Re: Whiting Hooks
Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2018 9:26 am
Some of the ones we ended up with.... all between 40-45cm or so. Caught on squid strips/Gamakatsu size 6 shiners.
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Very nice mate.yepi'mon wrote:Some of the ones we ended up with.... all between 40-45cm or so. Caught on squid strips/Gamakatsu size 6 shiners.
Good work mate. How did you find the shiners? Seem to have worked like they are meant to.yepi'mon wrote:Some of the ones we ended up with.... all between 40-45cm or so. Caught on squid strips/Gamakatsu size 6 shiners.
The first whiting we pulled up (was an absolute stonka) spat the hook at the boat and I wasn't to happy. After that though we had a pretty steady hook up rate so I can't complain.STriplett1997 wrote:Good work mate. How did you find the shiners? Seem to have worked like they are meant to.yepi'mon wrote:Some of the ones we ended up with.... all between 40-45cm or so. Caught on squid strips/Gamakatsu size 6 shiners.
Kimtown wrote:KL 1/0 seem too good not to use, wouldn't bother going back to long shanks.
Never seen a shiner, are they similar to a KL?
Everyone here believe flurocarbon is a must for whiting or a gimmick?
Price for one, also a lot thicker and too robust per pound breaking strength. I dont know if the 'invisibility' really makes it worthwhileyepi'mon wrote:Kimtown wrote:KL 1/0 seem too good not to use, wouldn't bother going back to long shanks.
Never seen a shiner, are they similar to a KL?
Everyone here believe flurocarbon is a must for whiting or a gimmick?
I believe they are similar to the KL but not as much of a "circle" hook.
As for fluorocarbon, don't think it's a must but can't see why you wouldn't use it...
People actually use surface lures for whiting around ppb and wpb? I thought that was more a sand whiting type thing in the northern statessmokin_reels wrote:Surface lures for whiting such as the sugar pen need to be fished with mono, allowing the lure to float.
Apparently flouro sinks and causes the lure to swim differently.
I've always used fluro when surface fishing, I don't really think it makes a difference. Especially if you're using light leaders (eg: 4-6lb). I've fished sugapens with fluoro up to 12lb with no issue. I've never heard of people catching KG's on surface though, it would so good if they were as voracious as the northern species.Kimtown wrote:People actually use surface lures for whiting around ppb and wpb? I thought that was more a sand whiting type thing in the northern statessmokin_reels wrote:Surface lures for whiting such as the sugar pen need to be fished with mono, allowing the lure to float.
Apparently flouro sinks and causes the lure to swim differently.