First big whiting from Westrnport

King George Whiting, KGW, Ting
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Re: First big whiting from Westrnport

Post by Lightningx » Sat Apr 02, 2016 7:49 pm

hot tuna wrote:
Lightningx wrote:That's an absolute beauty mate! I have caught many whitings in my time but only once have I caught one that size. Well done :thumbsup:
Thanks guys and like you said its once in life time , hope not :a_goodjob:
Cheers
I hope not as well but that was a few years ago for me and since then still haven't caught one bigger! It's hard to upgrade once they start getting to that size :-D

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Re: First big whiting from Westrnport

Post by hornet » Sat Apr 02, 2016 7:54 pm

Brett wrote:Toad fish on the bait board ?
I've heard skinned toadies make good gummy baits, never tried them myself..
He who has the most fishing rods WINS ! :ts:

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Re: First big whiting from Westrnport

Post by hot tuna » Sat Apr 02, 2016 7:58 pm

Brett wrote:Toad fish on the bait board ?
The toadie was caught seconds before the whiting after a quick photo the toadie was released unharned to pest another fisherman another day , can't say the same about the whiting
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Re: First big whiting from Westrnport

Post by Lightningx » Sat Apr 02, 2016 7:58 pm

hornet wrote:
Brett wrote:Toad fish on the bait board ?
I've heard skinned toadies make good gummy baits, never tried them myself..
Wow first time I have heard of that but will keep it in mind :thumbsup:

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Re: First big whiting from Westrnport

Post by Nude up » Sun Apr 03, 2016 12:34 am

Rippper whiting

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Re: First big whiting from Westrnport

Post by Scraglor » Sun Apr 03, 2016 7:20 am

Great fish! How good do they go on light tackle once they get to around that size!

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Re: First big whiting from Westrnport

Post by hot tuna » Sun Apr 03, 2016 7:56 am

Scraglor wrote:Great fish! How good do they go on light tackle once they get to around that size!
On light gear fish that size i had an absolute ball
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Re: First big whiting from Westrnport

Post by denis barden » Sat Oct 08, 2016 4:24 pm

Looks like a salmon,2 big to be a Ting
Well done,I caught a 41 at St leonards yesterday and I thought that was a monster but your one is xMonster

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Re: First big whiting from Westrnport

Post by smile0784 » Mon Oct 10, 2016 1:40 am

Well done

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