2020 Saltwater Thread Part II

[gigem95]

How much do the tides weigh into your decision to go fishing or not? Tomorrow for example, high tide is supposed to be around 4:30am and low tide isn't until around 8:30pm. This what I found with a quick Google search. I understand this to mean, during my normal fishing ours, roughly 6:00am - 3:00pm, there won't be much water movement. Would this discourage you from making the trip from Tomball to Galveston? Or is the tidal movement not really as much of a factor as I've been lead to believe it is?

So if high tide is at 4:30, then you should be good by 6:30 onward. Slack tide would be like 3:30 to 5:30. That’s the way I understand it. The tide should be more active in between high and low tide.


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[LivinADream]

Proper technique for flounder is a good light and sharp gig.

Two trips this week

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[Capt Glenn]

Moving water is important. I don't care if it is rising or falling, caused by tide or wind.

I pay attention to tide, moon phase, wind direction and speed, water temp, etc but I usually do not have the luxury of picking and choosing when I fish. If you fish the tough days as well as the ice cream days you will become a much better fisherman. It takes time to learn what to do and where to go during difficult conditions but once you get a couple plans that work for each set of conditions you can revisit those over and over again and also you'll know what to look for in other bays. The only way you'll figure that out is to get out there and do it.

When it comes to weak tides think about where that water flow will be the greatest and go there. Fish those areas that have the strongest flow. Think about where the water comes and goes from bays. The closer to passes the stronger the flow. Now, what is in your bay near a pass that might hold bait and hold fish? Is there a reef near there? Are there grass flats? You need a spot where the water will be fishable, that will concentrate fish and that the flow will be stronger than maybe other parts of the bay. You don't need water flowing by like a river, just moving.

That does not mean you are going to go out and have the best day of fishing you ever had but it also doesn't mean you ought to sit on the couch and hope your next day off is better. I promise you won't catch fish in your living room.

[JACK750]

Now that's the way to catch'em... excuse me stab them!

[SaltwaterSlick]

Moving water is important. I don't care if it is rising or falling, caused by tide or wind.

I pay attention to tide, moon phase, wind direction and speed, water temp, etc but I usually do not have the luxury of picking and choosing when I fish. If you fish the tough days as well as the ice cream days you will become a much better fisherman. It takes time to learn what to do and where to go during difficult conditions but once you get a couple plans that work for each set of conditions you can revisit those over and over again and also you'll know what to look for in other bays. The only way you'll figure that out is to get out there and do it.

When it comes to weak tides think about where that water flow will be the greatest and go there. Fish those areas that have the strongest flow. Think about where the water comes and goes from bays. The closer to passes the stronger the flow. Now, what is in your bay near a pass that might hold bait and hold fish? Is there a reef near there? Are there grass flats? You need a spot where the water will be fishable, that will concentrate fish and that the flow will be stronger than maybe other parts of the bay. You don't need water flowing by like a river, just moving.

That does not mean you are going to go out and have the best day of fishing you ever had but it also doesn't mean you ought to sit on the couch and hope your next day off is better. I promise you won't catch fish in your living room.

Nailed it!

[BowhunterB]

I’m not an expert either but I do care for them. Lol. I’ll catch 3-4 a year accidentally. Stuffed flounder is one of my favorite meals.

Yes sir. Cut right along the mid line there and peel back the meat gently and stuff that bad boy with some shrimp, bacon, green onions and a few other items - good stuff right there!

[Punkin]

Moving water is important. I don't care if it is rising or falling, caused by tide or wind.

I pay attention to tide, moon phase, wind direction and speed, water temp, etc but I usually do not have the luxury of picking and choosing when I fish. If you fish the tough days as well as the ice cream days you will become a much better fisherman. It takes time to learn what to do and where to go during difficult conditions but once you get a couple plans that work for each set of conditions you can revisit those over and over again and also you'll know what to look for in other bays. The only way you'll figure that out is to get out there and do it.

When it comes to weak tides think about where that water flow will be the greatest and go there. Fish those areas that have the strongest flow. Think about where the water comes and goes from bays. The closer to passes the stronger the flow. Now, what is in your bay near a pass that might hold bait and hold fish? Is there a reef near there? Are there grass flats? You need a spot where the water will be fishable, that will concentrate fish and that the flow will be stronger than maybe other parts of the bay. You don't need water flowing by like a river, just moving.

That does not mean you are going to go out and have the best day of fishing you ever had but it also doesn't mean you ought to sit on the couch and hope your next day off is better. I promise you won't catch fish in your living room.

Thank you, your input is really helpful! Gives me some things to think about to develop a plan with.

[panhandlehunter]

Yes sir. Cut right along the mid line there and peel back the meat gently and stuff that bad boy with some shrimp, bacon, green onions and a few other items - good stuff right there!

I cut the head off, and start working the meat off the backbone from the end, as you go, cut the backbone with scissors as close to the edge as possible and you can roll the meat back like a sock. Then when you stuff it, it is boneless except for the fins around the edge. I saw it on YouTube and started doing it that way.

[Punkin]

I cut the head off, and start working the meat off the backbone from the end, as you go, cut the backbone with scissors as close to the edge as possible and you can roll the meat back like a sock. Then when you stuff it, it is boneless except for the fins around the edge. I saw it on YouTube and started doing it that way.

Do you have a link to the video? I'd be curios to see that done.

[kd350]

Do you have a link to the video? I'd be curios to see that done.

https://youtu.be/HPQn49WXoyg

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[panhandlehunter]

Do you have a link to the video? I'd be curios to see that done.

[ame="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5c0D2TGfSbc"]How to Pocket a Flounder - YouTube[/ame]

[LivinADream]

I cut the head off, and start working the meat off the backbone from the end, as you go, cut the backbone with scissors as close to the edge as possible and you can roll the meat back like a sock. Then when you stuff it, it is boneless except for the fins around the edge. I saw it on YouTube and started doing it that way.

Did 3 of them this way yesterday, sure mekes em easier to eat when not picking thru bones. "Flounder sock" is how I labeled the bags before the went in the freezer.

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[Punkin]

That's cool! I never would've thought of that.

[Punkin]

Did 3 of them this way yesterday, sure mekes em easier to eat when not picking thru bones. "Flounder sock" is how I labeled the bags before the went in the freezer.

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When you eat them, are you eating the skin as well or do you peel the meat off the skin?