Whiting Fishing in Cornwall

Winter evenings on a building tide; fish light worm or mackerel strip at range. Small hooks and clipped-down rigs help in surf.

Winter evenings on the beach; 2–3 hook flappers with lug or squid slivers at medium range on the flood/high.

Winter nights; lug or mackerel strip on 2–3 hook flappers. Cast to second bar and follow the tide up.

Winter nights; 2–3 hook flappers with mackerel/squid strips; cast just beyond the first breaker on mid to high water.

Winter nights at range with small fish/squid or worm-tipped baits on 2-3 hook flappers; best on the flood.

Winter nights; lug/black lug or mackerel strip at range over clean sand. Best on a building tide Nov–Feb.

Winter nights; small lug/squid cocktails on 2–3 hook flappers at range. Best around high water after a blow as seas settle.

Winter evenings over clean sand; long casts with lug or squid strips on 2–3 hook flappers into the surf.

Late autumn–winter nights; 2–3 hook flappers with lug or mackerel slivers. Cast just beyond the surf line on a flooding tide.

Winter nights on the flood. Small mackerel or worm baits on size 2 flappers; cast 40–80 yds into the surf. Clip-down rigs help in wind.

Winter nights; long casts with mackerel/squid strips or worm. Two hours either side of high, calmer seas fish best.

Winter nights. Clip-down rigs with size 2–1 hooks; worm or mackerel strips. Long casts beyond the outer bar after dark on mid–high tides.

Autumn–winter nights. 2–3 hook flappers with lug or squid strip at range over sand. Best on the flood in calm/slight seas.

Winter evenings into dark; cast to first gutter. Small mackerel/sandeel strips on size 2-4 hooks. Flood tide best.

Nov-Feb nights; lob small worm or mackerel strips onto clean sand seaward of the pier. Size 2-4 hooks; short casts often best.

Winter nights; 1–2 hooks with strips of mackerel/squid cast to sand; best 1–2 hours either side of high on a settled sea.

Autumn–winter nights; small fish/worm baits on size 2–4 flappers. Cast 40–80 m over clean sand. Best on the flood to high water.

Winter nights; small mackerel or worm strips on size 2 flappers cast just beyond the first breakers. Best on the flood; expect lots of pins.

Winter nights on clean sand; 2–3 hook flappers with lug, maddies or small sandeel. Best on the flood into darkness.

Oct–Feb nights; two-hook flappers with small fish/squid strips cast to clean sand. Fish the middle to late flood and first of the ebb.

Winter nights; 2–3 hook flappers with small fish baits at range over sand. Productive mid-flood to high.

Winter nights; 2-hook flapper with lug/squid cocktails at range on the flood.

Winter nights; long casts with lug/squid cocktails on 2-3 hook flappers. Target the mid-outer bars on the flood.

Winter nights. Small sandeel or worm on size 2 flappers; cast to open sand at range on the flood and around high.

Autumn–winter nights. Small strips of mackerel or lug at range over clean sand on a flooding tide; keep baits moving with a slow retrieve.