Fishing World

THE KING LIVES

Bread & butter species - along with their great eating qualities - are often a useful option for learning the basics of fishing. And the general perception with these species is it should be relatively straight forward to achieve consistent results.

Enter the King George (KG) whiting, and this perception couldn’t be further from the truth!

When chasing KGs there’s an advanced level of tactics well beyond the norm that are required for regular success on these notoriously tricky fish. If you head out for a session thinking the job is already done before you’ve started then you’ve already set yourself up to fail.

RIGGING

Advanced rigging is one such area where attention to detail is required.

“There’s a lot more to it than pulling up at a likely spot, dropping the anchor and expecting things to just happen.”

Two dropper paternoster have always been considered the mainstay for whiting fishing and whilst I agree with this as a generic option, there are further variations that can be

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