Monday Flounder Update:
Just a few quick notes to kick off the week...
Sea Center Wednesday
I have received the honor of being asked to do some interviews for a Texas Parks & Wildlife Department video segment about the flounders stocking program. This requires driving over to Sea Center Wednesday evening to do these. I will shoot some photos and get an update on the Sabine and Galveston broodstock and post later in the week.
No Oil at Lake Calcasieu
The rumor mill has cranked up again saying that oil has hit one of the Gulf Coast's top flounder (and specks and red) hotspots Lake Calcasieu (Big Lake) near Lake Charles, La. I was there last week and can this is totally untrue. Zero oil. The spill damage remains nearly 100 miles away at this point.
Tech Tip
I have been doing some flounder fishing using popping corks this year because one of my spots has a lot of shell and some Hurricane Ike debris on the bottom. It has been pretty effective but it has reminded me how tough it is to tell if a flounder is hooked and when to set the hook. I have been using live mullet (for the first time in years) rigged on a wide-gapped hook. I have noticed the big ones will grab it, pop it up and down a few times and then start swimming off at a pretty good pace. This is a good time to set the hook. If the cork suddenly starts jumping up and down in rapid fashion it is probably a small flounder and I have been waiting up to 30 seconds to set the hook because it seems with the mullet floating they have a harder time getting it in their mouths.
What is your experience using floats? Any tips you can share?
Always dream BIG!
Chester Moore
Flounder Revolution
What is your experience using floats? Any tips you can share?
Posted by Flounder Revolution at 7/5/2010 7:33 AM 
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Chester,
When Flounder Fishing with a float I have had good luck putting a 1/4 ounce or heavier (depending on current) split shot weight close to the hook to keep the bait on the bottom. Normally about 4 inches from the hook. This keeps the bait moving around with current and close to the bottom where Flounder ambush bait. Even works with Artificials sometimes.
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Mr. moore i started writing you and my comp. crashed so if you already have this sorry. I am a from the bank or boat kind of guy, fish where ever i think it is good. I back what you stand for in this project 100%. I for now two weekends in a row have seen people at theGSU wall catching flounder in a non legal way. They walk the top of the wall back and forth when the tide is moving using a net and a stick spoting flounder and then runing them into the net. I first hand seen 17 to 20 fish caught this way between 2 people doing this. And atleast 4 of the fish would have qualafied for a replica and the others where to small to keep,although they where kept also. I mention this to a warden and it seem like there was no intrest to my story. 17 to 20 fish you and i both know thats alout of fish know matter where your fishing, and this was a for sure count. So my question and concern is where is your and our legal help help to prevent these things. You are thought as one of the greatest of your kind and continue to do wonderful things for fish and animals. That many people reconize so i would think if i was a warden i would want to be apart of this great project you have going. If in your busy scheduel if you have time start paying attention to that area. And maybe look for a old boy in silver chevy and we could talk in person. My concern is what you have started is not taking grasp by the ones who should be backing you more than a 100% on this project. This along with the bag limit , that i cant help but think you had apart of is the future to this fish thriving. Thanks for the time and rember a old silver chevy.
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TRY this use a jig head 1/8 to 1/4 ounce with a wide gap. It will help out all your troubles. Also dont just rely on the cork to assume when to set the hook. When you see the bite occur you need to take up slack and reel down to put tension between you and the fish so you have a better feel of whats going on with the fish at the moment.And as far as waiting 30 sec. that maybe 15 sec. to long. A flounder can do the obvious 1 or 2 things in that time , Swallow the bait or reject it. Good Luck and Practice this method. Rember the key is not to rely on the cork for the hook set, just the obvious that you have a bite. Line tension is key.
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