Beach Flounder
Heading down to SRQ today for a week. Anyone have any pointers on catching flounder in the surf? Tackle, bait, time of day? I know where, I just suck at it.
I typically fish from a boat but being that the wife is with me this trip my boat time will be limited.
Thanks
Ryan
I typically fish from a boat but being that the wife is with me this trip my boat time will be limited.
Thanks
Ryan
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Local flounder is my favorite fish to eat. Better than any snapper or grouper in my opinion.
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RexLan is disturbed. I agree flounder is fantastic. I told you to fish on the inside...but you didn't listen. Sorry the weather sucked.
I heard your advice and do appreciate that you took the time to reply. I live out of state so when I get down there I need to run my boat otherwise the engines sit and this can increase risk of issues.
I did fish the inside of Big Pass the one day and did catch a couple flatties. My goal was to fish Friday and Saturday by foot. I was going to wade fish and then I was going to go out at night and try to spear some with my headlamp. With the winds so crazy Friday and Saturday that just didn't happen unfortunately.
I am disturbed only because you are too old and decrepit to carry your own water .... :funnypost
But on a serious note ... the only reason I commented was because that was what I was told and it sounded "fishy" ..... I too like store bought flounder, not sure about warm water flounder however.
RexLan,
We have caught numerous species which are excellent table fare, including red snapper, mangos, yellowtail, mahi, permit, scamp, tuna, hogfish. My kids hands down favorite is flounder fish and chips. It is the least "fishy" tasting fish of any of these fish. It has very little blood in it and a virtually nonexistent lateral line. It is phenomenal. The only fish that rivals flounder is hogfish, in my opinion.
I found that the Lake Trout in the shallow lakes, like the northern pike, to be soft flesh and a bit of a musty taste. The fish from the big lakes up north that were frozen 8 months of the year and over 100' deep and very cold held excellent quality fish. We also drank the water in those lakes.
I too like a "fishy tasting" fish. Always strikes me as funny when folks want fish but don't want it to taste like fish ! Most of the farm raised stuff is pure junk IMHO like the salmon.
I've only been around FL for 4 years and the limited fish I have had is very good but it is quite soft, like the grouper. I make a lot of sausage and don't have a boat so I trade occasionally with folks for something they can't get and I can't get. I make general assumptions, apparently invalid ones, that warm water fish are the same.
I found a good source for Icelandic wild caught cod (frozen) which is quite good and still has a bit of taste. I deep fry it or bake with a Ritz cracker crust. I've been promised some hog fish when they go diving again. I would also like to give the Cobia a shot as we especially enjoy fish.
It's all good though!