Scott Hillier: How to catch big whiting

Weather and tides

Moderate winds forecast for most of the weekend, so anglers will be kept back in the rivers and creeks. Great run in the tide with the new moon on the way and should generate a bit of a bite.

Species on the move

Whiting will be a popular fish to chase during summer as they tend to school up. At the moment there have been some really good quality catches over the 35cm mark.

PIC OF THE WEEK: Myself and Macca showing off a couple if big snapper that will be on this weeks Creek to Coast fishing out off Fraser Island. Picture: Scott Hillier

Targeting the big whiting

These bigger fish tend to bite better under the cover of darkness and I like the run out tide as the water drains off the flats. For bait if you can locate some small soldier crabs around the low tide, then fish with a nice long shank whiting hook on a running ball sinker rig placing about 5 or 6 soldier crabs up the shank of the hook. Also live yabbies are working well.

Spots

Picnic Point, Goat Island, Bli Bli, Mid Noosa and Pumicestone Passage.