What is the best bait for catching whiting?

It’s no secret that whiting eat worms, prawns, yabbies or squid and all of these baits will work on different days, however fresh bait is the best bait. Live bait is even better, be it worms, yabbies or prawns, with blood and wriggler worms being a perfect bait for big whiting.

What tide is best for catching whiting?

Low tide gutters By far the peak period for these types of formations is one hour before to one hour after low tide. With the right conditions (light swell), low tide concentrates the whiting in the deep water closest to the pipis and worms at the shore or along the back bank.

How do you get whiting on soft plastics?

Whiting have small, soft mouths and tend to miss the standard single hook, which is usually exposed near the middle of the plastic. Try rigging an assist hook that is either pinned close to the end of the plastic or trails behind.

How do you get whiting in surf?

Whiting feed on crustaceans. Therefore, clams, oysters, crabs, and sand fleas are all effective baits. Clams stay on the hook better than oysters and crabs for anglers surf fishing for mullet. Squid are another productive bait for whiting and it will catch most other surf species as well.

Can you use garden worms for whiting?

It is best to pack them into a quantity of bran from a produce outlet to minimise the mess and make it easier to find them, rather than having them in soil. Like most livies, no one wants to go next! Three of the best whiting from the day laid out on the kitchen cutting board. Garden worms work a treat on whiting.

What is the best Burley for whiting?

Crushed mussel shell is also another very popular burley method. For best results, when using this method, you should distribute the shells by a throwing them out by hand, a small amount occasionally. As they are heavier, they will sink to the bottom a lot quicker.

Can you catch whiting on high tide?

In general you don’t have to cast far in the surf to catch whiting, and they often feed in the shore break right at your feet. On most beaches the key is to find an area with plenty of pipis and beach worms and fish the period from about an hour into the run in tide up until high tide.

Can you catch whiting during the day?

The fish will take the bait and you can gently lean back and set the hooks. As with many fish, dawn and dusk seem to be the best times to increase your catch. I would argue that using live bait is more important. With Live baits quality fish in big numbers are possible throughout the day.

Does whiting take lures?

While whiting are a smaller species they can be caught on a variety of lures even fairly large offerings, but without a doubt small vibe lures work best, and running assist hooks instead of trebles will improve your catches a lot as they do have small mouths and are great at throwing hooks.

Where is the best spot to catch whiting?

The edges of weed beds, sand and mud banks are perfect locations. Whiting live in the shallows and will forage the sea bed in waters a few inches to 6 meters deep (up to 12 meters for King George), they’re looking for worms, yabbies, pipis and other invertebrates uncovered by wave and current action.

Can I catch whiting at night?

One surprising thing in the more defined rivers is that whiting fishing is often at its best at night. Any sand whiting over 40 cm long is a great fish. There are many ways to fish the flats, but one of the most exciting methods, using bait, is to sight cast the fish as you walk the flats.