Catching & cooking the TASTIEST fish on the beach! Ultra-light tackle fun!

Ahoy team, this week I catch and cook the tastiest fish on the beach using ultra-light tackle! The species in question is the fighting whiting, or summer whiting as they are also called. Absolutely great fun to target on super light tackle and even better eating. But the first challenge is always collecting some fresh worms for bait! Then trying to pick through the by-catch of bream and dart is the next challenge, not a bad problem to have!! I hope you enjoy the adventure!
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Rod - Bone Voyage BVS804ML
Reel - ATC Carbon 2000
Line - 4lb Braid
Leader - 6lb Wilson fc
Hook - #4 longshank
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[@camerongalloway4077]

Have to admit i am impressed you managed to organise a fly by from the RAAF

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

Hahah yeahhh even I impress myself sometimes 🤣🤣

[@johnserv1]

Scrambled the jets to get a visual on those whiting and make sure they were legal size

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

🤣🤣🤣

[@terrytailor]

It's pretty hard to beat the beach session in weather like that! That looked like a lot of fun. Now let's just clear something up. Yes, I am proud of you for keeping that bream, it shows your maturing :) but I will have to ask for a retraction on them being the Phantoms favourite! Good grief. Nice vid though.

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

And I quote “ nothing beats a feed of fresh bream” 😉🤣🤣

[@huntncover]

Nice outing Sammy . Thanks for taking us along again . Great eats at the end with the fresh 🐟 . You're a good mate . Cheers to you and yours my friend .

[@WorkHardPlayHard-mm3xx]

Outstanding episode and great back to back. Love the surf fishing

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

Thanks mate! Glad you enjoyed it 🍻🍻

[@kobyhedges4160]

Simple but effective! One of your best sammy, love the catch and cook style content, keep up the good work

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

Thanks mate! Glad you’re enjoying it and thanks for tuning in!! 🍻🍻

[@Mark-ew5jm]

What an awesome “bread and butter” session…..and what a cook up…..Love your work Sammy.

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

Thanks mate! Appreciate it! 🍻🍻

[@lchan97]

Brilliant fun. Great job. Nothing , just nothing better than a feed of fresh whiting!

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

Thanks for watching! Very hard to beat a feed of whiting isn’t it 🤤🤤

[@mattspinaze15]

As a beach fisho I'm loving this content.

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

Thanks mate! Glad you’re enjoying it!

[@chrisbetter3820]

WHAT A BRILLIANT IDEA…. G’day Legend, Part 1 / Part 2…. I got to admit I was really impressed with the technique and the size of pulling worms. A Shore edition was welcomed too as it brung varsity. Thank you once again for adventures. Chris from Crete

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

Glad you enjoyed videos! Thanks very much for watching 🙌🙌🙌

[@camsfishingaddiction]

Awesome stuff sammy Usually by 3:10 im going off my head after missing 5 or so😂 “aaWWRHHHH these FUQIN waves!”

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

🤣🤣🤣 yeah definitely have those days as well! Touchy bloody things!

[@MrAcuta73]

Was going to head down to the coast for red tail surf perch today. Then I checked the marine forecast and drank beer instead. 7ft swell and a 30knt wind said no. Can fish vicariously through you this weekend I guess. Those worms are horrifying. Glad I can just pick sand crabs. Way less horrifying. Being Oz, I'm sorta surprised they don't bite. lol

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

Yeah those conditions sound horrible! Glad I could help scratch the itch a bit instead! Haha the worms do bite a little if you let them, they don’t have big pincers though 👍

[@robb2996]

Great vid Sammy! I got about 1/2 way through it and packed up and went to the beach. Found a small gutter and caught a few whiting around 35-36cm. You inspired me. Thanks!

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

Haha how good is that! Sometimes you just have to get out there and do it yourself! 🍻🍻

[@michaelwall3530]

Hey Sammy What was that jig you were using for the Whitting looked interesting?? Can you elaborate on that please

[@TheBikii1]

I'm also interested

[@Nathan-hb3pu]

Those winter bream on the beach there sweet rap them on foil with chilli garlic ginger so pepper and salt and some cubes of butter, bake them for half hour and there beautiful

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

Yeah mate, beach bream are far superior to an estuary bream! 👌👌 recipe sounds the goods as well 🤤🤤

[@scottgrinham1724]

Agreed if you hate bream you ain’t caught one bleed it and had it for breaky.

[@vaughanking7127]

Try the 'Japanese vacuum seal' trick by putting the bag in water up to the ziploc, then shutting it once the air as been pushed out by the water pressure. Pretty nifty trick 38:05

[@chizzzzzz]

love this series cheers mate pretty fun to watch on a sunday arvo

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

Thanks mate, glad you enjoyed it 🍻🍻

[@ivannaicker3649]

Great stuff bru..just a small suggestion with all due respect I think it wud have been preferable to cut fish in have that way more wud have fit in pot and little more frying consistency submerged within pot❤❤❤❤Thanks again bru for this lovely content of sharing the technique and recipe ❤❤❤

[@chadelz]

What a beautiful little rod setup. I have an estuary setup that's 7ft ultra light with a casting weight of 4g - 14g with a little 3000 stradic. That has fast become my fave stick, I now find myself on the beach and/or rocks catching elf with it too and I have to say, a decent 2kilo elf on 6lb line is the real deal and loads of fun. (you fella's call an elf a tailor)

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

Hahah yeah tailor fishing with that rod would be a bit of an ordeal!! Particularly off the rocks 🤣🤣👌👌

[@fishydubsfishing6516]

That must've been a fish and game Flyover that brings conservation to an all new level

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

🤣🤣🤣 that would be a bit extreme wouldn’t it! 🤣

[@samuelshumack8641]

Love your channel Sammy good balance of land based and off shore legend

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

Thanks mate, glad you’re enjoying the variety 🍻🍻

[@Mark-ux7yh]

Best way to spend a Sunday!

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

🙌🙌 appreciate it mate!

[@vaughanking7127]

I reckon I was fishing that same day up on the Sunshine Coast!! Very cool to see that low pass flyby by the RAAF. Scared the crap outta my daughter though haha

[@MrBiddo]

@sammy, you can avoid a lot of the troubles by using the sand to compress the worm. especially if you get stuck on a pull just grab a handful of sand around the worm nice and tight and pull the sand up with the worm.

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

Hey mate, is this to prevent them snapping or to grip them better?

[@markbennett3187]

Great vid sammy , just a tip on worms , try pulling them out side ways they come out alot easier than trying to pull them up vertical

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

Cheers mate, I’ll have to give that a whirl 👌👌

[@JillyBean70]

Great Catch !!....we did to go out on our boat.....nothing deep but did get a good feed of sand whiting n a good size squid ♥♥

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

Well you can’t complain about that! Both great chewing!! 👌👌

[@Birdshit-for-brains]

Awesome video Sammy! Love it mate.

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

Appreciate it mate! Cheers 🍻🍻

[@jarrodsplace]

why not butterfly fillet the whiting? fun video - love your enthusiasm.

[@noeldenney7782]

Fresh whiting fillets...nom nom...Cant beat them

[@Safari.Shorts.]

Love to see the cooking segment!

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

Cheers mate! Yeah it’s good to be doing the odd cook up here and there again 👌👌

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

Thanks mate! Glad you enjoyed it! 🍻🍻

[@patrickjones2275]

Smashing it mate , lov beach fishing

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

🙌🙌 thanks for watching mate!

[@simonbarnes9676]

Love it mate nice and simple doesn’t get any better 🍻🍺

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

Bread and butter fishing at its finest 🍻🍻

[@petemacgregor5332]

Awesome stuff Sammy, fantastic content well done. nice feed too.👌👌 Cheers Bonza

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

Thanks Pete! Appreciate it mate 🍻🍻

[@jedtaylor3551]

The bounty available in nature never fails to amaze Never a Day wasted

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

That’s it! Were pretty lucky!

[@tonyconnolly9847]

First time watching you mate, very impressive, one question why do you call a Bream a Brim is it the same species? Good luck tight lines from England.

[@user-wg2nk3sx4x]

Put a blue ice pack in there. Don't miss the feeding frenzy

[@user-so6im9iy5v]

you need some sand worming pliers theyre only like 3 bucks and make such a difference

[@paulosmond9726]

Hi Samy l love your work I'll be up your way in a few weeks I hope to get in some beach fishing while I there 😅

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

Nice one mate! They’ll be waiting for you 🍻🍻

[@terrybagatella3898]

Beach fishing is the best. You might entertain the idea of Drone fishing off the beach. 👍👊

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

Don’t worry drone fishing is on the list! Just waiting for the perfect conditions to give it a try 👌👌

[@nicholassawyer799]

Nice one Sammy! can you possibly share a link on the little jigs you were using? and how did you bait the hook? Couldn't quite figure it out but seemed to work amazingly well! Love the beach fishing content too...you do it the best!

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

Hey mate, it’s called a micro meat, the hook is just a standard long shank hook. You just thread the worm on as you normally would 👍👍 Appreciate the kind words! Glad you enjoyed it 🍻🍻

[@elmo690]

Omg fantastic catch

[@simonellis8092]

I’m stealing your “getting the nibs” line - “Hey mate, are you getting the nibs?” Yeah - getting good nibs.

[@acitizen.5276]

I'm impressed that 50 years ago I was catching these same fish with a $30 rod n reel kit from Target with my old man...

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

That’s awesome mate! Bet it was just as good fun back then 👌👌

[@smee103]

Awesome explanation Sammy enjoyed the flyby. And are the rumours true that you have been signed up to light the flame for the Queensland Olympics 😂😂

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

Hahah unfortunately they’re definitely not true but how cool would that have been! 👌🤣🤣

[@bigd4000]

Nice work Sammy 👌

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

Appreciate it mate 🍻🍻

[@maxfish4770]

Haha had F35s going over on the weekend for the local air show! Was fishing on the beach years ago and two Hercules flew over from the west, couldn't hear them at first. New undies time lol

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

Hahah they always sneak up on you! 🤣🤣

[@AnthonyNelson-gy3vr]

Great work again in the surf Sammy! Just wondering how you sharpen your cutlery ? Any special method or device you use?

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

Hey mate, just with a honing steel before I start cutting. Then every so often we reprofile the edge on the knife grinder 👍

[@jamesgriffin7711]

I can't remember the last time I saw a grown man so excited to catch 10" fish.

[@rodclark4123]

Awesome Mate - Your on Straddie Main Beach right? - Love your work keep it up. Would love to be your wing man one day and film your adventures. Cheers

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

Hey mate, yeah straddie 👍 appreciate the offer!

[@monfishing]

WOW Awesome

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

Thanks very much!

[@user-bs9gw6fy7c]

Nice, whiting are awesome. I wonder why once you get north of Bundaberg these fish, well most fish disappear. Is it the shit water quality, lack of bait/biomass, too much mud, or just naturally a shit area?

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

There’s heaps of whiting north of Bundaberg, they get huge numbers.

[@user-bs9gw6fy7c]

@@SammyHitzkeFishing Yeah Nup

[@shanehartnett2053]

Gotta love a few whiting

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

Best beach feed going round 👌👌

[@shanehartnett2053]

@@SammyHitzkeFishing might have to pack the 3yo up and see if he can catch us some, he catches everything else we try for

[@bartofski9815]

Gday Sam, I’m sure you have been asked before but I was just wondering were you get the brain spike and bleeder from

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

G’day mate, I sell them on my website www.sammyhitzkefishing.com They are called phantom tools 🍻🍻

[@Breizhjean22]

When i catch whiting, it’s in winter with the water température near 9 degrées C .My feet are not in the water...😂 Greetings from Brittany NW France.

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

Haha I feel like we may be chasing different fish 🤣🤣 sounds a bit unpleasant!! 🥶 🥶

[@brushitoff503]

Rpic stuff, Thanks Sammy!

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

🙌🙌 appreciate it mate!

[@brushitoff503]

@@SammyHitzkeFishing Would probably help if I checked my spelling ha ha. Epic Stuff. Really enjoyed it. Cheers.

[@simonstone3336]

Great work mate 👍 🇦🇺

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

Thanks for watching mate 🍻🍻

[@darryl_olsen]

Nice Video, those jets were FA/18 Super Hornets from RAAF Base Amberley

[@Forgottenson3934]

Sometimes I see them when fishing near the bombing practice range - if you watch the jets do their turns and runs and forget the rods you catch more fish 🙂

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

Cheers mate. Bloody cool seeing them hoot past!

[@jedtaylor3551]

Sam Trick my favorite charter Cap showed me Take the bag and sumerge to close Field effect vac seal

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

Yeah I’ve seen that done before, would have been the perfect time to give it a whirl! 👌

[@reeltomeal]

Really good episode Sammy. I'm curious , has someone said something about brain spiking on TV now??

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

Hey mate, I’m not sure about TV. Are they not doing it either? Certainly it’s been raised as an issue on here 🤷‍♂️

[@reeltomeal]

@@SammyHitzkeFishing I think it's the right way to go about preparing our fish Il just thought someone had complained as I'm not seeing much of it happening anymore on other uploads , not sure about TV itself? In any case you're doing a great job 😉

[@bartofski9815]

Hi Sam do you burley before you start fishing off the beach

[@user-wg2nk3sx4x]

Stick the bag in the bucket to push out air.

[@anthonycox1870]

Another great video,

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

Thanks mate! Cheers for watching 🍻🍻

[@pearelectronics3083]

for those who asked (im sure no one did) those jets look like F/A 18E Super Hornets, the primary jet of the RAAF

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

Thanks for the info mate 🍻🍻

[@DCA001TUBE]

A reel that's made of Helium, obviuosly all my gear is way too heavy. Nice show Sammy, thanks for the effort. I just bought a new ute and you made that look like a lot of fun, so I might have to bight the bullet and take a trip, what's a ticket on the barge worth these days?

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

Time to treat yourself mate! The barge is still dear as poison unfortunately about $250 return 😬😬

[@jamessippel7489]

Another great video mate. What's the location? I'd love to take my young falla beach fishing and camping. Cheers. 🍻😎

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

Hey mate, this one’s at straddie 👍 glad you enjoyed it! 🍻🍻

[@ivankarnaukh7343]

What rig are you using to throw out the worms? Still new to saltwater fishing so im tryna learn.

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

Just a little micro meat rig mate, great for the run and fun style 👌

[@ivankarnaukh7343]

@@SammyHitzkeFishing Thanks mate! When you cast it out do you then just leave it and wait for a bite or get some action going on it?

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

I usually slow wind them in while I’m doing the gutter hopping style of fishing 👌

[@coreyleach9885]

What pants do you wear Sammy? They look perfect for fishing and camping

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

Hey mate, they are called skipper pants by quicksilver waterman 👌👌

[@chrisvidler9478]

Hey Sammy have you tried eating tailor roe . I love it very tasty. 😂

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

Yeah I have a few times actually. Not usually my first choice but it’s not too bad 🤣

[@mezame1626]

Love sand whiting only thing i would change is no bread for me thanks just like that is fine 😅

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

Haha hard to have a sandwich without bread! Nah would have been awesome by itself as well 👌👌

[@goodcitizen64]

Thanks Sammy!

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

Cheers for tuning in! 🍻🍻

[@dalehunt7003]

What size lead are you using mate?

[@chrisvidler9478]

I actually think stumpies are easier to catch than slimies. Don't muck around pull them quicker 😊

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

Hahah I pulled the heads off 4 in a row the day before trying to pull them out fast. These ones were super fragile!

[@fakehandyandy904]

Queensland beaches produce some quality fishing. NSW needs to up its game

[@Nathan-hb3pu]

I live in nsw I fish Stockton beach and I get a lot of very big whiting, our size limit is 27cm the ones they let up keep up there 23 cm there just little toddlers

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

Yeahhh I hate to say it but NSW beach fishing is epic! I travel to NSW all the time to fish! 👌👌

[@markbennett3187]

One less Qldander to worry about

[@nevilleyoung7647]

NSW is better

[@akcellr8r75]

@Sammy Hitzke Are you fishing on the beach at K'gari?

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

Hey mate, no straddie 👍

[@nathangrant6529]

still possible to catch these bad boys on the sunshine coast beaches or have they all moved on for winter?

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

Nah they’ll still be there mate! Go give it a whirl 👌👌

[@barryhodson8930]

Wow Sammy and Shawnee yous need to come to Port Lincoln because we have the kidney slappers of whiting 45cm /60cm

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

Hey mate! Yeah KG whiting are definitely on the list! Those big fellas look like they would pull some string! 🍻🍻

[@jackmerrigan]

yeaaahhhh

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

🍻🍻🍻 thanks for watching mate 🙌

[@Nathan-hb3pu]

Nar Sammy I usually get the first worm then miss the next 10 before I get it together lol

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

🤣🤣🤣 fluke first time then over think it the rest?

[@fishingwithsameer.1210]

❤❤❤❤

[@jedtaylor3551]

Ketchup and mayo works

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

I didn’t have either there unfortunately!

[@yep.fishing]

Ultralight...but its a medium light! C'mon Sammy, ultralight is an actually rod power rating (UL, L, ML, M, MH etc)...not just a catch phrase for lighter than usual tackle for the species. Sorry, its a gripe of mine

[@user-kq4me3zx4g]

where was this mate?

[@connormarlow2313]

1 minute gang

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

You guys are quick! 🍻🍻

[@RY4NP]

This Straddie?

[@timburary]

Are you at straddie?

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

Yes mate 👍

[@timburary]

Love it mate, great vid thanks

[@chrisvidler9478]

I call bream turds of the ocean l think awful on the plate, especially out of the estuaries. 😂

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

Hahah beach bream are wayyyyy better than an estuary bream!

[@Eli-e5h7i]

First

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

🙌🙌🙌 thanks for watching mate 🍻🍻

[@j4gg3r]

Pitty those Bone fishing rods you use are pretty much non existant for purchase anywhere in the world. Been looking for an 8' light Shore Barage for over 2 years now.

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

Hey mate, there has been plenty in stock last few times I’ve checked. If you’re chasing one contact Wilson fishing directly and they will be able to point you in the right direction of who is stocking or maybe even organize a special order? 🍻🍻

[@clinty51]

Hey Sammy, I bet this question is right up there on your hot list of topics like shark protection, by why is it that you can't show [educate] lesser skilled people on how to look after the best interest of your fish for eating? Brain spike and bleed.

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

Hey mate, no idea sorry. Somehow education on how to correctly process your food has fallen into the animal cruelty and graphic content category. A real Shame because I like showing people how to look after their catch! But, seems to be the way the worlds going isn’t it!

[@clinty51]

@SammyHitzkeFishing We'll you'll have to do your best with words. It really is a shame considering some of the waste of internet content that does turn up...and hopefully you'll at least be able to show tips for filleting so we don't waste our catch🍻

[@colt08]

just a tip its really annoying when people show clips of content in the intro .Its like showing the end of a movie in the promo

[@MitchCann]

It’s also giving people a chance to see, if that’s the content they want to watch. Everyone quickly flips through Videos these days. No one has time to wait to see if that’s what they are looking for.

[@Jake_Thomson]

Get dog

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

🍻🍻🍻

[@quantly]

A little boring. There are too many videors of fishing and camping in the internet.

[@pbryan24]

Don’t watch it then

[@SG-Gody]

Tell the truth, she got the boat and you got fuck all? Hope you’re still good to see your kids

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

🤣🤣🤣 well that wouldn’t work, she wouldn’t know how to turn the boat on. Thankfully she’s not sick of me just yet 👍