A couple of nice tings before the southerly

[jenno64]

Headed out into the Hacking in the new yak for the turn of the tide this morning. Pumped some nippers and score a cracking whiting at 46cm while I was pumping, then another nice one on the drift just short before the southerly hit at 10:30am. Caught a few undersized flounder, bream, tarwhine and flathead before battling the southerly buster back to the ramp. Filleted the fish this arvo for at least a feed.

[Ryder]

46cm is a cracker of a Whiting. Nice bag altogether. That southerly came up harder and earlier than predicted.

[Basil D]

That Southerly was a cracker and so are those white fillets.

[Blackfish]

That’s a great Whiting. Excellent job 

[bessell1955]

That is a good size.

[Yowie]

Very nice Rob, a couple of good sized whiting there. They usually fight well on light gear at that size.

You just beat me, the best I have pulled out was 45.5cm. Some of the old timers wished sand whiting would grow to 10 pound. 😂 

Someone posted a photo a while ago, of a friend who pulled up a king george whiting at 88cm. Now that would be buzz on 6 pound line.

[Little_Flatty]

Lovely feed there Rob.

@Yowie I suspect if whiting grew to 10lb and bigger, no one would travel overseas to chase bonefish!

[Isaac Ct]

Well done Rob, very nice whiting there, fishing is looking hot at the moment. Well done.

[Yowie]

2 hours ago, Little_Flatty said:

Lovely feed there Rob.

@Yowie I suspect if whiting grew to 10lb and bigger, no one would travel overseas to chase bonefish!

I guess not. I have read a couple of stories, years ago, of a couple of bonefish being caught in Australia, but don't know how true that may be.

[TheFishyFisherman]

That's a stonker whiting! Great work

Edited November 11 by TheFishyFisherman

[jenno64]

16 hours ago, Ryder said:

46cm is a cracker of a Whiting. Nice bag altogether. That southerly came up harder and earlier than predicted.

Yep, I got caught out thinking it would hit about midday, slow trip back to the ramp!

15 hours ago, Basil D said:

That Southerly was a cracker and so are those white fillets.

Thanks Basil!

13 hours ago, Yowie said:

Very nice Rob, a couple of good sized whiting there. They usually fight well on light gear at that size.

You just beat me, the best I have pulled out was 45.5cm. Some of the old timers wished sand whiting would grow to 10 pound. 😂 

Someone posted a photo a while ago, of a friend who pulled up a king george whiting at 88cm. Now that would be buzz on 6 pound line.

Thanks Yowie, It's my best in the past few years and if wasn't for the southerly I may have nabbed a couple more! I did get one at 51cm on a live prawn about 25 years ago fishing at Gunnamatta, I'd love to find the pic!

[Larkin]

Big whiting! While pumping and stirring up the sand is always a good time to put a line out.

Yeah that southerly came up early - started to blow around 9am. 
 

a top feed there Rob!

[Yowie]

1 hour ago, jenno64 said:

Yep, I got caught out thinking it would hit about midday, slow trip back to the ramp!

Thanks Basil!

Thanks Yowie, It's my best in the past few years and if wasn't for the southerly I may have nabbed a couple more! I did get one at 51cm on a live prawn about 25 years ago fishing at Gunnamatta, I'd love to find the pic!

Any over the 50 mark are trophy fish. One fisho told me of a 52cm one from Como, and Restyle (William) told me of a 56cm one from Geroges River.

[jenno64]

1 hour ago, Yowie said:

Any over the 50 mark are trophy fish. One fisho told me of a 52cm one from Como, and Restyle (William) told me of a 56cm one from Geroges River.

I got mine on 6lb blackfish gear and I thought it was a soapy until I beached it😜

[tobycb]

11 hours ago, Yowie said:

I guess not. I have read a couple of stories, years ago, of a couple of bonefish being caught in Australia, but don't know how true that may be.

Hey Yowie, i think they get them quite regularly in Exmouth WA

[Toadmaster]

Those are quality fish, especially from a yak! I guess the stealth factor is an advantage in Port Hacking,. I have read that fish can go crazy just before a southerly and Ive experienced it myself once or twice. Once sitting on Ramsgate beach watching a storm approach in the distance. As it got closer all 4 rods went off at once, but it went quiet as soon as the storm passed through. The downside is you are usually in for a soaking and when theres any lightning its definitely time to make a fast exit. As always with fishing, its totally unpredictable and a southerly is no guarantee of any fish. Not all southerlies are made equal?