Whiting ?

[tommy a]

Havent managed to get any whiting yet this year and fishing off the boat out of Penarth Ive heard its posisble to get them upto 4 pounds - any idea if this is true and any idea of where !! Do you need to go out a bit or do you get good sized ones inshore ?

[Kaptin Kod]

4lb is a bit optimistic, have seen them up to about 1lb- 1 1/2lb. but last year we only caught 3 all winter, they didn't seem to come up this far.

[steve devon]

Agree with above but have seen them up to 3lb from the boat

[upnorth1]

a 4lb. whiting is an absolute stonker of a fish - although - not impossible!

[MRG2000]

Id pee my pants if i caught a 4 LB whiting of Penarth .......usually around 3/4 to 1 lb,have had a couple of 2 lb.....Smallish hooks size 2 maybe and slither of mackerel or worm work well

[Fisherdan]

last winter almost every blo*dy cast i caught one.

[steve devon]

Yea they are a shoal fish so if theres 1 there will be plenty usualy

[..::Pike Pirate::..]

ill tell ya somethin lol 4 lb would be a near record...i usually get half pound - 2lb whities although ive never caught one off a boat lol, only macky and coalies

[tat]

In the mid 70's I was on a boat off Hartlepool,with some mates when Dicko hauled in a whitey of 5lb 10ozs .It was weighed on the Skippers scales,then knocked on the head for verification,photo,s publicity etc.He put it in a fish box on top of the cabin and seconds later there was a flapping sound then a splash.He had'nt hit it hard enough,and back to the depths it went.
Hard to believe but true,it's not something you forget.I've never seen a whitey near it since and probably never will.

[Dace]

We had half a dozen whiting on the Chara today, none bigger than 13" or so.

At least the cod were showing