Whiting at the Southport Spit

[Daryl McPhee]

I have found that the Southport Spit is one of the many land based locations in the Broadwater where you can reliably and consistently find a feed of tasty whiting. I had a bit of fish their last night. Although at various timed there was a plague of undersized whiting, small sand crabs, bogans and stingrays, I managed a decent couple of feeds for the family. The quality was down on what I had been getting at Runaway Bay – mostly economy class fish, with only one business class passenger, but they will be tasty nonetheless. I fished mostly with 00 and 000 sinkers as the fish were in very close to the shore. I have found if conditions allow it, these very small sinkers are often the key to getting a good feed of whiting from the shore.

[james1981]

hi

What is the rig you use mate,do you use ball sinkers??

[Daryl McPhee]

Just small ball sinkers on a trace about 60 to 70 cm long in the shallow water.

[Old Scaley]

Looks like a good feed there. One question, though. Did you get the bogans on lures or did you use bait (bourbon & coke???)?

[Daryl McPhee]

Woodstock Bourbon and Coke is the go for them.

This time though there was a school of them stumbling along the beach and one of them managed to walk straight into my rod that was in the holder. The tips have lights on them so I guess that must have attracted them. A bit like squid.

[Avitir]

I use on the bogans a flannie coloured lure in the shape of a VN Commodore lol

That is a great catch of Whiting btw.

[waldo]

Nice feed of one of the nicest eating fish in the ocean there I'm a big fan of 00's also until I get into a bit of current or start needing a lot more distance. Alvey reel as well?

[Daryl McPhee]

Thanks guys. I can see how that rig will work well Avitir. I think I've seen that lure in the BCF car park on friday nights.

Waldo. I use both Alveys and small eggbeaters. The latter only because these days I often have my three year old with me and he can't use an Alvey yet, and I can't be bothered changing reels when I go by myself. The Alveys do get better casting distance. You are right about the current and I will change up sinker size if necessary. I was about to do that last time because for the first half an hour I didn't get a decent bite, and then I got the first legal fish only about five metres from the shore.