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]

Originally Posted by 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.

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]

Originally Posted by ScubaLatt

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]

Originally Posted by saute86

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.