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Low tide beach whiting
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clean water for the fish to feed in.
Gutter formations
into the blind end or corner and allow your bait to sit.
way to fish these is to stand well back from the edge so you don’t spook the fish.
So what are good low tide gutter formations?
The other option is to cast up and onto the back sandbank and slowly retrieve your bait into the gutter and towards the shore to find where the fish are.
To find the fish, a good option is to lob your bait to sit slightly behind the shore break where the fish might be feeding on dislodged pipis and worms, or cast up to the back bank and slowly retrieve your bait into the gutter be- fore letting it sit there for cruising fish to find. Other considerations
I have two favourite gutter types that I target for whiting on a low tide.
The other great low tide gutter formation is a shallow drain or gut- ter running very close to shore.
The first are blind end gutters.
The results of a short beach session with Matt from MJF Fishing Rods atTeewah Beach recently.
A low tide dead end or closed end gutter.
These have a closed end right on the beach where whiting hold up.
These are best if they still have enough water for a north and south entry and exit point, and have sufficient wa- ter washing over the rear sandbank to oc- casionally wash a cover of white water over the gutter.
They also have a shal- low gutter of up to 0.5- 1m deep, with a back sandbank running off behind it at right an- gles to an entry out to deeper water.
While many people associate whiting with daytime, they can al- so be a great target at night off the beach, and the same sort of forma- tions as above are again good on low tide.
The tactic in these gutters is to stand well back from the water’s edge and cast up and
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