Ocean winter flounder? - NJFishing.com Your Best Online Source for Fishing Information in New Jersey

torchee · #1 06-04-2015, 07:22 PM

Last year when I was sea bass fishing in the spring, I caught a bunch of REALLY
Nice winter flounder.

Is it possible for a charter to target them?

I would love to get a charter up for sea bass/ling with an effort to catch a few 4lb flounder.

I remember as a kid this was more of a thing.

BottomBouncer13 · #2 06-04-2015, 08:03 PM

Chad hacker Tagged Fish...give him a call

Reel Class · #3 06-04-2015, 08:33 PM

we catch plenty of em' on our ling trips June-September Joe... Catch em on ling rigs and also if you want to, flounder rigs

jmurr711 · #4 06-04-2015, 09:59 PM

jump on an o/b ling trip i know reel class, tagged fish & Monger should be doing em all summer.they seem to summer over where the ling are more so where the huge schools of seabass are closer inshore. heres proof anyone can catch em
direct with a beautiful flounda last june in 90ft

tautog · #5 06-04-2015, 10:37 PM

Catch them most days on the Paramount ling trips.

capt richie · #6 06-05-2015, 10:52 AM

Just keep in mind for next year the flounder fishin has been insane in the bay most of April and early may most days if you get the tide right it's drop and reel idk if any charter guys go for them but it doesn't hurt to ask

NoLimit · #7 06-05-2015, 02:30 PM

Trick might be to get chum going down there

jmurr711 · #8 06-05-2015, 03:13 PM

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Originally Posted by NoLimit

Trick might be to get chum going down there

except alot of times the same spots are covered with dogs & pouts so the chums bad news. key is fish just off th edge of structure smaller baits & some yellow unless you can get those secret cape may green rubber worms right directa???????????????

Reel Class · #9 06-05-2015, 07:45 PM

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Originally Posted by NoLimit

Trick might be to get chum going down there

You don't need chum. If you chum every bergall, banana cod, and dogfish will swarm the piece and ruin the fishing. We catch them on whole or half clam bellies or strings on regular 3/0 hooks. They're VERY aggressive. If you put on a flounder rig, you obviously catch more but you also drop more ling b/c of the small long shank hook.

Joe - you said that you have to get on the edge of the piece - that is true but a lot of the wrecks we fish actually have the fish right on them.

Pics below are just a few (these were some of the ones over 3#) we caught last summer on our "deepwater" bottom trips. We usually averaged 5-10 a trip and we had our limit a few times last year fishing wrecks in 100-240' of water.