I first started flounder fishing with my uncle Rich at the age of 8 in Pawleys Island. He didn’t own a boat so we just fished from the bridges. The man could catch flounder, so we always did well, but he was always saying how every year the fishing was getting worse because the flounder were being gigged out.
I have no idea if there is any truth to that or not,
But to this day I have never gigged a fish and I personally refuse to do it.
I was wondering what everyone’s opinion was on flounder gigging?
Can’t say I’ve really given it much thought but IMO there are
probably 20 or so bait slingers to each gigger. Plus gigging is
shallow water verses all depths, All in all
Bunch of hypocrites! The same people that say they are against flounder gigging have no problem eating local shrimp that were caught in a triawlthat has killed thousands of baby flounder
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PROUD YANKEE
Oyster Baron
NMFS = No More Fishing Season
“Back home we got a taxidermy man. He gonna have a heart attack when he see what I brung him”
Bunch of hypocrites! The same people that say they are against flounder gigging have no problem eating local shrimp that were caught in a triawlthat has killed thousands of baby flounder
.
PROUD YANKEE
Oyster Baron
NMFS = No More Fishing Season
“Back home we got a taxidermy man. He gonna have a heart attack when he see what I brung him”
To gig flounder, you have to have the right tides, wind, water clarity, and hopefully not any early morning obligations the next day. With all that, you still aren’t guaranteed to see fish. IMO, it’s fishing. And I’m all for it.
Bunch of hypocrites! The same people that say they are against flounder gigging have no problem eating local shrimp that were caught in a triawlthat has killed thousands of baby flounder
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PROUD YANKEE
Oyster Baron
NMFS = No More Fishing Season
“Back home we got a taxidermy man. He gonna have a heart attack when he see what I brung him”
They don’t catch baby flounder, just “hog chokers”, sand dollars and look downs.
Bunch of hypocrites! The same people that say they are against flounder gigging have no problem eating local shrimp that were caught in a triawlthat has killed thousands of baby flounder
.
PROUD YANKEE
Oyster Baron
NMFS = No More Fishing Season
“Back home we got a taxidermy man. He gonna have a heart attack when he see what I brung him”
They don’t catch baby flounder, just “hog chokers”, sand dollars and look downs.
What Fred said. I quit dragging years ago, but I don’t recall catching any flounder. Lots of hog chokers and tongue fish, but no real flounder. There were lots of other small fish in the net, though.
All for it. Lots of things have to line up to even get to go. Then, getting to battle others wake, and everything else gives em a fair chance. I’ll take a Mon-Thursday low tide bout 4 in the morning.
Bunch of hypocrites! The same people that say they are against flounder gigging have no problem eating local shrimp that were caught in a triawlthat has killed thousands of baby flounder
.
PROUD YANKEE
Oyster Baron
NMFS = No More Fishing Season
“Back home we got a taxidermy man. He gonna have a heart attack when he see what I brung him”
They don’t catch baby flounder, just “hog chokers”, sand dollars and look downs.
What Fred said. I quit dragging years ago, but I don’t recall catching any flounder. Lots of hog chokers and tongue fish, but no real flounder. There were lots of other small fish in the net, though.
'06 Mckee Craft
184 Marathon
DF140 Suzuki
Tigerfin, We actually did catch a couple of legal size flounder on the last drag of the the season. 3 to be exact with one undersized that I personally released so the seagull wouldn’t eat it. I ate the legal ones! along with a dozen nice whiting. I ate them too!
Plus gigging is
