Hi well i must be the odd one out because i LOVE whiting! Pick the right time and tide and there are usualy lots to be caught. Long casting is not often needed, great for beginners and kids. If conditions allow i will use a carp/pike rod with a fixed spool loaded with braid, or in my case Nanoline, a 2,3 or 4 oz grip or plain bomb. Simple 2 or 3 hook simple unclipped paternoster rigs baited with small squid and mackerel strips whipped on with cotton is all you really need and the bait bill is minimal! Double patting to save time and get out again quickly. 4 to 6 fresh whiting, cooked the way you prefer will give the family a great healthy meal, just remember to gut and clean them between casts and put them in a cool box with ice. Great sport, a few hours in the fresh air, and a tasty meal!! You just can't beat it. Kindest regards Bill
@@grahvis Hi I think we could all benefit by using thinner lines, hence lighter leads, lighter rods etc. Granted sometimes we will be forced to use a full blown beach caster with big leads, but if possible lighter gear gives great sport and people should remember that modern carp rods can hit 200 yards
I really don't mind catching them or smoothhounds not really been sea fishing long though more used to fresh water worse fish I've caught so far was weaver fish didn't know was poisonous till it stung me though
I moved from the UK to the USA gulf coast 15yrs ago and people hate catching whiting here also....no idea why...they make great eating and you can always be sure to catch some, even on a bleak day! Much under rated fish in my opinion
I used to fish for whiting off New Jersey in the winter. We could load up the cooler with whiting and ling fishing from a party boat. "Magic hours" were at dusk and early evening. The ticket was a high/low rig with a glow tube and clams.
I've only fished there once. Think it was Kessingland sluice. At night in the eighties - We had codling to 3lb and stacks of whiting. The average size was much bigger then. Fishing the ebb tide as we were advised. Hope to return again. It's 180 miles away!
Whiting can be a pain but they are fun for those that enjoy them. I never get bored with doggies even when they appear in numbers. In Suffolk the beach fishing is the best it's been for decades. I had around 87lb of fish in 5hrs only last month and that's as good as anywhere I've fished in the UK. We've lost the cod but gained on rays and hounds.
Wow.... Completely different on this side of the pond. We like Whiting (or Sea Mullet here in NC) and abhor Dogfish.... Nice rod/reel setup too. My personal setup is a Penn Fathom 15 and a CTS 1307 13 foot heavy action rod. I use it mostly for big Red Drum (or Channel Bass, Redfish, Spot Tails, etc). Daiwa has a new Saltist line that I want to try too. The 15H is interesting.
Really nice to see you fish Kessie. I used to travel from Essex ever November and stay with my cousin for a week who lived at Oulton Broad, back in the 80’s. we used to catch some big Whiting then plus loads of small stuff. Not been there for many years so thanks for choosing that location. 👍👍
I like whiting personally - I regularly fish for them off the pier when it's a calm sea and not much else is on the feed. Last week went fishing for whiting (calm sea) and pulled out 2 coddling at 4lb each. A few days later it was a really high tide and had a nice choppy sea (perfect cod conditions) didnt catch any cod at all!
i love whiting when they are above 25-30 cm. when filleted and dipped in batter they can taste pretty sweet. the waste after cleaning the fish can be used to make some good feeding spots in the winter for fishing on pike with deadbait. especially when you are on a big canal or lake or something. just feed 4 days before fishing and 2 days before fishing a little bit as well and then on fishing day the probability of predatory fish being present in the area should be bigger.
Caught 42 whiting on Dungeness beach in about 3 hours.would of rather a couple of dogs.it was boring in the end.could nt get past the Whiting to the bigger fish even with bigger baits.
Whiting is good to target if you like being busy. Fished that same beach last week of October and had non-stop with some good size and two codling at dusk. I also was fishing straight squid as the witing aren't worth the worms...
Another great beach video thanks for taking the time to share it. And yes the whiting if only we could catch a decent size ,seems like the seals take the big ones!
Nice video, such mixed emotions re the humble whiting . As you say great for newbies and youngsters to cut their teeth on, great to keep you occupied on a cold day, useful down my way as live bait for conger and late autumn bass. But with so few coddies etc to predate them I guess that’s down to us🤷🏻♂️ so ...great eating if prepared in the right way if only as fish cakes , thanks for sharing . ps hate pout and dogs more 🙄😉
Dog fish are good to eat but they're a pain when you're targeting other species because they'll snatch your bait in a heartbeat and willl do it all day long LOL
Not to mention that as soon as they're on the line they like to roll which Tangles and frays your gear which is an even bigger hassle and headache causing other fish to snap off the line if it's damaged by a dogfish
Nice to see you back Chris, hope your well, little one must be growing now. great watch as always, Chesil Beach must be a drive for you guys, it's 4 hrs drive for me.
havent caught a whiting for years on west coast of Scotland and a bit jealous to be honest mackerel Pollack dogfish and conger eals about it here good upload cheers
Question from across the pond in the colonies. Why don't you British cousins use circle hooks ? Wh as is the legal size of those whiting to keep ? And do you ever use them for bait ? On our side of the pond we have two kinds of whiting , one is a whiting related to the cod and one called a Atlantic whiting or a round head . Cheers
Hi Love fishing that area. Noticed that you’re using the Penn 525? Could be wrong? Have you had any trouble with them? Last trip to Lowestoft found a crack from the screw on the cage. New cage about £44 Wrote to Penn nothing heard. Keep up the posts. George
If you hate whiting, you can always target dabs at Kessingland this time of the year. Very short hooklengths, with sticky black lug on boom rigs should swing the dab to whiting ratio in your favour. Nice video.
I catch a lot of cod and never waste money on worms - I use squid bluey and bit of cart wrapped up on a pulley pennel rig (massive baits) costs me approx £9 a session.
Last night maybe 15 whiting on 4/0s with quite large bait intended for bigger species. Amazing how wide they can open their mouths. And indeed, if it wasny for the whiting it eould have been a blank. I was gratefull for the action.
How long have you had those Vass waders? Don't expect them to deteriorate like that. I have camou ones like new, thinking of forwarding them on now! lol
Confused from u.s. the whiting we have here doesn't look like that, and if you guys are calling a dogfish shark a doggy we bake those as long as cleaned fast. Any idea of other names for said?
They are excellant eating. Dip in plain flour fry in butter, remove from pan add more butter, when butter turns brown add juice of half lemon and pour over fillets. Not quite sole menuir but close
Wouldnt say i hate them, theyre just a pain in the backside. Turn up in plague proportions sometimes. When theyre about, sometimes cant even get the lead set in the bottom and rod in the rest before the tip is tapping away lol 😆
I don't mind catching them, I just get annoyed because they always end up swallowing the hook. I switched to circles a while ago, but they're annoying to bait up and the whiting end up just swallowing them anyway!
Spend souch time at work nowadays I am just happy to get bites Whiting, doggies,pouting, as long as my rod is bouncing im happy to be out. Great video.Liked and subbed
Where about in kessingland do you fish? We try to copy you and stayed at kessingland caravan park and it look disastrous and we have to walk about a mile between the banks
Down here in New Zealand, it's Doggys. Question, your wearing waders why the hell are you running away from the water when you throw your fish back? 🤔🤔😂😂
I have known people to fix holes like this with car tyre patches. Get them to do it cos their glue is best. And yes I did notice you were scared of the water today 😁👍
whiting are great eating, fill the bucket up and take them home for dinner, if you get a gut hooked whiting kill it with a good thump on the head then hold it tight and pull the hook straight up you will get a hook full of guts cast this out as bait and repeat free bait free fish. Whiting also make great live bait for Cod and Bass and for conger split it as a flapper bait with the head on the conger will love them
You gotta being kidding, Whiting is a quality fish to catch, much sought after. Now Dogs, that is absolutely the most reviled and despised fish in UK waters. Obviously you are not plagued by them like we are, but believe me, after you have caught 12 or more on the trot you will quickly adopt them as your most hated too.
This guy is a very seasoned and experienced angler so I guess whiting are a let down if your big baiting and trying to target the cod !! If you like the whiting do use the small cheap baits 👍👍👍
What a great video I love catching Whiting it's better than catching nothing someone Mayer live streams you may only see me catching Whiting but at least I'm catching something that's better than nothing take care safe and see you next time
Towards the end of September in the late seventies we would fish for whiting and they would be proper fish it was the exciting time just before the cod arrived frosty nights waiting for that big slack line normal mid October. Sad times now
Hope ya keeping safe buddy good seeing the beach vids back on been having a bumper cod run up here on the holderness coast and the river Humber providing double figure fish so far
Hi mate, do you mean the tripod? If so it's an Ian Golds Super Match I believe. If you search Ian Golds tripods there should be plenty of results. In my opinion they are probably the best on the market, had mine nearly 20 years I reckon! Hope that helps, cheers Chris.
I'm not from the UK, so are these British Whiting any good to eat? I don't catch fish unless I'm going to eat them...... Plus, there is no fish that can't be rectified by turning into potato fish cakes or coconut laksa soup. :)
Whiting are great saved many a blank day. I like to catch and cook nothing like a fresh whiting fried in butter the put in a sandwich, bigger whiting are best for this. Enjoy.
Hi well i must be the odd one out because i LOVE whiting! Pick the right time and tide and there are usualy lots to be caught. Long casting is not often needed, great for beginners and kids. If conditions allow i will use a carp/pike rod with a fixed spool loaded with braid, or in my case Nanoline, a 2,3 or 4 oz grip or plain bomb. Simple 2 or 3 hook simple unclipped paternoster rigs baited with small squid and mackerel strips whipped on with cotton is all you really need and the bait bill is minimal! Double patting to save time and get out again quickly. 4 to 6 fresh whiting, cooked the way you prefer will give the family a great healthy meal, just remember to gut and clean them between casts and put them in a cool box with ice. Great sport, a few hours in the fresh air, and a tasty meal!! You just can't beat it. Kindest regards Bill
Me too mate, but more than that i reckon theire gorgeous grilled.
I've used a carp rod, on the right night it goes mad, bouncing about from the bites
@@grahvis Hi I think we could all benefit by using thinner lines, hence lighter leads, lighter rods etc. Granted sometimes we will be forced to use a full blown beach caster with big leads, but if possible lighter gear gives great sport and people should remember that modern carp rods can hit 200 yards
I thought it was the doggy. To be honest, the way beach fishing is in the UK these days, I'm happy to catch anything.
Sea fishing is crap nowadays, that why I changed to fresh water fishing
Old man of the woods i completely agree with you mate better to catch what ever then nothing at all 🎣🎣
I really don't mind catching them or smoothhounds not really been sea fishing long though more used to fresh water worse fish I've caught so far was weaver fish didn't know was poisonous till it stung me though
@@jamesjohnston4696 Yeah lovely lets all catch the same fish everyone else has caught and put him back for the next person to get there hands on
@@jayboy189 what do you mean mate
I moved from the UK to the USA gulf coast 15yrs ago and people hate catching whiting here also....no idea why...they make great eating and you can always be sure to catch some, even on a bleak day!
Much under rated fish in my opinion
Whiting salted then dried like we do in Shetland is delicious also good smoked!
I used to fish for whiting off New Jersey in the winter. We could load up the cooler with whiting and ling fishing from a party boat. "Magic hours" were at dusk and early evening. The ticket was a high/low rig with a glow tube and clams.
I've only fished there once. Think it was Kessingland sluice. At night in the eighties - We had codling to 3lb and stacks of whiting. The average size was much bigger then. Fishing the ebb tide as we were advised. Hope to return again. It's 180 miles away!
Whiting can be a pain but they are fun for those that enjoy them. I never get bored with doggies even when they appear in numbers. In Suffolk the beach fishing is the best it's been for decades. I had around 87lb of fish in 5hrs only last month and that's as good as anywhere I've fished in the UK. We've lost the cod but gained on rays and hounds.
Wow.... Completely different on this side of the pond. We like Whiting (or Sea Mullet here in NC) and abhor Dogfish....
Nice rod/reel setup too. My personal setup is a Penn Fathom 15 and a CTS 1307 13 foot heavy action rod. I use it mostly for big Red Drum (or Channel Bass, Redfish, Spot Tails, etc). Daiwa has a new Saltist line that I want to try too. The 15H is interesting.
Really nice to see you fish Kessie. I used to travel from Essex ever November and stay with my cousin for a week who lived at Oulton Broad, back in the 80’s. we used to catch some big Whiting then plus loads of small stuff. Not been there for many years so thanks for choosing that location. 👍👍
I love Whiting!!!! Off The East coast around Bridlington and down to Hornsea they run up to and a bit over a pound 😮 I make fish cakes out of em 😋
Any about at brid still?
@@steviekeane can't say too much for Brid but last Few Seasons from Skipsea, Atwick and North en Hornsea have gived good Whiting catches
Hi there when you make fish cakes from whiting do you de bone them or just mince them .all the best
I like whiting personally - I regularly fish for them off the pier when it's a calm sea and not much else is on the feed. Last week went fishing for whiting (calm sea) and pulled out 2 coddling at 4lb each.
A few days later it was a really high tide and had a nice choppy sea (perfect cod conditions) didnt catch any cod at all!
Going next week just up the road from Kessingland and yup ready for the whiting
i love whiting when they are above 25-30 cm.
when filleted and dipped in batter they can taste pretty sweet.
the waste after cleaning the fish can be used to make some good feeding spots in the winter for fishing on pike with deadbait.
especially when you are on a big canal or lake or something.
just feed 4 days before fishing and 2 days before fishing a little bit as well and then on fishing day the probability of predatory fish being present in the area should be bigger.
Surely doggy’s are the most hated. Whiting are good sport
doggies save the blank ;)
I'll take a dogfish any day. I literally only catch whiting 😭
@@LouieRC dog fish is still a small shrk species...a fun fish to catch especially when nothing else is biting
Caught 42 whiting on Dungeness beach in about 3 hours.would of rather a couple of dogs.it was boring in the end.could nt get past the Whiting to the bigger fish even with bigger baits.
There good for bait
Great video again guys can never fault the production, thank you.
Chris it is so good to see you making a beach video, just wish they were more often. Hope to catch up with you again soon. Best wishes!
good to see -another beach fishing video Chris.
Whiting is good to target if you like being busy. Fished that same beach last week of October and had non-stop with some good size and two codling at dusk. I also was fishing straight squid as the witing aren't worth the worms...
Norfolks finest whiting angler. 👍
Maybe Weaver fish hated more.
Another great beach video thanks for taking the time to share it. And yes the whiting if only we could catch a decent size ,seems like the seals take the big ones!
Nice video, such mixed emotions re the humble whiting . As you say great for newbies and youngsters to cut their teeth on, great to keep you occupied on a cold day, useful down my way as live bait for conger and late autumn bass. But with so few coddies etc to predate them I guess that’s down to us🤷🏻♂️ so ...great eating if prepared in the right way if only as fish cakes , thanks for sharing .
ps hate pout and dogs more 🙄😉
Dog fish , most hated surely ?
Dogfish are delicious.
@@PenDragonsPig-Jam_on_Top Absolutely
I hate dogfish, they are the reason I seldom fish off the beach.
Whiting are fine, I just wish they were a bit bigger.
Dog fish are good to eat but they're a pain when you're targeting other species because they'll snatch your bait in a heartbeat and willl do it all day long LOL
Not to mention that as soon as they're on the line they like to roll which Tangles and frays your gear which is an even bigger hassle and headache causing other fish to snap off the line if it's damaged by a dogfish
But one of the best eating, I love them, if only I could buy some some were
I love all fish. Currently landlocked and marina locked because of restrictions. My cats used to love whiting.
Great to see you back on the beach. Been looking forward to this.👍
Nice to see you back Chris, hope your well, little one must be growing now. great watch as always, Chesil Beach must be a drive for you guys, it's 4 hrs drive for me.
Great stuff lads the whiting keep you busy and busy is less cold 🥶 great vid thanks
Come on get out for them cod,never know could be like that smoothhound session,happy coddin.lol
Not a great lover of catching whiting but another great video and simple fishing 👍
I always use salted rag, when I know there is going to be a lot of Whiting. Doesn't really cost me much because it's just leftover rag
Hi Chris
Nice to see you back catching some fish, whiting are great sport. Some Cod next time hopefully 👍
Tight lines Bob
What !! Bless them and taste good !
nice session chap , it does you good to have a session with the whiting it keeps you in tune with the bites etc i reckon , stay safe mate
havent caught a whiting for years on west coast of Scotland and a bit jealous to be honest mackerel Pollack dogfish and conger eals about it here good upload cheers
cracking as usual guys keep em coming
Get a patch on them boots with Stormsure, let's hope for some codling soon, only a handful shown off Felixstowe as of yet.
Loved it. Great presentation. well done guys .
Thank you I like watching ur videos I hope to try fishing like that someday
Another great video, thank you for sharing your experience!
Enjoyed watching this, I’m a coarse fisherman but wouldn’t mind trying my hand at this it looks exciting 👍
Nice video, don't know why Whiting are the most hated sea fish...I think they're lovely looking fish. Keep them coming anyway👍
Wicked video mate your well chilled not seen your videos on here before. Subbed. 👍
Question from across the pond in the colonies. Why don't you British cousins use circle hooks ? Wh as is the legal size of those whiting to keep ? And do you ever use them for bait ? On our side of the pond we have two kinds of whiting , one is a whiting related to the cod and one called a Atlantic whiting or a round head . Cheers
Hi
Love fishing that area.
Noticed that you’re using the Penn 525?
Could be wrong?
Have you had any trouble with them? Last trip to Lowestoft found a crack from the screw on the cage. New cage about £44
Wrote to Penn nothing heard.
Keep up the posts.
George
If you hate whiting, you can always target dabs at Kessingland this time of the year. Very short hooklengths, with sticky black lug on boom rigs should swing the dab to whiting ratio in your favour. Nice video.
wow wow the video is really cool, waiting for the next video.👍
Never sea fished but wouldn’t mind giving it a go. Hope you make it to Chesil beach. Did lots of training there with the Royal Engineers 😊
Hi mate did you used to be on the carp fishing scene? Voice is very familia and they way you speak to the camera is also very Carp angler like lol
Whiting. I used to catch and eat those in Barry docks. Super boney but they taste great...
I catch a lot of cod and never waste money on worms - I use squid bluey and bit of cart wrapped up on a pulley pennel rig (massive baits) costs me approx £9 a session.
Do you guys in GB catch big fish over there in the surf?
Try liver as a bait for whiting it's nice and cheap which has good results
Last night maybe 15 whiting on 4/0s with quite large bait intended for bigger species. Amazing how wide they can open their mouths. And indeed, if it wasny for the whiting it eould have been a blank. I was gratefull for the action.
How long have you had those Vass waders? Don't expect them to deteriorate like that. I have camou ones like new, thinking of forwarding them on now! lol
What jumper is that? Looks properly warm and comfy
Are whiting any good as deadbaits for pike ???
Confused from u.s. the whiting we have here doesn't look like that, and if you guys are calling a dogfish shark a doggy we bake those as long as cleaned fast. Any idea of other names for said?
great video as always guys keep it up you've done good this yeah ps I like whighting
I have heard of people using liver and ox heart from the supermarket to catch them, which are even cheaper than frozen mackerel.
Finally a beach vid 🙂
Dogfish obvs!!! Love fishing for specimen whiting, beautiful eating fish far better than bland cod.
I love whiting, they’ve saved me from blanks a lot and they taste nice
They are excellant eating. Dip in plain flour fry in butter, remove from pan add more butter, when butter turns brown add juice of half lemon and pour over fillets. Not quite sole menuir but close
Can’t agree with this, whiting tastes better than cod!!
Cool video and good job on fishing
First time i caught a whiting i was like yeahhhh. And im still same now no matter what i catch.
Same with me.
Wouldnt say i hate them, theyre just a pain in the backside. Turn up in plague proportions sometimes.
When theyre about, sometimes cant even get the lead set in the bottom and rod in the rest before the tip is tapping away lol 😆
I don't mind catching them, I just get annoyed because they always end up swallowing the hook. I switched to circles a while ago, but they're annoying to bait up and the whiting end up just swallowing them anyway!
Years ago it used to be pouting that wasnt the most popular...
Spend souch time at work nowadays I am just happy to get bites
Whiting, doggies,pouting, as long as my rod is bouncing im happy to be out. Great video.Liked and subbed
Where about in kessingland do you fish? We try to copy you and stayed at kessingland caravan park and it look disastrous and we have to walk about a mile between the banks
Stop super trawlers in UK'S waters for a start and then we might see an increase in shore fishing.
Down here in New Zealand, it's Doggys. Question, your wearing waders why the hell are you running away from the water when you throw your fish back? 🤔🤔😂😂
Absolutely Mark !! The spiny dogfish, bane of all NZ South Island surfcasters!!
Do you guy use artificial, i.e. spoons or jigs in the surf? If so would love to see a video! Sending love from the states!
do you find over the last 5 years any improvement in sea fishing,
What’s beach caster rod is good and under 100 pounds
I have known people to fix holes like this with car tyre patches. Get them to do it cos their glue is best. And yes I did notice you were scared of the water today 😁👍
Mash the Whiting up bones an all and mix em in with mashed potatoes, make em into little circles about 3 inches round then pan fry em. Cushty
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whiting are great eating, fill the bucket up and take them home for dinner, if you get a gut hooked whiting kill it with a good thump on the head then hold it tight and pull the hook straight up you will get a hook full of guts cast this out as bait and repeat free bait free fish. Whiting also make great live bait for Cod and Bass and for conger split it as a flapper bait with the head on the conger will love them
Rats of the sea. The main reason I gave up sea fishing! Lol
Bit whitey, pouting and pollock, some new potatoes bit butter and parsley make epic fish cakes
What was in the carrier bag on the rest?
Hi Stephen, I just add a carrier bag of shingle to weigh the tripod down - just helps keep it a little more sturdy. 😊
You gotta being kidding, Whiting is a quality fish to catch, much sought after. Now Dogs, that is absolutely the most reviled and despised fish in UK waters. Obviously you are not plagued by them like we are, but believe me, after you have caught 12 or more on the trot you will quickly adopt them as your most hated too.
This guy is a very seasoned and experienced angler so I guess whiting are a let down if your big baiting and trying to target the cod !!
If you like the whiting do use the small cheap baits 👍👍👍
Do they eat well?
A small whiting live or deadbait. Because the codling are always around where whiting are.
What a great video I love catching Whiting it's better than catching nothing someone Mayer live streams you may only see me catching Whiting but at least I'm catching something that's better than nothing take care safe and see you next time
Other than a rod licence, do you need to pay any other tax to fish from the seashore? Or does it depend on location?
You don't need a rod license for sea fishing.
@@ronnieoo1341 Fair enough.
Great String there mate
I had fifteen of them the other morning. Just as I was starting to curse them the seals turned up and it died on its arse.
Keep them coming ! Need my fix 👍
A well produced video
Nice video just liked and subbed
Towards the end of September in the late seventies we would fish for whiting and they would be proper fish it was the exciting time just before the cod arrived frosty nights waiting for that big slack line normal mid October. Sad times now
Hope ya keeping safe buddy good seeing the beach vids back on been having a bumper cod run up here on the holderness coast and the river Humber providing double figure fish so far
👍 Very good! I love 🇦🇺
Anyone know what rod holder this is? Can't find a decent one anywhere
Hi mate, do you mean the tripod? If so it's an Ian Golds Super Match I believe. If you search Ian Golds tripods there should be plenty of results. In my opinion they are probably the best on the market, had mine nearly 20 years I reckon! Hope that helps, cheers Chris.
@@FromTheWatersEdgeTV nice one mate really appreciated, looks miles better than the couple ive had so far cheers again
Get some Bardge cement and fix them waders !!! Easy...
I'm not from the UK, so are these British Whiting any good to eat? I don't catch fish unless I'm going to eat them...... Plus, there is no fish that can't be rectified by turning into potato fish cakes or coconut laksa soup. :)
Whiting are great saved many a blank day. I like to catch and cook nothing like a fresh whiting fried in butter the put in a sandwich, bigger whiting are best for this. Enjoy.