If you ask Ocean Kayaker he would tell you "Jan thru Dec"
The actual " RUN " will vary with everyone, but our best catches in the last 3 years has been late October until early December
R U serious? LOL! Just kidding.
After the first few cold fronts in the fall it starts to get good and keeps gettin better. Like cva said, check you regs cause they just changed last year
Backin 75-80 era at POC E jetty bay side we used to camp.There was a Big Skunk that would just walk into camp and begg for food like a little Dog.It would eat eat right out of your hand (just had to be sure you were upwind side cause he was'nt FIXED) When you floundered near he would walk along with you at waters edge waiting for you to gig a little fish and pitch to him.You could pet him like a cat(hand woud stink though) He was there several years and we never got sprayed .Then we never saw him again..........CVA34
It wouldn't hurt my feelings if they made flounder a game fish and outlawed gigging altogether but then I don't gig. If you can't give him a fighting chance on a rod and reel or some kind of line it's not much of a sport, just a meat haul.
Flounder are much better concentrated during the fall and spring runs, but hang out at any marsh drain all of the warm months. Any out going tide, is a good time for flounder.
Incoming tides work also, but you have to move the boat to present with the water flow. Chester Moore's book Flounder Fever will tell you just about any thing you want to know about catching flounder.
Whenever you can go fishing. I can get into them pretty good year round. There are more than a few hanging out in the gut behind the pass right now right along the drop off.
Like others have said, they concentrate in the fall, but you can catch them year round if you know where to look. remember, flounder are lazy and wait for the bait to come to them. If you find one in the summer, there are generally others around.
Thank you. I am fairly new to saltwater fishing and love flounder! I'm still learning when and where to catch them, also love reds! If you have any tips on catching them I'd appreciate it!!
The attitude of many non-giggers towards giggers is the same reason we lose many of our freedoms. Those who do not participate would just as soon have nobody do it. Same attitude non-fishermen have towards fishermen, and can be extended to most hobbies and other parts of life. For the record, I have never gigged, does not mean I never will.
The attitude of many non-giggers towards giggers is the same reason we lose many of our freedoms. Those who do not participate would just as soon have nobody do it. Same attitude non-fishermen have towards fishermen, and can be extended to most hobbies and other parts of life. For the record, I have never gigged, does not mean I never will.
"There are only about 100 commercials that harvest Flounder, it is estimated that they take half the harvest for flounder in Texas. Their main way of harvest is gigging."
See...now we are starting to come together on this. Ban commercial sale/gigging of Flounder the same as we have done with Specks & Reds. That would give them the much needed relief they needs. Or how about banning the use of airboats for gigging. Several option were discissed at the public hearing and many were better that shutting down the walking gigger.
Perhaps I'm more up to speed than given credit for. After walking with a Coleman lantern & gigging for 32 years straight ... no gaps (purely as a recreational activity) I have a unique and up close concept of what is happening to my sport. Next to duck hunting, gigging the old fashion way is my 2nd favorite sport. Read some of my post. My 9 year old and I go almost every weekend...
"There are only about 100 commercials that harvest Flounder, it is estimated that they take half the harvest for flounder in Texas. Their main way of harvest is gigging."
See...now we are starting to come together on this. Ban commercial sale/gigging of Flounder the same as we have done with Specks & Reds. That would give them the much needed relief they needs. Or how about banning the use of airboats for gigging. Several option were discissed at the public hearing and many were better that shutting down the walking gigger.
Perhaps I'm more up to speed than given credit for. After walking with a Coleman lantern & gigging for 32 years straight ... no gaps (purely as a recreational activity) I have a unique and up close concept of what is happening to my sport. Next to duck hunting, gigging the old fashion way is my 2nd favorite sport. Read some of my post. My 9 year old and I go almost every weekend...
I would like to see gigging from a lantern only as well. As when I did it back in the early 80's that was the way we did it.
It keeps that portion of the texas tradition alive.
From the numerous meetings I went to, the problem came up of what to do with the guys who have spent all this money on rigs with lights .......
Banning the commercial sector from Texas Flounder is essentially what is hppening with the restricted limits and rod and reel in November.
So without TPWD shuting down commerical's, they essentially did..... and I have no problem saying I like what they have done ..... TWPD has essentially helped allocate a better distibutiion of the specie to the greater population.
outlaw gigging, for some people it is a family tradition a past time that has been a staple in many lives for generations and needs to be for generations to come
I wanted to give the propers to Muddskipper. He probably is more informed on the Flounder issue that anyone here. He works for TP&W, with flounder and more importantly, works with the flounder restocking program. He attended the meetings and hearings.
Thanks MuddSkipper for all that you are doing. Our best hope of hanging on to the "tradition" is through guys like you.
I don't understand why anyone (commercially) should be able to take enough of ''OUR'' fish that they can make a living on it. There's no way the recreational fisherman could catch as much as the commercials do.....
October - December like saltwater therapy said. flounderstalker you may want to get a flounder in your picture to go with your name, just a thought !!
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