13 tips to catch more WHITING on SURFACE LURES

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We try multiple surface lures to get topwater eats from yellowfin sand whiting to try and find the best lure. Additionally, We will give you 13 tips to entice more and catch and hook more whiting on surface topwater lures.
Chapters in this video
0:00 Introduction - Scouting a new area and cycling through lures to find the best lure for the day
1:31 1: Selecting the right tides to find whiting
1:52 2: Selecting the best lure for the conditions and mood of the fish
3:05 3: Once you find a lure the whiting hit, stick with it and try different retrieves
3:46 4: Do long casts to cover more water, use the wind to your advantage
4:28 5: Modify your retrieve until you find a retrieve that gets the bite
5:45 6: Fishing choppy water is better as the fish are less shy and will commit to a lure
6:18 7: Try a slower blooping retrieve for topwater bites
7:44 8: Change and adjust your retrieve when something random happens
8:28 9: Use a longer assist hook and a finer gauge hook
9:10 10: Tight drag to get the hook up and then back it off during the fight
10:48 11: Against popular belief, try a pause bloop retrieve
12:16 12: Try a fast fleeing prawn retrieve
15:53 13: Look for gutters or funnels where fish will travel and be confined
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@russellgrubner1916 3 ай бұрын

Looks like a lot of fun, John. I'll get over there & have a go one day. I like the way you adapted to suit, that's a big part of the satisfaction & fun of fishing, I reckon 🐟

@AdriftFishing 3 ай бұрын

Russell, you would love it man. Right up your alley. Mini bonefish. That’s the buzz, finding them and then adjusting to get the eats

@rigfn 3 ай бұрын

Good Video mate, keep it up love the tips.

@AdriftFishing 3 ай бұрын

Thanks man! You must have been 1# viewer 🙌🙌

@colinwhiting5410 3 ай бұрын

Nice to get some great tips ,I used to target flathead but never tried whiting is places like Thompsons areas walking following tides . Cheers Wombat 🐾👍

@AdriftFishing 3 ай бұрын

Same places and different species, but I have not yet had one by catch of a flat head while top water fishing for whiting which is weird

@seanmorgan6913 2 ай бұрын

Hey John, in one scene it looked like you have a quick snap attached? Is this your preferred method? I've always tied directly to the tow point, but not a bad idea, especially if you are changing lures frequently? Cheers

@AdriftFishing 2 ай бұрын

Hey man, yeah I use lure clips for everything from light lures, fresh and salt upto jigs for kingfish. It allows me to set up a range of lures and swap them in a second and not miss opportunities that present. Have had no issue with loosing fish on them. Though these light ones you do need to check after each fish. I have cast off a lure a few times to one opening on a cast. But that’s the trade off. Down time tying knots or new leaders when they get short can take 30-40mins of fishing time out of your day and you could have caught 5 fish in that time

@mombus5938 Ай бұрын

i’ve tried all over adelaide for whiting on lures but had no luck and a few people pointed me towards yorke peninsula as they said there is more yellow fin whiting. what do you think

@AdriftFishing Ай бұрын

That would be my recommendation. I have seen plenty swimming at selicks and maslins and Kingston but can’t raise them. Go somewhere with no swimmers, plenty of places north and on Yorkes

@MattsFishingEscapes 3 ай бұрын

Great tips... one question... how do you find them? What things are you looking for?

@AdriftFishing 3 ай бұрын

Hey Matt, that is the tricky part. I’ve fount them in the known spots and worked so many other flats to find patches of them. My go to spots of last year don’t produce this year. When I do a trip I may jump 2-3 different places to cover the bases until I find them. But generally, shallow flats with good food on them, with access to some form of shallow channel for them to funnel through. Watch for skipping bait or prawns, that’s a dead give away. Watch for follows then work the area hard when you see one. I fished this same spot this weekend for zero, moved to another system and caught a dozen. It can be hit and miss and sand flats expansive but persevere.

@MattsFishingEscapes 3 ай бұрын

@AdriftFishing cheers boss... I'd love to be successful at it... just feel top water whiting for me is just a good walk... 🤣

@AdriftFishing 3 ай бұрын

@@MattsFishingEscapes until you find them and it’s all on. This video day I literally couldn’t fish this spot all day as the tide was huge. Then when a piddly high tide came in they flooded onto what little flats were left. Some people do well north locally but I haven’t had too much luck there