whiting for bait

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#1 Post by **lumpy** » Thu Jan 04, 2007 11:31 am

we cought a number of small whiting the other evening. there about 5-6 inches long. just wondering has any1 frozen them and used them for bait, i remember reading that they were a pretty useful bait for huss and conger....was thinking of getting a few ta freeze..

#2 Post by **samo** » Thu Jan 04, 2007 1:40 pm

there a great bait for pike thats all ive ever caught on them

#3 Post by jd » Thu Jan 04, 2007 1:42 pm

Don't Female Tope come inshore ( on the East Coast )after the whiting shoals during the winter?

#4 Post by **lumpy** » Thu Jan 04, 2007 1:45 pm

ive heard that before and ive had conger on them before off the boat.its just the fact that i had a good run when using them as live bait the other nite and it was from a mark which is near another mark where we get good numbers of huss and the odd conger

#5 Post by **samo** » Thu Jan 04, 2007 1:58 pm

ye thats right the tope come in for them alright the tope also come in for the sand dabs as well ive never tried dabs as bait has any one

#6 Post by **BigPhil** » Thu Jan 04, 2007 3:07 pm

whiting are a good bait for spurdog up here

#7 Post by **Seaniebo** » Thu Jan 04, 2007 4:22 pm

Was fishing fenit for ray a couple of years ago with a mate (Rampant Wreckfish) getting plagued by small whiting etc so he stuck one on and caught a 30lb+ Stinger

#8 Post by **cortaz** » Thu Jan 04, 2007 5:40 pm

i had a nice bass a few months back on a live one about 4/5in. long

#9 Post by **Drew** » Thu Jan 04, 2007 5:50 pm

BigPhil wrote:whiting are a good bait for spurdog up here

Then again So's 3 Mackeral 4 Squid, a Rainbow Trout and a Small Puppy :lol: All Cable tied to the Hooks of a 14/0 Pennell...

#10 Post by **lumpy** » Thu Jan 04, 2007 7:03 pm

has any one used them frozen

#11 Post by **squalus** » Thu Jan 04, 2007 11:55 pm

Small fish ie undersized fish are illegal to retain

#12 Post by **petekd** » Fri Jan 05, 2007 8:58 am

Small fish ie undersized fish are illegal to retain

As far as I am aware, after trawling through a lot of legal stuff yesterday looking for info on Live baiting, in the Republic there is no laws whatsoever governing Sea Angling save the Bass legislation. I stand corrected on this but it would appear to me that south of the border you can do absolutely whatever the hell you like. There are size limits and bag limits for coarse fish alright but nobody seems to give a damn about the sea and protecting its juvenile fish. Not of course that I'm in anyway having a blast in relation to someone using these fish as Bait. More to do with the lads, and we know who they are, that fill a bucket with tiddlers to feed the 5000.

#13 Post by **markj** » Fri Jan 05, 2007 1:17 pm

Ive used whiting in teelin when I ran out of mackerel, caught plenty of good whiting, coalies,scad and small pollock and also conger.

#14 Post by **samo** » Fri Jan 05, 2007 2:32 pm

Sean Wrote:

Was fishing fenit for ray a couple of years ago with a mate (Rampant Wreckfish) getting plagued by small whiting etc so he stuck one on and caught a 30lb+ Stinger

it makes sense, if the water is full of small whiting then what are the fish going to be eating, i remember some one telling me that they were fishing a boat compo and the water was full of white bait "tiny fish" everyone stuggled to catch fish because all the fish were eating the white bait. banana's isnt it :lol:

#15 Post by **scara** » Fri Jan 05, 2007 3:01 pm

I read tip a few years back concerning this subject. The Idea was if your getting pestered with small whiting tie a small size 2 hook on to the bottom of a 3/0 or 4/0. bait the small hook then when you catch the inevitable tiddler leave it on as bait for the larger fish like cod and such that tend to be feeding on these smaller fish.

#16 Post by **corbyeire** » Fri Jan 05, 2007 3:34 pm

pennell like or longer?

#17 Post by **scara** » Fri Jan 05, 2007 3:57 pm

about 1" between both hooks.

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something like this.

#18 Post by **contender** » Fri Jan 05, 2007 11:44 pm

I have used a few whiting as bait and caught LSDs with them. Never actually intended to catch them for bait but sometimes they just die and you may as well use them rather then bin them.