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Mingo
 
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| Does anyone just target flounder while fishing? They seem to be only talked about on the gigging thread. I mean if they leave the passes to the gulf by the bunches wouldn't it be just as easy to catch a limit. I have gigged fish it just is more fun for me to catch them.
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Grouper
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| You can catch them in a bunch of places. When I target flounder I look for structure (poles, bridges, etc.) and fish when the tide is moving. A bull minnow or finger mullet works good for live bait, and a white grub or jig tipped with a croaker strip also works good. Which ever bait you choose just bump it across the bottom REALLY slow. If your using live bait count to 15 or 20 after you get a bite before you set the hook, they sit with the bait in their mouth and you need to let the fish swallow. If using the jig just jack 'em up right when they bite.
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I have been targeting flounder for years. Used to do nothing but catch them on artificial lures but finally got tired of baking in the sun. So now I only gig them at night. Like mentioned above they love structure. Pilings, piers, stumps. I used to fish for them around the ends of piers from the boat. Just jump from pier to pier with the trolling motor. My favorite lure was made by Bass Assassin. 4.5 in jerk worm. Color was pumpkin seed fire tail. I would rig it Texas style and skip it as far under a pier as I could get it. Let it settle and bump it back to the boat. Gotta learn what the bite feels like cause it;s very suttle. Not like a redfish hitting it like a runaway train. Good luck.
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| yeah, the key is to figure out what the bite feels like... when a flounder hits your lure, it will moste likely be on the fall(right after you bump the lure)... and then when you go to bump it again, it will just feel like dead weight on the bottom, sorta like you're hung on something... as soon as you feel this, whack 'em!
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Lots of good info on this thread. The small ones have showed up around the pass but I haven't found any decent ones there yet.
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Sam (AlumMaverick) and I went out on 'Hull Slap' yesterday... i was bouncing a 4" gulf shad.... every time i got a flounder bite, i'd call it out before i set the hook... i'd say "that's a flounder"... then set the hook, 4 times i said it, and 4 flounder i caught.
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| From the end of turkey season to thanksgiving all I fish for is flounder. For numbers of flounder use small 3.5" to 4" long artificials tipped with a piece of cutbait [2 to 3" long] from the main baitfish in that area [this does not include pinfish] mullet, croaker, siler perch, white trout, bluegill, shellcracker, stumpknockers etc | | | |