Mandurah estuary whiting?
Submitted by commocean on Fri, 2014-10-03 17:38
With the season approaching, just wondering if anyone has started catching whiting in the Mandurah estuary
thanks for any reports
cant wait to get back into them
Auslobster
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Was down at Pt Grey...
...on Wednesday, landed one about 28cm, lost one that may have been a bit bigger, had follows/swipes from two others...that was about 2 hours of turning the water to froth with stickbaits!
In my view, worth having a look. Tomorrow may be too calm for them, hoping to sneak out early Sunday if the weather hasn't come in yet!
If you know of an area with a good drop-off, it may be worth flicking a sinking, 70mm+ stickbait around...there are some 40ish cm tailor around! Don't use your little whiting lure for this. They'll snip you off quicker than you can say "THAT was $20 out the window!"
benferguson
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What kind of areas do you
What kind of areas do you find them I have tryed to do it in perth but havnt had any lucky with lures
commocean
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Thanks for the report
Thanks for the report auslobster
you need a boat to fish over there, dont you
Auslobster
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Yes, you do.
But if they're there, they should be at most of the landbased spots as well. Had a look (didn't fish) at Coodanup and the water was still a bit discoloured from river runoff so I wouldn't be confident there, atm.
If you've got any spots away from rivers/canals (clean water), it'd be worth a go, imo. I'm actually waiting for the wind to pick up so I can try one or two landbased spots this arvo!
commocean
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Yeah thought so
thanks for your insight
good luck for this arvo
caughtup
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hey man my cousin n his
hey man my cousin n his misses went ther on wknd rkns cleaned up on sum gwd whitin rite at the start of estuary pass the bridge n go rite to the end of rock groin sum gd sand bottom ther
Nickk
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Kg
Caught a few king george near Boundary Island on the weekend! Nothing huge but good fun, few small salmon & bream hanging around
commocean
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cheers for the reports
Cheers for the reports caughtup and Nickk
not really sure where youre talking about, caughtup
godders
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I heard boundary island was
I heard boundary island was fishing well on the flats
commocean
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Went down to the new bridge
Went down to the new bridge this morning, caught 10+ bream (which was out of the ordinary because i dont often get even 1 per trip) and a herring
but didnt have much luck with the whiting, only caught 3, one of them being a KGW which was a nice surprise.