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  1. Daryl McPhee
    Thanks Kat. That his biggest one so far which eclipses the 42 cm fish he got fishing whiting in the Broadwater.
  2. Daryl McPhee
    Indeed it does. There is always something surprising. I assumed that the bream must have been fairly widespread around the island. They were pretty big schools that I could see where I was fishing. They certainly made it difficult to catch other things!
  3. Daryl McPhee
    Hi all. I squeezed in a bit more fishing in over at Amity Point over the last week and a bit. While I was not targeting them, there were big bream everywhere with plenty of fish over 35cm, a few over 40cm with Max getting the biggest at a whopping 44cm. These were mostly caught floating down whole pillies with a light lead. There were a couple of squire amongst them. One of my students from West Virginia caught his first ever fish in Australia - an undersized mulloway of about 60cm, following on from my 80cm fish earlier. There were also a few undersized spangled emperor with the biggest being 42cm.
  4. Daryl McPhee
    Hi Neil, Yes, wasn't what I was expecting! Daryl
  5. Daryl McPhee
    Where I fish are eddies at certain stages of the tide so I get a reasonable amount of time fishing. This was caught a couple of hours before high tide. Often when there is no run there is only small fish. No run. No fun!
  6. Daryl McPhee
    I've been giving the whiting a bit of a rest and targeting a few squire land based at Amity Point. Only a couple of squire so far but plenty of bream to 37cm. In amongst the bream though this morning there was a nice mulloway. I was just floating around a pillie on a set of 3 x 3/0. Hope to nail another fish or two over the next few days.
  7. Daryl McPhee
    Here is a photo I took of the two species together for a forthcoming fishing column.
  8. Daryl McPhee
    Barotrauma was not an issue.......
  9. Daryl McPhee
    We were fishing in less than a metre of water and we were getting fish in no more than 50cm of water at times, so pretty shallow!
  10. Daryl McPhee
    It was another good (but wet) day on the Shorncliffe Pier for whiting with Max getting a good feed. The size of the fish has improved with most fish on or above 30cm and one sand whiting mixed in with the yellowfin whiting. Yabbies and bloodworms (Cribb Island worms) did the trick as usual. It is such an easy and consistent spot for whiting and I am always surprised that more people don't give it a serious go.
  11. Daryl McPhee
    Fantastic effort. That is a good catch and that 43 cm fish is a ripper.
  12. Daryl McPhee
    Sounds like some bait harvesting success. It looks like a good hill to go down, but not up.
  13. Daryl McPhee
    There are the Cribb Island worms north of Wynnum Creek and if you go far enough north you can get the true bloodworm in the really soft mud up in the mangroves.
  14. Daryl McPhee
    Hi mate. Digging rockworms in the rocks and clay at Scarborough is a good easy option but you'll need a sturdy fork.
  15. Daryl McPhee
    It's always a good time of the year to chase whiting in lots of spots. I'll have another couple of shots at them this month before changing tack and chasing squire, grassies, squid and other stuff land based at Amity Point.
  16. Daryl McPhee
    They are up that way on most of the beaches around Yeppoon. Further north, Alva Beach is a known hot spot for them with a lot of people chasing them there. If you have a shot on those beaches around Yeppoon you should be able to consistently get a feed.
  17. Daryl McPhee
    They are always tasty. The family's staple diet for the Spring months. I have kept a diary at times over the years, but don't bother too much. Although there is always day to day variability there are only a limited amount of parameters that dictate where fish are and when they feed. There is a tendency for many fishos to overcomplicate things and rely on the latest gadget rather than a basic understanding of the fish species. For a lot of locations, in my opinon, if you keep it simple you catch fish.
  18. Daryl McPhee
    Shorncliffe Pier produced another feed of whiting late yesterday on the flood tide. Although the general consensus is that it is overfished, the reality is that with a little bit of effort, and a basic understanding of the target species you can consistently catch fish there. All you need is either yabbies or worms, light monofilament line and fish in the shallows. Although I am using Cribb Island worms (bloodworms from the bait shop) the locally abundant and easy to dig rock worm is the pick of the worm baits there.
  19. Daryl McPhee
    Yeah there was a bit of snot weed around when I got them, it concentrates at certain locations on certain stages of the tide around the Pier so you have to find the clearer spots. It should mostly be gone in a few weeks. Thanks Drop Bear. I'll be over at Amity soon targeting those squire and grassies in the backyard soon! Here is the video with the tips to catching those yellowfin whiting off the Pier.
  20. Daryl McPhee
    Yep. Live yabbies and worms.
  21. Daryl McPhee
    Not this particular species (yellowfin whiting) Kat, which tend not to be down that way. There are plenty of sand whiting on the chew there already though. Here are a few from a couple of weeks ago land-based at Runaway Bay.
  22. Daryl McPhee
    This is the time of the year that the yellowfin whiting are consistently good at Shorncliffe Pier. We ventured there again today and were not disappointed. No really big fish with the best only about 32cm, but the numbers were good. There were a few less bream mixed in with them, but there were still bream to 34cm that swam off for another day. Less bream generally means more whiting. I always find it surprising how many people dismiss spots like Shorncliffe Pier, but there are plenty of fish there if you stick to the basics.
  23. Daryl McPhee
    Thanks mate. Yes. There is always a stampede to the end of the pier and lots of exciting tangles. I just prefer to fish where more fish are and where less people fish. It seems a simple equation! I might have to do something about bait collecting. Yabbies were more effective on that day than the bloodworms.
  24. Daryl McPhee
    Thanks mate.
  25. Daryl McPhee
    We thought we would give the tailor a little rest and change up our diet with some whiting fillets. Something I get asked a fair bit about how to catch fish at places like Shorncliffe Pier. Most anglers overcomplicate things. You just need to keep it simple. The video from yesterday highlights the three simple points you need to consistently catch yellowfin whiting at a place like Shorncliffe Pier.
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