Whiting on soft plastics

Scooby Steve · Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2012 8:12 pm Post subject: Whiting on soft plastics

Catching whiting on soft plastics have you done it and r u willing to pass on any tips, tricks etc cheers.

Theshpleen · Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2012 3:31 pm Post subject:

Yes I have caught them, but they have been more of an 'incidental' capture rather than a targeted species. The whiting (sand whiting) were caught on gulp 2" shrimp and worm patterns using #4 jig heads on typically sandy / weed patch bottom.
Dave
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Scooby Steve · Posted: Sun Feb 12, 2012 10:16 am Post subject: Re:

the_hide · Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2012 9:13 pm Post subject:

Caught around 35 KG's PPB and Andersons Inlet over summer on nothing but Gulp Sandworms and Berkley Nymphs.

Didn't fish a jig head, ran a small ball sinker as small as current would allow down to a longshank size 4 with similar size longshank stinger for the Sandworms.

Single Size4 with a pea sinker for the Nymphs... a good deal of mullet by catch on this too...

Very slow retrieve, actually almost no retrieve shake and stop. Repeat.

CraigC · Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2012 10:53 am Post subject:

Gulp 2 inch worms and the slowest retrieve possible

Ratbag · Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2012 9:10 pm Post subject:

Worms with a hook at the top end and a smaller stinger hook in the tail will give you better hook ups as you may find the pickets will take your tail without the hook up. I tie the stinger with 6lb mono to the jig head, the stinger hook is a small hook from my fly tying gear. Works a treat!