After a bit of research and enquiries on this very website, it appears that your whiting is similar to our sand whiting here in Australia. We can catch these fish on the above mentioned flies, but you can also catch them on a surface popper. Over here in OZ, they are sometimes referred to as 'The Poor Man's Bonefish'. A fun and exciting fish to catch on light gear. Our whiting here require the fly to be stripped in short sharp rapid movement, with a very small pause. Generally speaking a #4-#5 weight rod and floating line with a long leader approximately 12-16 foot. The whiting graze on the sand flats in depths that barely cover their backs. Of course they can be found in deeper water searching for worm, prawns(shrimp) and other fishy morsels. The popper that is sometimes mentioned in Australia is called ' Morsies Popper'
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