Prien 8/29/11

[saute86]

Made a short trip this morning from 9 to 12pm. Picked up 10 trout, 4 flounder and a red. Started with gulp and got tire of catching croakers and switched to hackberry in midnight and it was on. I bet I threw back 5 small ones for every legal trout to hit the ice chest. Lost some nice flounder before I could net them. Can anyone tell me whats the trick to a good hook set on a flounder? I am waiting a few seconds after the hit to set the hook but still not getting a good hook set. If I try at the hit it pulls.

[Micah]

Thats a good day

[Country Boy]

Good catch, the reds and flounder love the chart. swimming mullet around there.

[saute86]

I have caught them on them too. Just put the 3 smaller flounder in the oven. Can wait!

[Montauk17]

Now that's stuffed! Nice catch

[DUCKGOGETTER]

Nice box shot and them flounder look good

[mcjaredsandwich]

I can hardly see the flounder through the stuffing. Nice catch!

[PaulMyers]

That's some great looking eats you got there. Thanks for the report.

[trophytroutman]

Good catch,good pics and good cooking.

[BIGJ]

Nice fish and good grub

[Top Dawg]

Need some stiff backbone and a hard hookset for dem hard mouth flounders. I like usin braid for flounders.

[Kenner18]

Nice Catch .

[SaltERedneck]

oh my goodness that looks good.

[RODBENDER]

I try to use a jighead with a longer shank when I might catch flounder. It gives me a better chance of getting them in the softer tissue of the mouth. I also tip the hook with a lil piece of shrimp. They tend to hold it longer. Good catch! May I ask what area you targeted for your catch. I didn't have as good of luck as you did. I tried the points and drop off near the channel.

[SaltERedneck]

The spec bite has been finecky (sp?) the last two times i went to prien. we managed 15 keeps and 10 keeps with a 3 to 1 ratio of throwbacks. no solid bites.... fish would play with the bait.

[YellowMouth7]

FUN times man

[ScubaLatt]

nice job, Don!

[saute86]

The spec bite has been finecky (sp?) the last two times i went to prien. we managed 15 keeps and 10 keeps with a 3 to 1 ratio of throwbacks. no solid bites.... fish would play with the bait.

Same here but I been letting them take it for a second or 2 and then set the hook. I used that hesitation today and had my limit in an hour and a 1/2. Had to throw back at least 5 for every keeper. It was on today with the tide.

[saute86]

nice job, Don!

Thanks Latt we need to hook up and go fishing. We havent fished since the old offshore days in the welcraft. Whats it been 12 yrs?

[SaltERedneck]

Same here but I been letting them take it for a second or 2 and then set the hook. I used that hesitation today and had my limit in an hour and a 1/2. Had to throw back at least 5 for every keeper. It was on today with the tide.

tide was HUGE for us too.... soon as they started biting i was flippin like i do bass. specs were biting 5 ft away from the boat.... ALL 10-11 inchers though. couple of 12's mixed in but yeah the ratio was around 5 to 1 that day.