Why Should We Thank A Veteran On Veterans' Day

[longfisher]

Sounds like a great fishery....mother nature has been doing us wrong where we fish as well......If someone would turn off the fan I might be able to get out and enjoy what I enjoy most..good luck on catching a weather break and getting some quality time on the water...We do alot of flounder fishing off of south Jersey.....the season and bag limits suck...seasons too short and a summer flounder needs to be 18" to keep......we did well this year with a few fish to 27" and 8lbs....but the season is closed by the time the bigger fish migrate out of the back bays and fishing really turns on.....we have caught some slob flounder while trolling stretch 30's for stripped bass.....only to have to let them go because the season is closed.....here is a pic of the last bass we got the other week.....45" and 35 lbs.....my uncles personal best so far.....but there is alot of fishing left to be done yet

But I'm unfamiliar with the term "slob flounder". Perhaps you meant slab, but I had to chuckle at the image the term slob flounder brought to mind. That was my first thought, anyway, on reading the term.

My second tought was priceless. That is that I'm almost certain LowTide could be relied upon to readily produce a picture of something that would perfectly fit that term. He's pretty darned skilled at that, really impressive.

LT? How about it? Got a pic of a "slob flounder?" Anyone?

LF

[longfisher]

Sounds like a great fishery....mother nature has been doing us wrong where we fish as well......If someone would turn off the fan I might be able to get out and enjoy what I enjoy most..good luck on catching a weather break and getting some quality time on the water...We do alot of flounder fishing off of south Jersey.....the season and bag limits suck...seasons too short and a summer flounder needs to be 18" to keep......we did well this year with a few fish to 27" and 8lbs....but the season is closed by the time the bigger fish migrate out of the back bays and fishing really turns on.....we have caught some slob flounder while trolling stretch 30's for stripped bass.....only to have to let them go because the season is closed.....here is a pic of the last bass we got the other week.....45" and 35 lbs.....my uncles personal best so far.....but there is alot of fishing left to be done yet

...all they seem to catch are Crevelle Jacks. They don't even catch Kingfish here even though Kingfisher will hit most anything.

Maybe it's the trolling speed. I tend to run them with KingGetters on the surface and those lures are so erratic in their motion that they must be trolled very slowly or they'll pop out and wrap a hook around the line and then just twist on the line catching nothing.

I never thought of using the Stretch lures on flounder but I did read a magazine article once of someone catching monster flounder on deep trolled lures in the Potomac and in the nearby bay. At the time, I thought if I had the right lure it might do well in the Galveston Ship Channel, project depth 44'. The channel is flanked by extensive flats that come up to about 6' in depth and that's where most of the visible bait seems to be along with some smaller flounder.

You think dragging the Stretches deeper in the channel would do any good. My wife is an absolute nut for flounder and we can still catch two over 18 in November (the limit's higher in other months of the year).

If you think so, may I ask how you'd recommend rigging them and perhaps even some hints about colors and trolling speeds?

Thanks again for your civility.

LF

[bigfish4me]

...all they seem to catch are Crevelle Jacks. They don't even catch Kingfish here even though Kingfisher will hit most anything.

Maybe it's the trolling speed. I tend to run them with KingGetters on the surface and those lures are so erratic in their motion that they must be trolled very slowly or they'll pop out and wrap a hook around the line and then just twist on the line catching nothing.

I never thought of using the Stretch lures on flounder but I did read a magazine article once of someone catching monster flounder on deep trolled lures in the Potomac and in the nearby bay. At the time, I thought if I had the right lure it might do well in the Galveston Ship Channel, project depth 44'. The channel is flanked by extensive flats that come up to about 6' in depth and that's where most of the visible bait seems to be along with some smaller flounder.

You think dragging the Stretches deeper in the channel would do any good. My wife is an absolute nut for flounder and we can still catch two over 18 in November (the limit's higher in other months of the year).

If you think so, may I ask how you'd recommend rigging them and perhaps even some hints about colors and trolling speeds?

Thanks again for your civility.

LF

Big flounder at least in our neck of the woods eat a few things....long strip baits like squid strips, founder belly.....yes thats right a 10" strip of flounder belly on a 2-3 oz bucktail is deadly for doormats....we are blessed with an very productive series of artificial reefs within an easy run of most southern jersey ports, they consist of concrete reef balls, donated ship wrecks, military equipment ie tanks, NY city subway cars.....lots of structure to fish within a few miles of the beach.....the size lmits make it tough some days adit sucks to et go 25 17 3/4" flounder....which are perfect eating size.....but rules are rules and we follow them. We catch the big ones in october and november on the stretches while trolling for stripped bass.....by catch is what we call it.

[bigfish4me]

But I'm unfamiliar with the term "slob flounder". Perhaps you meant slab, but I had to chuckle at the image the term slob flounder brought to mind. That was my first thought, anyway, on reading the term.

My second tought was priceless. That is that I'm almost certain LowTide could be relied upon to readily produce a picture of something that would perfectly fit that term. He's pretty darned skilled at that, really impressive.

LT? How about it? Got a pic of a "slob flounder?" Anyone?

LF

Good god dont ask LT for a pic of a slob anything......he will burn the retina's right out of your eyes lol.