Mid January Flounder Slayin

Saltwater Inshore Reports
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Fished today in an undisclosed location near edisto island :smiley:

Headed out early to catch the flood tide in our spot. Caught a few dink flounder then I got a NICE fatty a little later on. Largest flounder I’ve caught since who knows when. Kept messing around. My buddy and his girl both landed some pretty spottails. She caught her personal best 29" incher!

Chilled out and caught a seat for a bit. Drank a couple of beers. Decided well screw it ill try again… and BAM. Another beast of a flounder came in. Absolutely crazy luck on my part.

We ran out of mud minnows, but you know the weather was just too nice to head home. My other buddy Matt pulled out the fly rod just for kicks. The dude proceeded to catch 3 flounder, including a nice keeper.

Heck of a day with good friends. Still can’t believe its January… and I caught my 2 personal best charleston flatties

“mr keys”

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Impressive. Must be in a pond, no?

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No doubt a pond. Great job but not close to what would happen on the main water

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Pond, creek, ditch, puddle, or whatever, those are some nice flatties. Good job, NC!

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Nice fish for sure! But definitely in a salt pond or impoundment!

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Nice fish - congrats!

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Love seeing those fluke…LOL flounder reminds me of up north. nice to see flounder being caught. Nice job. thats why you never know when u keep throwing. U never know whats going to happen.

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Nice fish man

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my buddy in murrells inlet is still catching keeper flounder on the reg in his creek spots, so its possible.

i never catch flounder so i wouldn’t know what is “normal” :stuck_out_tongue:

“mr keys”

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If a “pond” is accessible via a boat on high tide is it a pond or just a good find? Those fish were caught from a boat that was launched from our local waters…great job on the fish D and even a better job on finding your own spot!

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This post comes off a lot stronger than I intended once I read it back. My point was this report insinuates catching multiple flounder from a boat in local waters around Edisto even with a fly rod. I would call that an impossibility in January in the creeks and wouldn’t want the average “Joe” to believe they could accomplish this feat in a million years in this area in January from waters accessible by boat from our local ramps.

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Originally posted by RADDADDY

No doubt a pond. Great job but not close to what would happen on the main water

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honestly raddaddy i was being coy as my friend requested i dont share any significant details and i wanted to honor that request. nothing more, nothing less

i try to report when i can. i dont get to go nearly as much as i would like so when i do have a good day, i like to share.

it was an awesome day. a lot of firsts for a bunch of us. good times

“mr keys”