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White Marlin
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I have Flounder gigged many years ago when I worked in Hilliard, Fl. (just west of Fernadena Beach). Back then there was no size limit on them and I don't remember if there was a creel (1975). So my question to those that do gig is how do you know that they will make the size limit BEFORE you stab them. Is it a WAG?
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After you haved gigged long enough its pretty easy to tell. Sometimes you can use the width of the gig to give you a rough estimate. Generally if he is that close I just let them go rather than risking killing a illegal fish.
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If its that questionable then he's to small to fillet anyway.
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There were no creel limits on Flounder in '75. We usually let the dinks go & keep the 14" & bigger. I can remember fishin the pier back in the late 70's when we would gut, head & scale small flounders & fry 'em whole at the shack with a slice of cheese melted on top.... Hard to beat that.
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| If you occasionally flounder.... and/or if they are buried up, then it may be harder to judge. Unfortuanely.... When in doubt... Do with-out ... That's a good idea on- If you have time, to sort of try and guage it by the gig width (alittle). But if you flounder alot, It is just a given ... You just know (even if the are buried up to there eyeballs in 2 feet merky water). You just know. Not to say that sometimes you have to do a double take on um. Tilting that head a little'
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kritzzz (8/22/2008)
If you occasionally flounder.... and/or if they are buried up, then it may be harder to judge. Unfortuanely.... When in doubt... Do with-out ... That's a good idea on- If you have time, to sort of try and guage it by the gig width (alittle). But if you flounder alot, It is just a given ... You just know (even if the are buried up to there eyeballs in 2 feet merky water). You just know. Not to say that sometimes you have to do a double take on um. Tilting that head a little' That is what I was wondering, sometimes you can't see the whole fish. Although I have gigged, I haven't done that much to be proficient at estimating that close. Although I know that shorts have been stabbed.
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