Whiting in the river ?

[ellicat]

Apart from around the boat passage, does anyone have a spot they'd care to share to jag some whiting from say Newstead down to the mouth ?

[Dec]

I have caught a few around the pipeline at Boggy creek on switchblades well fishing for bream.

[pinkey]

Ive seen heaps of small ones in the shallows around the fishermans island bridge. Might be some bigger ones

[Cowfish13]

We've hooked a couple on lures right next to the pinkinbar boat ramp. Dunno if it's worth trying though, may have just been a fluke:S

[Troy_79]

i've caught a few in boggy creek around the footbridge and the surrounding banks

[jeff f]

only ever caught 1 in the river

converted it into a 132cm thready

[Angus]

Ellicat last time i fished Kooka park believe it or not we caught heaps in the cast net. Just little ones but I wonder if there are bigger ones up there. They would be missed by most fishermen fishing either bigger lures or large baits.

We also caught one one night at the Kangaroo Point cliffs which was cool.

Angus

[ellicat]

Thanks for the replies guys.

Jeff, I have similar thinking in mind - not a threadie though.

[jeff f]

yeah i know what you're thinking

[rayke1938]

Gold line whiting off tip of Bulwer Island from memory August used to be best month but they are there most of year.

Cheers

Ray

[ellicat]

Ray, Where's Bulwer Island ??

[rayke1938]

BP refinery is on it, entrance to boggy creek.

Cheers

Ray

[ellicat]

Thanks Ray. I should know these places better after 40 years hey:blush:

[benno573]

the sandbanks out around the mouth are pretty good at times, mostly divers, particularly on a high tide. also get winter whiting between the channel and rock wall at the mouth.

[bogan]

the old man and i were out 2 weeks ago - drifting from the rock wall inside the mouth near the patrick warf's on outgoing tide, and every bait got a whiting, just under legal, all thrown back. was just amazing as we go out almost every weekend and have never caught whiting inside the mouth before. we think it was the drifting. all on frozen prawns. flounder are also abound in that area when drifting as a few of you may know.

we got a little excited about it all and actually drifted into the shipping channel and a container ship almost totalled us. so keep ur eyes open.

[Enjoyfish1]

Boat passage leading to the port. Whiting off the flats, some there one week ago. small.

[Keechie]

colmslie jetty my mate score a few on worms there yesterday

[kriso]

going snapper fishing brian?

[ellicat]

Something like that kriso. Well I was 2 weeks ago when I put the post up lol.

They're a great live bait. Used one during the Classic last year. It was still kicking strongly after 2 days.....hmmm so maybe not such a good bait:blink: but they handle a couple of piercings and being tied up well:laugh:

[kriso]

yeah they do , i hate using little herring they dye so quickly.

[paulmasinello]

i got maybe 3 or 4 whiting around portside and the yellow inlet around bretts wharf on prawns so there could be alot there

[vonny]

Had a go at Nudgee Beach last weekend and landed about 10. Kept the two biggest, 23 & 24 cm, (the only legal ones). Most averaged about 15 - 23cm, great fun though. To get there park at the jetty near the leash free area and walk to the beach near the mouth. Biting on prawns.

Best of luck

Vonny

[pinkey]

I also remember getting 2 or 3 whiting about 23cm at the mouth of keedron brook floodway this time last year, just on peeled prawns...