landbased whiting

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landbased whiting

Post by padma » Tue Jan 10, 2023 7:45 pm

does anyone know some good landbased kgw spots

obviously don't share private spots but are there any piers or beaches near melb that are especially good for kgw

thanks :-D

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Post by Sebb » Tue Jan 10, 2023 8:03 pm

Mornington pier, Portarlington, Somers/Balnarring, there's heaps.
Get the AFN landbased guide book from a tackle shop, good info there.
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Re: landbased whiting

Post by padma » Tue Jan 10, 2023 9:00 pm

cheers mate will do

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Post by Kenle » Wed Jan 11, 2023 7:22 am

St Kilda pier and williamstown Beach or even Altona beach, I caught plenty nice kgw off these beaches in the last 3 months. Be sure to have the right set up and bait. My best bait has been squid strip's bought from the servo but they're happy to take pilchards too on occasions

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Re: landbased whiting

Post by e.welch » Wed Jan 11, 2023 12:33 pm

padma wrote:
Tue Jan 10, 2023 7:45 pm
does anyone know some good landbased kgw spots

obviously don't share private spots but are there any piers or beaches near melb that are especially good for kgw

thanks :-D
Mornington hasn’t fired yet give it another 2-3weeks I’d say rye pier is going good best baits fresh squid that you catch yourself off the pier fish a patternoster with a red bead before the hook and run strips but only small ones they only have small mouths also at night is better

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Re: landbased whiting

Post by Lightningx » Thu Jan 12, 2023 12:11 pm

Caught plenty off the rocks at Mt Martha.
Good size too.
Cheers 👍🏻

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Re: landbased whiting

Post by ducky » Thu Jan 12, 2023 12:14 pm

Without giving away the exact location I was snorkeling some shallow reef the other day in mornington area and on the edge of reef where it met sand. 15m from shore I spotted a school of 100-150 whiting. Most in the 25-28 range with a few stonkers mixed in.

Right next to a packed beach.

Don't be afraid to try broken ground from the shore. Saves putting yourself on a pier with a bunch of peanuts.

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Re: landbased whiting

Post by e.welch » Thu Jan 12, 2023 6:47 pm

ducky wrote:
Thu Jan 12, 2023 12:14 pm
Without giving away the exact location I was snorkeling some shallow reef the other day in mornington area and on the edge of reef where it met sand. 15m from shore I spotted a school of 100-150 whiting. Most in the 25-28 range with a few stonkers mixed in.

Right next to a packed beach.

Don't be afraid to try broken ground from the shore. Saves putting yourself on a pier with a bunch of peanuts.
There’s tons of schools of 20-25cm ones I have seen them in the shallows at mornington of the pier and along the beaches they’re everywhere it just finding the feeding fish that’s hard

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Re: landbased whiting

Post by Don Fisher » Sat Jan 14, 2023 11:02 am

St Leonard’s

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