So… what makes a ‘whiting hole’? And what is the best rig / bait? Can you locate a good spot on the fish finder?
I am usually looking for 20-25 feet of water, hard bottom, off a sandy beach on a moderate to slack tide. For rigs, usually double drop bottom rig with shrimp or squid (sometimes this get tangled in current). This has been successful to some extent, but I was hoping others could expand on this topic, to make my future attempts more productive.
Thanks! PB
No whiting expert but from what I understand as long as you are on sandy bottom you should be OK. They sure are tasty!!
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If I were you, I’d try “NOT” to catch them, then you’ll have all you want!..No expert here either, but I think you’re to deep. The biggest Whiting I’ve caught in a very long time, were a few weeks back, and just behind the breakers on the beach.
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deep holes,you will find whiting.A popular spot during the “run”, is just as you enter the harbor from The Cove, inside the Mt.Pleasant Range.
The channel in The Cove is good too,only it gets real busy during the warm season.
2 hook drop rig,cut shrimp,you will be set.
Not sure if it holds true in the Charleston area, but around Beaufort and H.H. look for all the pontoon boats with a dozen poles off the back. Seems if you use small pieces of shrimp you have less shark/ray attacks than using squid.
Peel those Skrimp’s.
Good Luck,
While fishing outside south jetty for bsbs I’ll tie a 1/4 to 1/2oz jig head on a light rod and sling it out away from the rocks. Have caught a bunch of whiting this way. Also have fished Sullivans side of harbor and catch a few. Light to medium action rod,tie a 1/2oz sinker on end of line then just loop a couple of hooks in the line a little farther up.I’t fun and the hooks aren’t getting tangled with each other.
I am a bull whiting expert. Sqid works the best and you dont need a hole. I find the ones with shoulders are caught on sandy bottom. No need for trying to find them with electronics. They are plentiful and fun for kids to catch.
I take kids to catch them each year and have found them at Dewey’s Inlet under the power line on a low and slow tide.The sand btm is washboard there and it seems to make a difference.Try 15-25ft and fresh cut and peeled shrimp on #2 hooks and inshore spinning rods.Lots of fun.Oh,and cut one up and put out on a circle hook for bonus 3ft sharpnose sharks for the youngin’s.Kids LOVE to catch sharks.The bull whiting make a good fish fry too and the kids like to eat their catch.My neices and nephews look forward to this every year.
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What is purpose of peeling the shrimp. I’ve never used peeled shrimp. Seems to me the get soggy enough as it is and peeling would just make it easier for the bait to come off the hook.
Whiting feed primarily by smell.Peeling fresh shrimp releases a lot of scent for them to follow.
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Originally posted by Capt. EddieI take kids to catch them each year and have found them at Dewey’s Inlet under the power line on a low and slow tide.The sand btm is washboard there and it seems to make a difference.Try 15-25ft and fresh cut and peeled shrimp on #2 hooks and inshore spinning rods.Lots of fun.Oh,and cut one up and put out on a circle hook for bonus 3ft sharpnose sharks for the youngin’s.Kids LOVE to catch sharks.The bull whiting make a good fish fry too and the kids like to eat their catch.My neices and nephews look forward to this every year.
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Thanks Capt. Eddie, Bolbie you are right about fun on a light rod. I have a couple of light action rods with the push button reels an it is fun watching the daughter when the rod is bent over. Caught a nice sized stingray last year on one of them. Man was that a chore getting it to the surface.
I used to surf fish off Isle of Palms and destroy them on a ultra light. All I used was a egg sinker, j hook and shrimp.
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Don’t know where you fish but if you can navigate to south side (Edisto) side of Deveaux bank,fish in the small breakers from June-Oct. and you’ll wear em out. Great fun for kids and good place for wives or girlfriends to lay-out and chill while you fish. I use gold crappie hooks if only wanting to catch whiting but you may hook anything there that will straighten them out.If you’ve never been make sure to go on low water so you can see the sand bars as they change every winter and with any tropical storms close to us. No dogs please,its still one of the best rookeries we have left.
You can’t catch fish on a dry line
Everyone I have caught was 20’ or less of water and I use bottom rig with dead shrimp. As far as the type of bottom??? I’ve caught them everywhere
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Sandy bottom is best for Whiting…period.
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