogo44 said: We fished in 50 to 55 metres as it was clumpier out wide. Great stuff mate. Haven’t targeted whiting in the deeper water what bait and rigs where you using? Have caught as a by catch when drifting for flathead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cogo44 Posted March 8, 2020 Author Share Posted March 8, 2020 12 hours ago, wcurrall said: Great stuff mate. Haven’t targeted whiting in the deeper water what bait and rigs where you using? Have caught as a by catch when drifting for flathead The whiting were hungry enough to take mullet, slimy mackerel and especially school prawns. We find that if there are whiting around, you can be sure that the flatties are also nearby. We all use three dropper paternoster rigs. We use 150 to 200 pound braided main line and 30 to 40 pound traces. This is mainly to assist untangling of lines when you have eight to ten on board. In no way does the use of heavier line limit our catch rate given that we fish between 50 and 70 metres. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keflapod Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 What species of whiting are they? Any photos of them? How big is big? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noelm Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 My guess is those little Red Spot Whiting, really common catch when they are on. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noelm Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 6 hours ago, cogo44 said: The whiting were hungry enough to take mullet, slimy mackerel and especially school prawns. We find that if there are whiting around, you can be sure that the flatties are also nearby. We all use three dropper paternoster rigs. We use 150 to 200 pound braided main line and 30 to 40 pound traces. This is mainly to assist untangling of lines when you have eight to ten on board. In no way does the use of heavier line limit our catch rate given that we fish between 50 and 70 metres. Gees, 200lb mainline and 30-40lb trace? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebel Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 Great report,well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cogo44 Posted March 9, 2020 Author Share Posted March 9, 2020 37 minutes ago, noelm said: Gees, 200lb mainline and 30-40lb trace? It works! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cogo44 Posted March 9, 2020 Author Share Posted March 9, 2020 41 minutes ago, noelm said: My guess is those little Red Spot Whiting, really common catch when they are on. Spot on! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smobaby Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 Great catch and a proven method pros catch fish keep it simple never works for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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