stumpknocker 2 - haters 0
I flounder fish around the Corsons Inlet, NJ area. Last Saturday we caught 13 flounder in an hour at the end of the incoming, at E & F. This was in a creek with deep holes. This was controlled drift fishing, with a 1/2 oz. bucktail and dropper loop 12" above, with a 1/0 Mustad gold kale hook. That morning I cast netted menhaden, spot, mullet and minnows. The only thing they wanted was minnows, dead or alive. The next day my buddy went out and caught 27, and they wanted strip baits. This is why inshore flounder fishing can be frustrating. One day they want shrimp, next day might be Gulp in chartreuse. This can change from tide to tide even. That Saturday they didn’t even start biting at all until an hour and a half before high tide. We couldn’t get a nibble prior to that. I’ve experienced this same thing fishing in SC. You just have to come prepared with lots of options and put your time in. This does not hold true for ocean flounder fishing. It’s much easier, as long as you’re on the structure. They’ll crush well prepared and presented strip baits consistently on wrecks and reefs.