Fished with my and Wife and Dad for a couple hours satuday afternoon. Ride was a little sloppy w/ a strong outgoing tide and 15mph east wind. Picked up one shortie at Cape Henry, a few hit and misses, tide and wind made it tough fishing. Canned that and ran over to the 2nd island and managed to scrap one 21" flattie off the rocks there on a live spot. I didn't wet a hook the whole day stayed at the helm all afternoon fighing the blasted wind.

We missed some nice fish up at Cape Henry on live spot and croaker, brought back a couple raked bait fish tough not to anxious with such and irradic drift. The rough year continues, might have missed the last chance to get the Mrs. a paper flattie this year too . . . guess we'll have to wait and see about that. There are some nice fish out there wish I could have fished sunday when wind died down. Anyone else fish this weekend?

The best flounder fishing is now tell mid november when everybody switch to chase stripers i still fish for flounders and then get my striper meat think about it they stay in the same areas just means putting on more clouths that all and wait the winds out if you have a small boat. you should try it this year. It seems they bite better this time of the year anyway for those long winter mounths. Did you go over to leasner bridge for bait if you did how did you do. I went yeasturday and got about 3 1/2 dozen or so. When you use the finger mullet for bait how do you hook them when using whole alive and when not alive. when i am using them whole i hook them in th eyes and when i get a bite i am left with the head on the hook. Should i place the hook behind the gill plate on the body area of the bait?

Tried Sunday didn't do much on live mullet, didn't see any caught. It's been a struggle to say the least, I've caught more keepers this year in the kayak.

I only use them live and I hook them in the mouth and out the top between their nostirls. Flounder don't cut fish in half b/c they have holding teeth not cutting teeth. If flounder do bite short and you try and set the hook they'll leave rake marks down the sides of the bait. Its likely small blue fish or sharks that nibble away everything but your baits head like that. It happens to me on occasion if it happens continually I usually change fishing locations.

One thing I learned from Craig Paige at his most recent seminar over here on the peninsula is keeping live bait centered on the hook helps keep your leader from tangling up. Make sure when you hook a fish, you take the time to hook him in the middle of his nostrils and not too much off to one side. Been trying to pay closer attention to that this year seems to have reduced twisting.

I should be fishing again this saturday, might give your mullet spot a go then. Thanks again for the help.

Two weekends ago I saw a guy in a Yak pull about a 24" flounder out of the water as I was motoring in past lessner, and he didn't even have a gas bill that day. . if I lived on that side of the water I'd get myself one. . .

YoungGun,
Try some pinfish!
DB

Craig Paige can put you on the fish i saw the 11.8 lbs flounder the day it was caught i was at long bay point heading out to go fishing he had some others in there alittle smaller than that. Its been a long time since i have used finger mullet for bait, i wll try that friday night when i will be going out next. I am use to the smaller ones in the 3 to 4 inch range not the 5 to 9 inch range. when you do go down there the sweet spot to cast from is near the poewr line poll on the right sided of it that where i see every one slays them there. i been getting mine by the sign near the the deck that runs to the beach under the bridge since i am fishing right there. Theres a nice hole there off the shole with outhe outgoing tide and the incomeing tide as well. key thing is you have to see them when you cast your net , you just can not blain cast there for them that will wast your time. Then again if you put your boat in there you can get them on the way out in the channel i have seen boats get them that way also watch out near the bouys i lost one cast net that way this year that way do to the tie off block of the bouys where the net land on the edge of it, coastlly mistake, just wanted to give you the heads up if you head over that sided or come from that sided and through from your boat.

Thank you for the tip and will try it this weekend good luck to you on the mullet and for some flounder. do not for get the pics lol ..

I have pin fish as 5th on my list of prefered flounder baits behind, spot, mullet, croaker and peanut bunker mostly from what I've heard from other people, the do seem a bit more spiny than the rest makes them harder to swallow I imagine. Have you had any luck w/ them Joe?