whiting

[snap1946]

whiting

 

Hi all
do the nerang river whiting like the big tides or small tides'
the reason i ask is if fished my normal spots last night and only caught 3 whiting
i have never fished small tides up there before .
CHEERS SNAP

[ellicat]

The more run the better, we have found. 4 ball sinker.

[Neil Stratford]

 I find the tide sizes don’t really affect it too much , you’ve just got to be prepared to move around and position yourself in the right spots during your session down there. It’s always about knowing how the puzzle works ie  how when why and where  you anchor your  boat and  present your baits. Whiting will move to where the food is., think like the fish .Sounds like you tried a few spots ,but  hey , not all was lost , at least you’ve found where they don’t bite on those tides. The next trip will  be better.

regards

neil

[mangajack]

I agree with Neil, different spots at different stages of the tide....

Incoming look for feeding banks about to get a few inches of water on them....they will be feeding hard there for about 30 minutes. Keep following the flooding banks as the water rises. You want to cast into about 6 inches of water roughly.

Once the bites have tapered off you need to find where they will wait for food to come to them....look for a sand bank that tapers down to the river bank along the river.....you can bet a years wages they will sit there until the top of the tide vacuuming up all the worms and small crabs and yabbies dislodged by the sand bank being disturbed.  You really should recon the river towards the last of the run out tide to learn where this high tide spot will be. Ideally the sand bank should be at least 1/2 the river wide and taper down to the bank on one side only on the upstream end.....the fish will be over the last 15 metres of that bank guaranteed. Google Earth Pro shows these sand banks quite well too....another way to plan your run.

[ellicat]

Are you fishing the bottom end around the old Council Chambers or further up ?

[snap1946]

12 hours ago, ellicat said:

The more run the better, we have found. 4 ball sinker.

thanks

[snap1946]

thanks

[snap1946]

5 hours ago, mangajack said:

I agree with Neil, different spots at different stages of the tide....

Incoming look for feeding banks about to get a few inches of water on them....they will be feeding hard there for about 30 minutes. Keep following the flooding banks as the water rises. You want to cast into about 6 inches of water roughly.

Once the bites have tapered off you need to find where they will wait for food to come to them....look for a sand bank that tapers down to the river bank along the river.....you can bet a years wages they will sit there until the top of the tide vacuuming up all the worms and small crabs and yabbies dislodged by the sand bank being disturbed.  You really should recon the river towards the last of the run out tide to learn where this high tide spot will be. Ideally the sand bank should be at least 1/2 the river wide and taper down to the bank on one side only on the upstream end.....the fish will be over the last 15 metres of that bank guaranteed. Google Earth Pro shows these sand banks quite well too....another way to plan your run.

thanks

[snap1946]

17 hours ago, ellicat said:

Are you fishing the bottom end around the old Council Chambers or further up ?

yes at the Council Chambers

[snap1946]

17 hours ago, ellicat said:

Are you fishing the bottom end around the old Council Chambers or further up ?

yes at the Council Chambers

[ellicat]

I've fished there maybe a dozen times or so, so not a lot. We've definitely done best at night on the outgoing with a fair bit of run.

 

 

[snap1946]

10 hours ago, ellicat said:

I've fished there maybe a dozen times or so, so not a lot. We've definitely done best at night on the outgoing with a fair bit of run.

 

 

thanks