My first lure whiting!

Went for a late flick this morning water is very brown and horrible even at the mouth of mooloolah river. Still managed a couple of fish 25ish cm bream and a couple of rat pike. Hooked upto what I'm pretty sure was a cod but was shaking around too much and i couldn't do anything and it threw the hooks.

On my way home I saw a patch of water that looked flat as and I've never fished before so I thought I might as well try. Couple casts in I hooked upto some on the chubby for the first time I couldn't tell what it was even when I saw it it didn't look like a whiting. Finally had it near enough to the shore to grab my leader and get it on the bank. My First whiting on a lure and a PB at the same time. Stoked http://www.ausfish.com.au/yabbfiles/...ies/cheesy.gif

I sat it on my rod to try and work out a size. Measured my rod when i got home to roughly 38cm.


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Nice Whiting. Well done whiting can be a finiky fish.
Cheers Aidan

Well done mate, beware the whiting on lure addiction. I discovered the joy of whiting on lure a year or so ago and I love it more than any other type of fishing nowadays, particularly on popper. Awesome fun.

Nice work mate, can't beet light gear and some poppers and plastics to go chase some nice whiting, they are great fun!!

Cool stuff man! Never got them on a bibbed lure before, only on surface an plastics.

Well done mate, that is my aim to get my first on lure and popper!

Well done mate. I fished the Mooloola yesterday, from Minyama out the mouth and back again.
It was like trying to fish in mud soup. The worst I have seen it.
Couldn't use a surface lure due to the amount of floating crap on the edges.
Gulps were the only things that got a hit.
The water in that first pic sure does look inviting.

Congrats on the PB and that is a monster whiting!