whiting on soft plastics

[bulldogs195461]

g day all,looked for the answer to this but coudnt find any.do whiting go for soft plastics at all.if so whats a good set up.regards john

[Noelm]

Whiting will indeed take a plastic, but it needs to be a smallish one, and I find, fished right up on the shallow flats, takes a bit of skill and stealth to sneak about without spooking feeding Whiting, small prawn looking/coloured and nipper/yabby looking plastics work the best for me.

[Mossy247]

Bulldog I have landed a few whiting on the soft plastics usually do well with the worms (gulp 3'') ones in camo/neautral and red I try and go as light (the TT HMS hooks work great) as I can with weight and the rest is up to you.

[5Zigen]

do whiting go for soft plastics at all.if so whats a good set up

Most definitely, Whiting are very willing SP takers. Have caught them with long and short lures, from 3in minnow to up to 6inch worms(Gulp Worms,which get trimmed down to 4-5in if fish's aim is lacking). The fish will normally find a way to hook themselves:)

Set up would be pretty basic, especially if ur fishing the flats. Light leader of 4-6lb will be sufficient and 4lb braid will help crank the casts out, which is especially handy when fishing the flats.

It'd be a good idea to have some small poppers and pencil baits as well, especially now that the temps are creeping up. Topwatering whiting is arguably the most fun way to catch whiting:P

[bulldogs195461]

this may sound like a silly question,but when you say have some small poppers.what are poppers?regards john

[5Zigen]

Poppers are usually designed to work on the water's surface, is open faced, and designed to spit water when u twitch it. There are so many good poppers available, just pop;) into your local tackle shop and odds are you will be spoiled for choice.

There some pretty wicked ones around now,the classic Megabass Pop X poppers are particularly good but are quite expensive.

If u want to go on the cheap, try the "Splasher", distributed by my regular fishing buddy: (can I post this?pls delete if necessary)

http://www.gusvenessfishing.com.au/lures.htm

These are cheap as chips, and genuinely works, particularly on the bream and whiting.

[Tester63]

Whiting around my way love a pumkinseed 2"minnow grub. They smash them.

[bulldogs195461]

see what you mean about megabass poppers,geez i squirm when i lose my $10 ones in trees.never caught anything on these so gave up,need more experience.but they are dear,im still confused,the pics i seen ,never had any hooks.so whats the go,do you add them.are poppers what you would call a hard bodied lure?im not usually slow on the uptake(unless you talk to my cricket mates)but i cant get my head around these things.thanks for your patience guys, regards john

[5Zigen]

Many of the Megabass lures just look awesome don't they? They're pretty exxy if u buy local, reasonable if u buy overseas but either way, it still smarts if and when u lose one. Only good thing is that ur forced to be extra vigilant with ur knots and line checking skills.:P

Yes poppers are what u would call a hardbodied lure. There are some soft plastic poppers around, but they are the exception. Most lures come with hooks (unless ur getting the mega heavy duty ones for GT etc)

Another very very cheap option aside from the Splasher, are the ones by Surecatch (also sold as a few different brands) , and like the Splasher, casts a long way when needed, and actually works well.

[Noelm]

you will not loose too many lures fishing for Whiting on sand flats, unless a really big Fleathed is hiding there as well, ready to eat the Whiting.