Greetings fellow flounder fanatics!

The brutal winds on the coast continue but over the last week we have had a couple of days here on the Upper Coast where the entirety of the bay systems have been accessible and the flounder action has been solid. Some have even reported the best action they have had in years.

The reason?

Lack of pressure.

Since the super stiff winds have blown all spring, very few anglers have been able to target flounder. On top of that, we are now past two years of changes in flounder regulations that should be cutting flounder harvest by 30 percent. At the last Flatfish University (TM) event, I spoke on finding lightly pressured areas as being one of the key components to finding trophy-sized flounder. The reason pressure is so important for finding big flounder is that nearly all legal flounder caught are killed. Many trout are released, but just about all of the flounder caught die or have over the years. The current regulations are changing that and so is the Flounder Revolution (R).

Many of you are putting back flounder, particularly the breeders, and are helping to create a potentially amazing fishery for the near future. Now that we are see large numbers of flounder be able to reach their genetic potential, things could get interesting.

Family Fishing Clinic

Flounder Revolution (R) will once again be a part of the Texas Fish & Game Family Fishing Clinic. This event will be held Sat. June 25 at Fishing Tackle Unlimited in Houston. Running from 10 a.m. till 4 p.m. it will feature a variety of seminars including one on my F.L.E.X. Fishing (TM) system and our flounder friend Bryan Treadway talking on Galveston Fishing Hot Spots. Scott Null will talk on kayak fishing for reds in Galveston and the Galveston Bay Foundation will discuss conserving the resources of the region. My full flounder display of replicas, skulls, diagrams and my "pool cue rod" will be on hand. There will be much more on this in the June edition of Texas Fish & Game and in a future update but I will leave you with this. Anyone who attends my seminar at the event will get in on a unique drawing. We will be giving away a guided bass fishing trip with me and guide Billy Mills on Lake Conroe. The drawing will come only from those in the room at my seminar so get there early.

Tech Tip

Flounder have a bad habit of running under the boat as you are fiddling with the net. A great solution according to retired flounder guide Capt. Skip James is to "figure eight" them. To do this move the rod in a sweeping "figure eight" motion until a net can be grabbed or if the fish swims directly to the boat being caught and is nowhere near tired.

(Photo courtesy NOAA)

"It disilluions them and breaks their will," James said.

And it also will help keep you from losing your prized catch.

God bless,

Chester Moore