Somerton Beach | METRO Land based King George Whiting & Blue Swimmer Crab | Fishing South Australia
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- čas přidán 6. 09. 2024
- There have been a lot of things keeping it me off the water lately but I managed to find enough time to pop down to Somerton Beach for a land based session on one of South Australia’s iconic species, the King George Whiting. I came to the decision to fishing for KG Whiting mainly because of the last time I fished Metro (Seacliff Beach) I caught lots of undersize King George Whiting and had a feeling I would find a few larger ones just a few kilometers up the coast.
The weather started out good but unfortunately the afternoon sea breeze picked up a little stronger than I hoped it would making fishing difficult. In hind sight I wish I had gotten to the beach around 1-2 hours before the low tide, Regardless I still had a nice, quick session catching my targeted species on an Adelaide metro beach.
I hope you enjoy!
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That measure stick idea is great!
Brilliant video again. Love the idea of the measure mark on the rod.
Thank you! I mainly do it to save on carrying extra equipment with me. Also I tend to make the minimum size limit bigger than what it’s meant to be, in this video I had the length set to 33cm for the King George Whiting even though the limit is 32cm.
great video Chris and at the bottom of my street!
Excellent! I hope you get a chance to fish it! That area has a lot more to offer as well! 😉
Love the tape on the rod idea!
Thanks really enjoy your fishing trips, myself and my 10 year old have been working hard gaining our local knowledge due to moving from interstate. Can’t just seem to crack the yellowfin other than the odd one. We have done ok on the salmon off Waitpinga great experience for the young bloke. We do ok on the crabs, getting better at getting the worms but the yellowfin have been a challenge. Thanks again great state and city for fishing.
Due to a lot of problems stopping me from getting out fishing I haven’t even caught a Yellowfin Whiting this season! I think next season, if it warms up early, will be a lot better and the fish will be easier to find! I hope to start getting back out fishing and making videos mid Feb, fingers crossed I can find some Yellows and make some videos again! Best of luck to you and your boy!
@@scaledupfishing2122 When we moved down here from Vic. some 22 years ago, I fished Normy beach and caught heaps of yellowfin, last few years, they seem to be a whole lot more scarce.
Another great video good catch enjoy the fish
Cheers! I’m glad you enjoyed the video!
Nice fishing
Cheers! There’s nothing better than catching quality fish on metropolitan beaches!
@@scaledupfishing2122 Ok, thank you
Don't fish much now but could always catch a feed at Seacliff 👍
Spotnya sngat jernih dan masih asri mntap 👍
Nice video. Thank you!
I’m glad you enjoyed the video, Cheers! 🍻
Great video, man I miss Adelaide!! Never thought I would say that
Adelaide is a great place, where about s in the world are you now? I’m glad to bring a slice of SA back to you and if there is anything fishing wise you would like to see, let me know! 🍻
@@scaledupfishing2122 thanks mate, living in Perth and the fishing here is pretty average around the metro area especially land based
@@johns1161 Bummer, I hear Perth is a nice city though. I do plan to take a trip or two over to WA some day to do a bit of fishing, I’m sure I’ll be able to find something worth fishing for!
@@scaledupfishing2122 let me know when you’re heading over, would be great to catch up for a fishing session
so whats best tide to go on, a couple of hours before high or the low tide going up to high
That's awesome Chris, I didn't know KG whiting were so shallow around that area! How do you find the catch bag in the shallows, do the crabs eat the fish you catch? Also I wanted to ask if the reel you use is water resistant or sealed? because when i have fished in the shallows i have sometimes dropped my reel in the water, then had to pull it apart and clean it out with WD40. Thanks
At low tide the area is still covered by at least 2m (6 foot) of water, so there is plenty of water for the fish. I have caught KG Whiting in under 1m (3 foot) of water over Yorke Peninsula before and they are much bigger fish! I haven’t had too many problems with the catch bag but I did notice a crab running around up current from me looking for the scent, if crabs etc become a problem just add some sort of floatation to the bag. Even an empty drink bottle will hold your fish up off the bottom.
No, the reels I use aren’t water sealed or resistant! I just try my best to make sure I don’t dunk them! Last summer season I did drop my TD Advantage 2000 in the water, so as soon as I got home I ran it under freshwater first and then used Lanox to lubricate and disperse the water. It’s going ok but I need to get another reel to replace it soon and I’ll cover that in another video.
@@scaledupfishing2122 Cheers for that info Chris, really appreciate it 👍 and please keep up the videos.
Great vid. Appreciated
Nice video Chris its a healthy marine environment there. Do you typically only find the whiting shallow during summer or year round?
Loved it! What size hooks are you using on that rig?
It’s dax
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Good video is this in Victoria
Cheers! No, not Victoria, all filmed in South Australia.