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Whiting – Boat Based Strategies   One distinct advantage that the boat angler has over any other style of fishing for whiting is the ability to move and cover ground quickly. Obviously, this enhances your chances of having a successful day on the water. Expert whiting anglers consistently are on the lookout for new areas to fish. Often you will find these anglers using their sounders to mark ground, as prospective areas to fish. Once they have marked up these spots and recorded their location, the angler can return to them at any time. The angler can then anchor up...

A short trace or leader will give the angler a direct feel and contact with a hooked up snapper. However, there are times when the angler is required to have a longer leader, for example when the tide is running really fast. Over the years there was strong belief that snapper would come on the chew when the tide begun to run, but the snapper would go off the bite when the tide was running fast. So it was thought that snapper did not like to feed into a strong current. As time has proven this theory is not necessarily...

Whiting can be a simple fish to catch once you master a few basic tricks. One of the most critical aspects is getting the right rig for the right conditions. In this blog we will cover some of the most effective rigs that you can make at home or buy off the shelf pre-assembled. Feel free to comment below, what is your go to rig?  Rigging a sinker to the end of your line and either having one or two droppers coming off at different intervals above the sinker, and a baited hook is usually a good start. One good...

Locating Snapper One reason that may have contributed to snapper being constantly on the move around the bays, would have previously been the scallop and mussel dredging in Port Phillip and other bays. Now that that has come to somewhat of a halt in recent years, it will be interesting to see the future behaviour of snapper in the bay.  Based on this, it is hard to predict where snapper might show up at the same time each year. Perhaps with the banning of netting in the bay, it might just bring some consistency in the movement of these mysterious...

Whiting Land Based Strategies   Whiting can be caught from a range of land locations including beaches, jetties rocks/rock walls. The tackle required for fishing from a jetty is pretty much the same as fishing from a boat. Your sinker size should be sizable enough to ensure that you can cast out to your desired patch of ground. The hook size can be anywhere between size #4 or #8 depending upon the hook pattern chosen. Whiting are sort after not only because of their great eating capabilities but also their fighting capacity, they can be a lot of fun to...