Shane76a 16 Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 Hit the sandflats on the hacking, Saturday mid morning 1 hour after the low on the run up. A slight bit of wind, but nothing to worry the cast (fishing completely unweighted). Water was clear as, first few casts was with peeled and un peel prawns with no even a touch. Converted to the worms and the bites were instant. Took a few small pinkys and bream to piss me of and move a little further away down the sand bank. I could see the whiting stalking the drop off and the first meter or two of the flats, I threw one into the deeper water and brought it back to around the clearer water, and bang, she hit the bait and ran hard, I was running 8lb braid and 6lb Fluro (leader), with my trusty Samaki Zing and Sienna reel 2500 (best rod and reel combio ive ever owned). Took some heavy runs and drag adjustments and finally got it in. The bigger whiting came in at around 42-44cm the ones under hit 36-38. That's approx. as of course Id left the ruler at home in a rush. Pretty stoked for the bigger one, my PB for whiting....Awesome feeling when you get what you target, and the size is well above your expectation. I caught around 6-8, but only took what I needed. 16 Link to post Share on other sites
Fun2fish 30 Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 Well done mate and on a cheap reel don't need to spend big on small reels Link to post Share on other sites
kingie chaser 1,741 Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 Great effort there, some tasty meals to come Link to post Share on other sites
Blackfish 528 Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 Thats some very good Whiting Shane. 👍 Link to post Share on other sites
Yowie 1,624 Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 Nice whiting. Leave me some please. 😂 2 Link to post Share on other sites
jot 52 Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 nice fish re ruler...place a few knotches/marks along the rod Jim Link to post Share on other sites
Welster 431 Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 Very nice Whiting and a great write up. Congrats on the pb and some of the tastiest fillets. Link to post Share on other sites
noelm 837 Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 Shallow water Whiting fishing is great fun, they fight, look good and taste great, nice catch. Link to post Share on other sites
Rebel 780 Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 Great haul. Well done. Link to post Share on other sites
Scienceman 59 Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 Nicely done. I love my Zing too, had it for many years and caught a lot of fish. Link to post Share on other sites
Brendan Monks 233 Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 Great report and some nice elbow slappers! You have a clear photo of the PB next to your rod, you could easily gauge where it finishes and get an actual measurement off the rod if you wanted the exact size!! 😁🤙 1 Link to post Share on other sites
GoingFishing 1,090 Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 Some cracking whiting there mate - especially that 44cm beasty Link to post Share on other sites
jenno64 338 Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 Crackers ...well done! Link to post Share on other sites
fishkent 4 Posted Wednesday at 08:30 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 08:30 PM Wow well done mate, which sandflats did you hit up? Link to post Share on other sites
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