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[Donnie]

15 - 20 years ago, I used to catch whiting 24/7. Going to get back to doing that - when I cant find trout/reds. I prefer to fish past the 4wd sign where they are less people. Any places that are better than others?. We used to use ghost shrimp when we could catch them, then fish bites, then shrimp, then cutbait. I heard Nick Myers talking the other day about guys catching a bunch of them way down somewhere.

When my kids were still home, we would stop where ever there was good high sand dune for them to play on - and there I would fish, and catch whiting.
I figured back then that they were everywhere - is that still the feeling ?

Getting back into it - any tips would be appreciated - I know most like trout or pomps or shark or whatever, but whiting are great on the table.

Thanks

DonnieS

[ziacatcher]

Anywhere along the beach . small hooks, Fishbites topped off with little piece of shrimp . don't even have to get your ankles wet. cast out to first gut to catch them. Have fun Donnie.

[Donnie]

[Salt On the Brain]

Bass Shops carries a crappie jighead called a Big Bite Stinger. The hook is a little bigger than the average crappie jig hook. I rig a double drop with two 2" Gulp curlytails. Yellow Gulp and yellow jig heads. Just drag them across the bottom. Much less boring than sitting and waiting for a bite. Careful, you'll catch more than just whiting!
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[Big Jack]

I use small circle hooks on a double drop leader, peeled shrimp and fish bites. great for whiting and pompano.
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[Donnie]

[landlocked beachbum]

I seem to remember them being a lot thicker in the winter. No?
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[Donnie]

[hickroots07]

[landlocked beachbum]

[bd0202]

Single drop steel liter (second choice is a steel Carolina rig) on a light spinning rod, 1/2oz to 1 oz weight depending what the surf is up to. Use a small hook, the smallest you can find that still has an eye big enough to go on the liter. Use FRESH dead shrimp cut into bite size pieces and peel the skin off. Ive also caught them on small live sand crabs hooked straight through the body of you can manage to catch the little devils. Fish from shore without getting wet and you should find enough small to medium ones for a good fish fry. But my suggestion is wade to the first bar and fish the second gut, because that typically is where the larger ones will be and will also remove some riff raff fish from the bite. Keep a really tight line as the hit will come swift just about as soon as your weight hits bottom. Hard to feel in high wind too. Be prepared to rebait from battle position a lot.

If all you catch are hardheads or perch within the first four or five catches, don't waste anymore of your time.

On a side note, I also catch a lot of croaker like this too.
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[Donnie]

Daughter and I - and wife along to supervise - went back out this evening, got there at 5:15 (1715) and left at 7:00 (1900) , caught couple of meals worth of filets at least (13 that we kept). Wished i had brought the 4/0, I had some beautiful bait size whiting, so I kissed them and threw them back. We fish the first gut, we are about 1/2 mile north of the 4wd sign, found a wide enough open spot, and what looked like a feeder lane in the light surf. After a while, it came back, small hook like someone said, we cut fishbites (orange seemed to work best) and put that on the hook first , then put fresh piece of shrimp on to cover the hook. The better size ones were where they used to be just a hair this side of the first sand bar. Thanks for the advice my friends. If you see me, i drive a sand colored (what else) 2014 subie outback , stop and say hi. I am a young guy, with a beard, i turn 65 the 12th of next month. Thanks again.

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[Cudakilla]

I use a 9' rod and one of those sabikis for catching bait fish but I get the ones with the big hooks that are designed for blue runners etc. Tip them with fish bites and some kind of fresh bait - shrimp or cut bait. I catch them 2-3 at a time. Or you can cut the sabiki in two sets so you'll have less of a tangle potential. Somehow the shiny dressed hooks turn them on.

You have to use a fairly heavy sinker and not wait too long on the first hook up to reel them in or they will ball up and tangle you hooks. Like catching blue runners you have to make sure you don't dump them on the ground in a pile or they'll flop around or you'll have a tangled mess.
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[landlocked beachbum]

Great tip there buddy..... BTDT, it can be darn frustrating!
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