http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rv9-k1wuRMc
I found this and thought it was pretty neat.
18’ Hewes Bayfisher/115 4 Stroke Yamaha/6’Powerpole, etc
That’s pretty cool to see how ferocious they are when they want to be. His 1-1.5 KT drift seems slow compared to our waters when the current gets to running up to 3 kts at times midtide. Does anyone have any tips for slowing down your drift around here besides dragging an anchor or running a motor of some sort?
Raise your outboard up out of the water if you have electric trim and stay balanced in the boat.
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very cool! for slowing a drift, they make several drift anchors or drift socks. i have used a 5 gal bucket or even 2 buckets. drifting or trolling is a good way to pick up trout and reds too. i usually just put my trolling motor into the current and chunk and wind. this year i have not flounder fished yet (crazy weather and water clarity got us jumping around a lot) but i know they are here and i am chomping at the bit. imho i think charelston may have one of the best opportunities to target flounder on the east coast. here’s the flounder blog one last time. (can’t help myself…this works!)
http://capt-tim.blogspot.com/2011/05/targeting-flounder-on-georgia-coast.html
Capt. Tim Cutting
www.fishthegeorgiacoast.com
Nice. Thanks
With a center console boat, bumping the motor in and out of gear is the best way, plus you can stay over your target area(channels, structure, reefs, etc.). If you notice in the video he was constantly imparting action into the jig, this is key. Also the line was always vertical. Many guys up here(NJ) lift the rod way up and drop it back down. 1-1.5 mph is much slower than what it looks like in the video. Many times I see guys drifting down an inlet or channel, and they don’t even realize how fast they’re moving. If it’s wind and tide together, forget about it. Wind against tide, you’re not moving. Also flounder usually won’t be right in the deepest part of the channel, they’ll be on the edges, where they can ambush. On reefs they’ll be on the down current side of structure waiting for bait to get swept over.