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Flounder gigging has been good lately #6502149
03/26/19 09:38 PM 03/26/19 09:38 PM
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Spring run is going pretty strong right now, few trips from past 10 days or so. A good night gigging is always fun.
Any other flounda poundas on here

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Re: Flounder gigging has been good lately [Re: Txcoonman] #6502155
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Don’t have them here but have a wholesaler in Des Moines that gets them and I do like to eat them. Do you catch them like catfish where the bait doesn’t move much or does the bait need to move like walleyes?
Re: Flounder gigging has been good lately [Re: Txcoonman] #6502156
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And nice haul thats good amount of fish.
Re: Flounder gigging has been good lately [Re: Txcoonman] #6502157
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That's pretty cool. I would like to do that some day
Re: Flounder gigging has been good lately [Re: Bob_Iowa] #6502160
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Are you saying ya'll do not have ice on your cricks there?
This northern boy could have fun with that.
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Re: Flounder gigging has been good lately [Re: Txcoonman] #6502186
03/26/19 10:07 PM 03/26/19 10:07 PM
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Man! I'm jealous! That is some fun and fine eating...

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Re: Flounder gigging has been good lately [Re: Bob_Iowa] #6502245
03/26/19 11:10 PM 03/26/19 11:10 PM
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Originally Posted by Bob_Iowa
Don’t have them here but have a wholesaler in Des Moines that gets them and I do like to eat them. Do you catch them like catfish where the bait doesn’t move much or does the bait need to move like walleyes?



You use a special boat made for this, shallow flat bottom aluminum boats, lights rigged on the front to see in the water at night, tilt your main outboard out of the water and use a fan motor to drive the boat over sand bars and shorelines and the flounder are bedded down in the sand just sitting there and your basically hunting them, no rod and reel, stab them with a gig, look closer on the fish you’ll see the gig marks.

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Re: Flounder gigging has been good lately [Re: Txcoonman] #6502260
03/26/19 11:20 PM 03/26/19 11:20 PM
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Now that sounds fun! Gonna have to add that to my bucket list. Nice fish!
Re: Flounder gigging has been good lately [Re: Txcoonman] #6502264
03/26/19 11:22 PM 03/26/19 11:22 PM
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Did not even know that was a thing . Nice !

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Re: Flounder gigging has been good lately [Re: Txcoonman] #6502292
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Way to go. Never gone flounder fishing but have caught Fluke. That was fun, especially since my oldest boy caught his first fish (Fluke) right after I caught mine.
Re: Flounder gigging has been good lately [Re: Txcoonman] #6502324
03/27/19 12:58 AM 03/27/19 12:58 AM
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Never caught any but sure enjoy eating them when I'm back home in the old country.

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Re: Flounder gigging has been good lately [Re: Boco] #6502326
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Originally Posted by Boco
Never caught any but sure enjoy eating them when I'm back home in the old country.

Mexico? grin

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Re: Flounder gigging has been good lately [Re: Txcoonman] #6502356
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that's great what are the other fish in last pic. thanks for sharing
Re: Flounder gigging has been good lately [Re: Txcoonman] #6502385
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Can you gig black drum too?
Re: Flounder gigging has been good lately [Re: Txcoonman] #6502429
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It is nice to see them , It been many years that I had fish them in MA and RI on the shore and in a boat.Always like to eat them. Thank you for posting .

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Re: Flounder gigging has been good lately [Re: Txcoonman] #6502435
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They are fluke... aka summer flounder. Correct me if I'm wrong. They have a larger mouth full of teeth vs. "winter flounder" w/ a small mouth and no teeth. Fluke get much larger than winter flounder also.

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Re: Flounder gigging has been good lately [Re: Txcoonman] #6502452
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Nice haul! I used to do a lot of diving and spearfishing and some days I would go along the bottom like I was picking up trash and stack them up on a pole spear.

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Re: Flounder gigging has been good lately [Re: Swamp Wolf] #6502455
03/27/19 09:16 AM 03/27/19 09:16 AM
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Originally Posted by Swamp Wolf
Man! I'm jealous! That is some fun and fine eating...

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Re: Flounder gigging has been good lately [Re: Txcoonman] #6502464
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Nice job, you got some good eating there.

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Re: Flounder gigging has been good lately [Re: Txcoonman] #6502551
03/27/19 11:23 AM 03/27/19 11:23 AM
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My dad talked about doing that when he was in the AF in Biloxi MS in the early 50's. They just waded & he said a good sized one would soak you when ya stuck it ! Sounds like a blast!!!
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