Thanks for the info John. Can you do a close up demo on how you just use your hands to do the FG knot. I have to tension my main line braid on to something. 👌
If you havn't already, I'd like to see a vid on casting basics for soft plastics and hard bodies. The type you'd use for flatties and bream. Break it right down with all the do's and don'ts. cheers.
Great vid mate. I reckon the more wind the better, particularly a southerly, don't know why (in Port Stephens NSW). Also, I gave up on the FG as it was too hard to be consistent with across all line classes. I now (for the last couple of years anyway) use a modified Slim Beauty.
Enjoyed very much yr tutorial on Whiting fishing with poppers etc, me and a mate got a feed of Whiting couple days ago off a sandbar at Harrington with live nippers that we pumped in the Town 20 mins before, talk about idyllic times. I reckon you can’t go past live bait, with small little size 4 bait holder hooks and light line, I run a leader of 4 lb. There’s some flats that run for Kms locally that I want to get on in early morn wading with poppers. Gonna use the knowledge I learnt from yr tutorial. Maybe give one of the Daiwa Slippery Dogs a go, how do you rate them?
Beautiful stuff mate. Yep the live baits on light gear are hard to beat for sure. The topwater lures can be a lot of fun and different kinda challenge to get the visual bite going. ;)
Try the surgeons knot to join light braid to fluorocarbon leader. It is easier and much quicker to tie than the FG. Recently I got my lure snagged and the uni knot (tied directly to a small lure 😮clip) broke before the surgeons knot. Very confident with this knot.
Leader knot I use is one I found called a kaneit knot. Just like a double uni only a double wrap around leader and and maybe 10 wraps around braid. Quick to tie and has done the job when landing gts to 65cms on the flats using 3kg main line.
Hi John. Great video thank you. I have recently noticed I have a lot more success catching them on windy days in really shallow water. Have you notices have you had similar results?
Michael Shaw I just googled your "Nail Knot tool" and found it very interesting. Looking at it, it's basically making a uni knot. I've got a partially disabled left hand (car accident) and I more often than not have a hard time doing my preferred double uni knot when tying braid to leader. (not in a Fly fishing scenario), but with a bit of imagination, this tool could be used to give the same outcome.....or am I wrong? ie. do the mainline braid tie first, then spin the tool around and do the leader tie next, then snug them up. boy ! that would make life a lot easier for me if it's doable. I've never even heard of a nail knot, pardon my ignorance.
@@steiny3353 Been using a Tie Fast nail Knot tool for a few years now, very neat, small knot, never had one fail. When you're eyesight's not too good, these tools are brilliant.
@@peteh7966 I have just ordered one mate. It will be handy to have in the tackle box, even if I don't use it much. How would they be for heavier lines ? If you gave it a few more wraps, wouldn't it have a similar effect to a FG knot ?
@@steiny3353 Yeah, it looks similar, I just like using the tool as it keeps everything together which is handy when tying it in windy conditions.Not sure about heavier lines, the heaviest braid I'm using is 8lb and the leader at the absolute most would be 15lb, so works fine for me.
Main to leader knot i will use a double uni (5-6 turns) on line up to 8lb some times 10lb, but for any thing heavier i go the fg. On the lighter line it still travels through the guides smoothly 👍🎣
Perhaps its the rainless Summer but I have not seen a legal sized whiting for months. If you want to fish in a lot of sun, come to Burrum Heads. We've missed the rain so far. Unfortunately there hasn't been much of a crabbing or prawn season due to the dry either.
Hey John, i notice whiting tend to drop fairly often with the sugarpen, noticed it in your video too. I find drastically increases your hookup rate if you use a little assist hook instead of the treble that comes standard on the sugar pen.
John Thanks again for the video. Regarding an easy knot, if you search UA-cam using "easy braid to mono knot" there is a video about a minute and a half by a gentleman with a German accent - I have used this knot for a couple of years without any failures - you can tie it with your eyes closed. It must have some limitations or everyone would be using it!Regards Stirling M
Anne Healy I used to use it, did some test, it only goes to around 60-70% of the line strength. Now I use the FG which is I believe 100% but never done any test with the FG
Mate I use a surgeon's knot, It ties easy enough and runs through the guides with no issues. More importantly, when your knee deep in water it's no problem getting it sorted 9lb mission complete to 4lb fc rock fluro leader casts really well and is strong. Try chucking a bassday backfire, they cast a mile and catch the big ones
I tried the slim beauty but could never get it to work in lighter lines (my eyesight's not the best), so went with the nail knot tool, never looked back.
Hey , really enjoy your very informative videos, they make me want to get my gear out and go fishing myself, but l have a major issue with a lot of tangles when casting with light gear, l would really appreciate any help you may be able to offer. Thanks for sharing your expertise cheers.
Can be your reel, I've noticed diawas on the cheaper end get wayyyy more wind knots than my shimanos, to the point I've given all 4 budget diawas I've had away. Make sure you are trimming tags on leader knots very closely as they can get caught on guides for half a second and it causes the braid behind it to loop up. Maybe trying running all your line out and winding it back on under good tension as it may have a lot of twist in it, can do this by throwing off a jetty etc and let the tide take a float away from you and wind it back on
So whiting is same as redfin, eyes bigger than tummys lol I always wanted to try catch some on surface lures... one day will get to the coast. Question, do they have a peak season to go for them, spring or is summer better?
Loved the video John .Wish it was on here when I got started! I'm just finding that good locations are difficult to come by. I'm completely land based and it looks like all the flats worth fishing on google maps can only be accessed by some sort of watercraft :( and everywhere I've tried on the Gold Coast has been a bust. Any tips on what to look out for?
I like the spots that are covered only with an in-running tide. So they’re bare exposed at the bottom of the tide. The. More open areas with wind affected areas tend to go well too
Thanks a lot mate. I’m using GoPro 7s in a 2.7K flat protune setting and then some basic colour grading in FCPX. My mic is a Rode Video Mic straight from the camera. All in the one unit. It’s great in the wind too but sometimes the camera doesn’t pick it up or crackles etc. overall I’m really happy with it all.
Thanks for the reply, I was admiring the quality of the audio when your camera was at the back and you were on the bow. In my vids I use a 5black and just got an 8black. I do have a rode video micro, which I use with an iPhone for vlogging, but I’ve had crackle or choppy audio in. I wind and and very low volume issues with the iPhone using it. And recently more wind issues than I would have thought. I Was hoping the GoPro with it would be more reliable yours seems sweet, love your whiting vids. Example wind chop. The talking bit at about a minute in. Horizontal jigging insanity kingfish shore jigging kingfish ua-cam.com/video/bH6ehkV8r2s/v-deo.html
Best whiting rig is the old trout rig on a spining reel. Bubble float with a bit of water in it and two trout flys and one small split shot. You will get whiting one after the other.
An Albright knot has always served me well. Especially with lighter monos
Me too. I’ve always been a fan of it myself ;)
How good is summer! Nicely done Johnny! 🍻🍻🍻
Cheers Sammy. Gotta make hay while I’m on holidays ;) stoked to see you killin it too mate. Big inspiration to keep pumping content.
mylurebox bloody oath mate! Im back to work on Monday!
Cheers! Really appreciate it! Same goes to you as well 💪💪💪
2 episodes 2 days! Loving the uploads!
Daniel Cunningham gotta keep busy on rainy days ;) it’s hammering down here. Full flooding.
I find the Albright is the quickest and works on all size line. Great on light line.
Cheers for the information mate. Time to get back out on my yak to chase some whiting
Thanks for the info John. Can you do a close up demo on how you just use your hands to do the FG knot. I have to tension my main line braid on to something. 👌
No worries Lyndsay. I’ll get something together in the coming weeks. Cheers
i recon a double uni knot with a three meter leader is really good for the whiting
If you havn't already, I'd like to see a vid on casting basics for soft plastics and hard bodies. The type you'd use for flatties and bream. Break it right down with all the do's and don'ts. cheers.
I’ll get on it Victor. Cheers mate. ;)
@@mylurebox Good stuff. cheers mate.
Nearly 20K subs. Good going mate.
Matt Groves mental I reckon. Cheers ;)
Great vid mate. I reckon the more wind the better, particularly a southerly, don't know why (in Port Stephens NSW). Also, I gave up on the FG as it was too hard to be consistent with across all line classes. I now (for the last couple of years anyway) use a modified Slim Beauty.
That’s good to hear mate thanks. I was thinking something similar re. The FG. ;) always good to know your options esp. for the lighter lines eh
A vid with breakfast, what a start to Saturday!
BIGROBAUSSIE great stuff mate. ;) that’s the idea
@@mylurebox
Yeah, I just sat down with brekky and a coffee, saw the notification and settled in. thanks John. always a good watch.
Enjoyed very much yr tutorial on Whiting fishing with poppers etc, me and a mate got a feed of Whiting couple days ago off a sandbar at Harrington with live nippers that we pumped in the Town 20 mins before, talk about idyllic times. I reckon you can’t go past live bait, with small little size 4 bait holder hooks and light line, I run a leader of 4 lb. There’s some flats that run for Kms locally that I want to get on in early morn wading with poppers. Gonna use the knowledge I learnt from yr tutorial. Maybe give one of the Daiwa Slippery Dogs a go, how do you rate them?
Beautiful stuff mate. Yep the live baits on light gear are hard to beat for sure. The topwater lures can be a lot of fun and different kinda challenge to get the visual bite going. ;)
Try the surgeons knot to join light braid to fluorocarbon leader. It is easier and much quicker to tie than the FG. Recently I got my lure snagged and the uni knot (tied directly to a small lure 😮clip) broke before the surgeons knot. Very confident with this knot.
Awesome vid johnny, been needing a whiting video to study
Good to hear Lachy. A few boys had mentioned it would be a good one to do ;)
Ha ha , awesome John. I'm selling all my Sugapens and downgrading the hooks on my GT poppers for whiting , you boys are onto something ! 😂
Hahaa. Yep. Definitely sell em. I’ll buy em.
Leader knot I use is one I found called a kaneit knot. Just like a double uni only a double wrap around leader and and maybe 10 wraps around braid. Quick to tie and has done the job when landing gts to 65cms on the flats using 3kg main line.
Scott thanks a lot. I’ve just checked it out and that looks the goods for me. Appreciate you sharing your advice here also. Great stuff
Thank you for all the information, very helpful
Hi John. Great video thank you. I have recently noticed I have a lot more success catching them on windy days in really shallow water. Have you notices have you had similar results?
I can't do FG's at anything under 8lb, always snap it when im tightening.
Light gear, 10lb and under, I use a "Nail Knot" !!! Got a small Nail Knot tool !!!
Super strong, and really thin !!
Michael Shaw
I just googled your "Nail Knot tool" and found it very interesting. Looking at it, it's basically making a uni knot. I've got a partially disabled left hand (car accident) and I more often than not have a hard time doing my preferred double uni knot when tying braid to leader. (not in a Fly fishing scenario), but with a bit of imagination, this tool could be used to give the same outcome.....or am I wrong? ie. do the mainline braid tie first, then spin the tool around and do the leader tie next, then snug them up. boy ! that would make life a lot easier for me if it's doable. I've never even heard of a nail knot, pardon my ignorance.
@@steiny3353 Been using a Tie Fast nail Knot tool for a few years now, very neat, small knot, never had one fail. When you're eyesight's not too good, these tools are brilliant.
@@peteh7966
I have just ordered one mate. It will be handy to have in the tackle box, even if I don't use it much. How would they be for heavier lines ? If you gave it a few more wraps, wouldn't it have a similar effect to a FG knot ?
@@steiny3353 Yeah, it looks similar, I just like using the tool as it keeps everything together which is handy when tying it in windy conditions.Not sure about heavier lines, the heaviest braid I'm using is 8lb and the leader at the absolute most would be 15lb, so works fine for me.
Super video John! I had similar experience with 4” Crossies pre-fishing the Flattie classic...they would hit it after a long pause🤔
Nuts eh!! Crazy little suckers
Top shelf old mate once again number 1 on UA-cam my brother 🎣🤙
Thanks Brendan. Stoked you’re living em mate
Super detailed, awesome work John. 20k subs just around the corner. Congrats mate.
Cheers mate. Hope it gives you some ideas to consider again.
Great vid mate. I use a Slim Beauty for any join under 20lbs. FG anything over that
Main to leader knot i will use a double uni (5-6 turns) on line up to 8lb some times 10lb, but for any thing heavier i go the fg. On the lighter line it still travels through the guides smoothly 👍🎣
Thanks Ken ;) that’s the kinda thing I was hoping I’d hear back in the comments. Good to see. Cheers
mylurebox no probs, hope it work well for you
Nice video 👍 John
Perhaps its the rainless Summer but I have not seen a legal sized whiting for months. If you want to fish in a lot of sun, come to Burrum Heads. We've missed the rain so far. Unfortunately there hasn't been much of a crabbing or prawn season due to the dry either.
It’s such a bugger. I’ve had a much slower season pertly because of it too. Though just today... flooding rain like backyards are fully under.
Hey John, i notice whiting tend to drop fairly often with the sugarpen, noticed it in your video too. I find drastically increases your hookup rate if you use a little assist hook instead of the treble that comes standard on the sugar pen.
That’s awesome Dylan. Thanks for sharing your advice ;)
John
Thanks again for the video. Regarding an easy knot, if you search UA-cam using "easy braid to mono knot" there is a video about a minute and a half by a gentleman with a German accent - I have used this knot for a couple of years without any failures - you can tie it with your eyes closed. It must have some limitations or everyone would be using it!Regards
Stirling M
Anne Healy I used to use it, did some test, it only goes to around 60-70% of the line strength. Now I use the FG which is I believe 100% but never done any test with the FG
Mate I use a surgeon's knot, It ties easy enough and runs through the guides with no issues. More importantly, when your knee deep in water it's no problem getting it sorted
9lb mission complete to 4lb fc rock fluro leader casts really well and is strong.
Try chucking a bassday backfire, they cast a mile and catch the big ones
Albright Knot works great for the lighter stuff.
I agree. That’s what I used to run moreso
the matchstick producing the goods, i might have to start fishing with them myself
Slim beauty for me. Easy to tie quickly.
Cheers
Good to hear.
I tried the slim beauty but could never get it to work in lighter lines (my eyesight's not the best), so went with the nail knot tool, never looked back.
Confused NewFriend with light braid I usually wrap 12 down eleven back. You can even double the braid as well which I done before.
Cheers
I find FGs super hard to tie in light stuff but they are strong and help with the casting distance. Just wish I could tie them quicker
Yeah they’re a bit fumbly. I usually tie em at home and if they snap then I can’t be bothered on the water. Hahah
Hey , really enjoy your very informative videos, they make me want to get my gear out and go fishing myself, but l have a major issue with a lot of tangles when casting with light gear, l would really appreciate any help you may be able to offer. Thanks for sharing your expertise cheers.
Can be your reel, I've noticed diawas on the cheaper end get wayyyy more wind knots than my shimanos, to the point I've given all 4 budget diawas I've had away. Make sure you are trimming tags on leader knots very closely as they can get caught on guides for half a second and it causes the braid behind it to loop up. Maybe trying running all your line out and winding it back on under good tension as it may have a lot of twist in it, can do this by throwing off a jetty etc and let the tide take a float away from you and wind it back on
hi john CLINCH KNOT is the way to go using poppers
Thanks a lot Peter ;) I’ll give it a go
Uni to uni for thin line myself. Tie it in 1 minutes. FG anything over 15lb
Is that a westin swim on the deck ? Have you had much luck with it ? I havent seen many people using them down here.
So whiting is same as redfin, eyes bigger than tummys lol
I always wanted to try catch some on surface lures... one day will get to the coast. Question, do they have a peak season to go for them, spring or is summer better?
Loved the video John .Wish it was on here when I got started! I'm just finding that good locations are difficult to come by. I'm completely land based and it looks like all the flats worth fishing on google maps can only be accessed by some sort of watercraft :( and everywhere I've tried on the Gold Coast has been a bust. Any tips on what to look out for?
I like the spots that are covered only with an in-running tide. So they’re bare exposed at the bottom of the tide. The. More open areas with wind affected areas tend to go well too
203 viewer love your work John always great videos mate keep up the great work
Thanks a lot mate :) stoked to know you’re enjoying em
Great video have you tried the zerek popzilla 50mm in bone white?
Perry’s Fishing not yet mate. I’ll have to give it a crack ;)
Be sure that you give it a crack because the biggest whiting i caught on them was 35cm but you do have to put assist on it
And leave the front treble but they also work in sovereign island for bream around the pontoons
Good to hear Perry. Cheers
great vid dude, just curious what are you filming on and what are you using for audio? wireless?
Thanks a lot mate. I’m using GoPro 7s in a 2.7K flat protune setting and then some basic colour grading in FCPX. My mic is a Rode Video Mic straight from the camera. All in the one unit. It’s great in the wind too but sometimes the camera doesn’t pick it up or crackles etc. overall I’m really happy with it all.
Thanks for the reply, I was admiring the quality of the audio when your camera was at the back and you were on the bow. In my vids I use a 5black and just got an 8black. I do have a rode video micro, which I use with an iPhone for vlogging, but I’ve had crackle or choppy audio in. I wind and and very low volume issues with the iPhone using it. And recently more wind issues than I would have thought. I Was hoping the GoPro with it would be more reliable yours seems sweet, love your whiting vids.
Example wind chop. The talking bit at about a minute in. Horizontal jigging insanity kingfish shore jigging kingfish ua-cam.com/video/bH6ehkV8r2s/v-deo.html
Probably the shoal passing the lure and getting hooked up?
Could be eh. Pretty loose
But a catch is a catch!😂
Have you had a chance to try chasebaits ultimate squid or savage gear 3d swim squid? Be nice to see them working in your climate.
Double uni knot for any line under 15lb :)
agreed
Some of those whiting would make great shark bait haha
Hahaha. 100% that and Jacks ;)
Yer ky I fish with that young fella some times
Best whiting rig is the old trout rig on a spining reel. Bubble float with a bit of water in it and two trout flys and one small split shot. You will get whiting one after the other.
If you want to catch sharks mate just look up team mad mullet. 👍
Thanks Riley. I’m gonna have to check em out
mylurebox no worries mate.
Just hop out of the boat and go get my sugar pen🤣🤣🤣
Hahahaaa. So funny. Just keep rollin’ never mind the ‘#~ck ups.