Windy Whiting in The Nerang River!

[Gold_Coast_Chaser]

Hey Guys,

Got up this morning at about 8 and looked outside expecting to see wind, but not that much, but It didnt stop me and My dad going out for a trip in the Nerang river. We pumped some Wriggler worms at about 9:30 and then headed out at about 10 to fish the incoming tide for Whiting. It was terribly hard to fish with the solid 30 knot breeze with even stronger gusts.

No fish in the first 1 1/2 Hours so things were starting to look pretty bad . The tide hadnt started running properly though and we were hoping that when it did it would make a difference, and it did, Sortof.

After sitting in a spot near the Council Chambers for 30 mins all of sudden we were on to a few whiting, and they were decent. The 4 fish picked up in that spot were all over 30cm and the biggest going 33cm (My PB Whiting ) then all of a sudden it stopped. We picked up a couple of bream aswell along the way trying at nearly any spot that was protected before ending up at our last spot, where we picked up 4 or 5 whiting quickly before they stopped again.

Ending up with 10 Whiting (5 over 30cm) and 2 Bream wasnt such a bad effort after all but it definetly wasnt the best weather for fishing.

Cheers

[T1]

Well done GCC! Good on ya for persisting and getting a feed! I know some blokes who nailed some 40cm+ models there on the weekend with the biggest over 700grams!

Looking forward to october...

Take Care T

[Mark-P]

Yeah, very nice dylan .... Well rewarded for your efforts !!

Mark

[whitingkiller]

hey T1....When u coming back to aust??...lol...

[RayDeR]

G'day Dylan!

I am new to digging worms. Never had any success except in the garden ;-)

Is it easy to get wriggler worms around the Nerang? You said pumped. Do you use a yabby pump or a fork?

Ray De R

[Gold_Coast_Chaser]

Hey Guys,

You use a yabby pump for wriggler worms, and im not sure but I think if your digging for bloodworms you use a pitchfork (Never done that). The wrigglers holes are generally greyish with a small hill of sand around it so just drive a boat around the edge at about half tide so that you can look below to see if there are any holes but you HAVE TO pump at low tide. You can find big patches of these holes together usually. They break alot when you pump them because they are fragile. Good Luck

[RayDeR]

G'day Dylan!

Thanks for that help. I think I have it right. I look at half tide from the boat and at low tide I pump them while standing on the mud/sand?

Ray de R

[T1]

hey T1....When u coming back to aust??...lol...

Yeah, funny man! I shall remain

[Gold_Coast_Chaser]

G'day Dylan!

Thanks for that help. I think I have it right. I look at half tide from the boat and at low tide I pump them while standing on the mud/sand?

Ray de R

Sand. Hopefully the water will be clean enough to see them, if not just pick canals at low tide and walk around.