Winter flounder

[Hunter 2]

The Keyport flats always produces nice flounder.

[kpfish]

Id be happy to take some guys for flounder. Bait and chum are expensive!
I try to load the boat so we can put together a good catch. Been getting them good the past few spring seasons.

[bulletbob]

Originally Posted by Hunter 2

The Keyport flats always produces nice flounder.

When I lived in Union Beach, thats where we fished.. Fishing was spectacular year after year.. Not sure what its like now, but I remember the fishing did not start early in that part of the bay.. It started off better in the Shark , Navesink, Shrewsbury,and Manasquan rivers, and then as that started to fade a bit the bay came on real strong in April into May.. Once the Blues showed up in May, flounder became scarce... We always thought it was because of the cold water coming down from the Hudson River.. Just a theory... bob

[capt richie]

Originally Posted by kpfish

id be happy to take some guys for flounder. Bait and chum are expensive!
I try to load the boat so we can put together a good catch. Been getting them good the past few spring seasons.

it sure has been good your one of the only boats i ever see fishing for them last year i had a 30 grady white in sure you saw us this year we got a new 35 carolina classic we will see if the marine police bust my balls for being in the chanel 6'' lol

[hammer4reel]

Originally Posted by Blackfish Doug

I agree with you Dan I know exactly what your talking about but I rather catch that 50lber & release it with you then to catch short Fluke all day & release them. I used to like it but the more I did it the the less I liked it. In my opinion it's not worth the price of a charter anymore. I'm too used to fishing way out east where a common day is a average of 5lb plus fish plus a good mixture of Sea Bass & other things to go along with it. South winds too much cold water NE wind too rough finally you get that NW wind but it's wind against the tide & when it's finally right you get a good hour of fishing.I had too many trips even with some of the best Fluke fisherman here that this happened to me. I'm tired of that old saying that it's fishing not catching. That line when it comes to me is too worn out. last year I did not go on any headboat or charter boat targeting Fluke. I probably wont do it again this year again either. The best fluking I will probably do is on the back of the Paramount before it goes offshore.

Doug I can honestly say the guys I fish with aren't having that problem.we are fishing big baits and limit out most trips.
Sometimes it takes a lot of moving around, but we are finding plenty of nice fluke.
And watching tourney weigh in I see many guys doing the same, and having very good catches weekly