Decided to make the 45nm trip from my dock to Hampton Bar. Took just under 1hour, 50 minutes. I probably could have made it in in less than 1hour, 30 minutes but I had to fight a awful northern head wind in the wider parts of the James.

Anyway, made it to the MM at about 9am. Fished the N.N. side with a few small croakers. Decided to head towards Hampton Bar...NOT! Didnt make it past the Weapons Pier. The wind was BRUTAL! Some spots it was 2-3' with caps everywhere. I decided to drift in the pots around the #20 nunn. Bingo! Caught a nice (but rough) drift towards the south Island @ the MM. Caught 4-6 flounder per pass. Ended up with a limit of 19", 19.5" 21", 22" and a super fat 23.75". All on live croaker and 1/2 oz Chartreuse bucktail/stinger combo.

Headed back to Colonial Heights with a full cooler and a empty wallet...

Nice work! Gotta love it when plan B comes thru. Thanks for the report
DB

Pretty work Nocturn.

Nice job out there, it was brutal, I saw it as I crossed the MM on my way to BassPro.
I was glad I wasn't on the water. Go ahead and call me a Wimp.
I'm glad your efforts were so greatly rewarded.

LOL. I went out against my better judgement concerning the Northern winds but like you said, it payed off. Plus, I have better luck with flounder in chop.

The wind really started to peter out around 2pm. All but 2 of the fish were caught during the morning slop. The big boy was first at about 10:30. There was only one other boat out there with me. A 21ish footer walk-around. Don't know how he did but he made a few passes in the deeper water.

Anyone else notice how thick the flounder are this year? Must have been a good winter/spring offshore, food wise. That 23-3/4" fish was near 3" thick in the middle.

Way to gut her out Nocturn. Congrats on the fish.

Nice Job on the Limit of keepers, very few of those this year.

Yeah I did notice the fat flounde this year. I caught a 18.5" fish last week and his top fillet was almost an inch thick, I remember thinking this is barely a keeper?

How big were your croaker? I'm always interested in bait size, presentation and the like, trying to learn what I can.