Shane76a Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 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 comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fun2fish Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 Well done mate and on a cheap reel don't need to spend big on small reels Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingie chaser Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 Great effort there, some tasty meals to come Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackfish Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 Thats some very good Whiting Shane. 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowie Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 Nice whiting. Leave me some please. 😂 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimT Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 nice fish re ruler...place a few knotches/marks along the rod Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welster Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 Very nice Whiting and a great write up. Congrats on the pb and some of the tastiest fillets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noelm Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 Shallow water Whiting fishing is great fun, they fight, look good and taste great, nice catch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebel Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 Great haul. Well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scienceman Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 Nicely done. I love my Zing too, had it for many years and caught a lot of fish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendan Monks Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 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 comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoingFishing Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 Some cracking whiting there mate - especially that 44cm beasty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenno64 Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 Crackers ...well done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishkent Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 Wow well done mate, which sandflats did you hit up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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