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RE: How to???

Death From Above — Tue, 13 May 2008 19:55:11 GMT

[quote][b]Flounder9.75 (5/13/2008)[/b][hr][quote][b]Death From Above (5/13/2008)[/b][hr]The only time I use the trolling motor is when moving into the wind or against the tide. 90% of the time I am poling. Take your time and you will see/gig more flounders.[/quote]

I guess you've been using it a lot lately :poke:) (Is ever going to quit)[/quote]

Have not even been this year. Will start up here in 2 weeks.

RE: How to???

minkmaster — Tue, 13 May 2008 19:26:24 GMT

I read neckred's post and I understand what he might be trying to say as far as not giving up your honey hole but as far as teaching another sportsman how to successfully hunt or fish, that is half the reason most of us do it.
Sharing a past times with friends while benefiting from old tradition. I mean yeah we all like to eat a little fish, deer, rabbit, or quail, but for the most part we don't do it because we would starve otherwise. We do it for sport and to carry on what our fathers and grandfathers taught us to a new generation of fishermen.

Alright I concede we like to eat a lot of quail>>>

RE: How to???

Flounder9.75 — Tue, 13 May 2008 16:49:00 GMT

[quote][b]Death From Above (5/13/2008)[/b][hr]The only time I use the trolling motor is when moving into the wind or against the tide. 90% of the time I am poling. Take your time and you will see/gig more flounders.[/quote]

I guess you've been using it a lot lately :poke:) (Is ever going to quit)

RE: How to???

Tuna Man — Tue, 13 May 2008 15:52:32 GMT

[quote][b]minkmaster (5/11/2008)[/b][hr]Do you all worry about the noise from a generator spooking the flounder?
Also do you just pole through the shallows or do you idle your motor and creep along the shoreline.
That's the way we gig suckers in Missouri we chase them with the boat and gig them as they are running?
That sounds more like a mullet method though.[/quote]

Ask neckred?, I'm sure he'll be MORE then happy to help you out.:banghead:banghead

RE: How to???

Death From Above — Tue, 13 May 2008 14:57:06 GMT

The only time I use the trolling motor is when moving into the wind or against the tide. 90% of the time I am poling. Take your time and you will see/gig more flounders.

RE: How to???

Shiznik — Tue, 13 May 2008 11:57:27 GMT

Well, I want a T-shirt! LOL! I went with a very good buddy the other night adn I was the one who was watching the shoreline and trying to get landmarks for my own notes when "he" was the one that spotted a legal one right in front of me and just at my feet! He told, don't stick it yet, its not going anywhere! He backed the boat up and sure enought, that flattie was still right in the same exact spot and never blinked an eye. I stuck it and it was great for dinner too! Long story short, my buddy was right, they think they are still camo'd and stay put. It surprised me cause I thought for sure that I missed the only one I'd see that night. He has a lot more experience than I do gigging them by boat and boy do IU take notes when he drops a pointer here and there! Also took me a free Gigging Mullet 101 class that night too!

RE: How to???

Last Chance — Mon, 12 May 2008 20:23:43 GMT

[quote][b]Gnwdad (5/11/2008)[/b][hr]I have never worried about the noise from the generator spoking the flounder. My trolling motor has skimmed over them by 2-3 inches and they never moved.

I have never left my outboard running while floundering, I polled for a while then got smart and bought a tm.[/quote]

Same here,i think we have all been there done that.

RE: How to???

Reel Twiztid — Mon, 12 May 2008 08:47:37 GMT

Dido...^^^^^I'm with them.

RE: How to???

Fish Xpress — Sun, 11 May 2008 22:28:39 GMT

I have always run a tm, I used to run a 3600 watt Craftsman genny and never had a problem with spooking the fish.

RE: How to???

Flounder9.75 — Sun, 11 May 2008 22:27:14 GMT

Make that 3 :)

RE: How to???

FlounderAssassin — Sun, 11 May 2008 22:17:02 GMT

[quote][b]Gnwdad (5/11/2008)[/b][hr]I have never worried about the noise from the generator spoking the flounder. My trolling motor has skimmed over them by 2-3 inches and they never moved.

I have never left my outboard running while floundering, I polled for a while then got smart and bought a tm.[/quote]

Same here

RE: How to???

Midnight Rider — Sun, 11 May 2008 21:36:18 GMT

dido

RE: How to???

Gnwdad — Sun, 11 May 2008 21:24:32 GMT

I have never worried about the noise from the generator spoking the flounder. My trolling motor has skimmed over them by 2-3 inches and they never moved.

I have never left my outboard running while floundering, I polled for a while then got smart and bought a tm.

How to???

minkmaster — Sun, 11 May 2008 20:28:30 GMT

Do you all worry about the noise from a generator spooking the flounder?
Also do you just pole through the shallows or do you idle your motor and creep along the shoreline.
That's the way we gig suckers in Missouri we chase them with the boat and gig them as they are running?
That sounds more like a mullet method though.