King George Whiting on Soft Plastics??

[giertzy]

Hey everyone,
I just wanted to know whether or i would be worthwhile to target king george whiting on soft plastics in western port bay?. And if so what sort of plastics work well?.

[shorty]

Hey mate never been fishing for KG before but if they are anything like sand whiting they should go for the gulp sand worms. I like the long ones but I chop them in half (I am a cheap skate plus I figure more hook in the overall lure length) and I like the natural colour.

[jigger]

got a couple of KG's and yellowfin whiting on sp's in walpole

got a skippy on a hb as well which was a surprise !

[echo1]

I've heard of a guy catching big king georges in wa on white poppers. So yeah i suppose soft plastics would work.

[Whitey]

I've read elsewhere that they have been caught on sx40's as well.

The bloodworm would be a great sp to try imo.

[vibefreak]

Gday mate i fish for KG in corio bay with gulp sand worms just work them slow across the bottom and when the fish hits it let him load the rod up thats what i do my biggest or the worm would be about 45cm+ not alot of small ones but alot of salmon and flatties jump on not that im complaining always like a feed of flatties

[Squidgee_Man]

Mate the Gulp Bloodworms are awesome for KG's especially the Camo ones and red ones. I have my KG spot on Garden Island that i use nothing but Gulp bloodworms and i come back with a dozen everytime i go. You can only fish there if you can get on the island, so the fish are usually all over 30cm as the place isn't fished out so the fish will nail anything, ive even caught them on poppers!! Anyway KG's love the gulp bloodworms mate, thats all i use when fishing for them.

[Brad Y]

Originally Posted by Squidgee_Man

Mate the Gulp Bloodworms are awesome for KG's especially the Camo ones and red ones. I have my KG spot on Garden Island that i use nothing but Gulp bloodworms and i come back with a dozen everytime i go. You can only fish there if you can get on the island, so the fish are usually all over 30cm as the place isn't fished out so the fish will nail anything, ive even caught them on poppers!! Anyway KG's love the gulp bloodworms mate, thats all i use when fishing for them.

Mate i would check the limits for KG whiting before you post that sort of stuff. Its an 8 fish limit per person, taking a dozen is a tad illegal

[IceManDude]

My only concern in Western Port would be the current.

You'd want to fish as light as possible but with the current there it'll be interesting.

As for lures, cant go past the Gulp sandworms, i've also caught them on small Squidgy Wrigglers in Wasabi.

[Squidgee_Man]

Originally Posted by Brad Y

Mate i would check the limits for KG whiting before you post that sort of stuff. Its an 8 fish limit per person, taking a dozen is a tad illegal

Not when your in pairs with 2 rods its not.

[Brad Y]

ah cool no worries then man, was hoping that was the case. I actually thought it was 8 per boat but a quick check on the regs showed it 8 per person 16 medium risk species mixed bag.

FWIW, kg's will take lures- ive caught them on hards too, but nothing beats a fresh squid leg

[giertzy]

yer no worries mate ill just and fish em when i can i guess

Originally Posted by IceManDude

My only concern in Western Port would be the current.

You'd want to fish as light as possible but with the current there it'll be interesting.

As for lures, cant go past the Gulp sandworms, i've also caught them on small Squidgy Wrigglers in Wasabi.

[bream-man-5]

yer u here in QLD we catch plenty of whiting on plastics, mainly gulp sandworms or gulp frys.
and catching them on surface lures has boomed up here most being caught on lil ecogears and small R2S bubble pops.