This is me fishing in foggy Nova Scotia for flounder, more specifically blackback flounder, or more commonly known as the Winter flounder. Some anglers mistaken these flounder for the Summer flounder or fluke and sometimes for even for halibut.
Flounder are clasified as ground fish. There is a 10 fish bag limit per day per person.
I didn’t use my outboard motor cause I only fish about 75-100 yrds from where I launch my boat and I if I don’t have to put it in salt water I won’t.
For some flounder fishing tips, I keep my rig simple, no need for fancy complicated rigging. I was only fishing in 10-15 ft of water right under the boat by my chum pot, so there was no need for swivels, or other fancy attractants.
Begin fishing about 2 and a half hrs into the flood tide as the fish move inshore on the flood…I have’nt ever had too much success on the ebb tide.
The bait I used was soft shell clams. I show myself digging clams and shucking clams…I use a very basic rig using only hook line and sinker in addition to the clams.
I was fishing in tidal waters, salt water, fishing coastal waters, on the ocean…Verticle Jigging live bait and the use of chum pots are my favorite way to catch flounder.
Winter flounder is sometimes called blackback, lemon sole and George’s bank flounder. It occurs in inshore and offshore waters from Labrador southward. A muddy reddish-brown, it is sometimes spotted or mottled on its eyed side, and its underside is often tinged with yellow. Inshore fishermen harvest this species with handlines, weirs, and drag trawls; offshore, the fish are harvested with otter trawls. Harvest takes place year round with peak season between June and August.
Like all flounders, winter flounder has a distinctive flat body, with both eyes on the upper (right) side. The blind underside is white, while the upperside is pigmented to match the bottom along which they feed, giving protection from predators. Once cooked, the meat is pure white, lean, boneless and flaky with a mild flavour.
Winter flounder is sold fresh and frozen as whole fish, fillets and blocks as well as fully prepared in various value-added presentations.
Winter flounder’s name derives from its tendency to move during the winter months to shallower inshore waters. It ranges from southern Labrador to the waters of South Carolina and Georgia and is most abundant from the gulf of St. Lawrence to the Chesapeake Bay. It is frequently called “blackback” when it is smaller than 3 pounds and a “lemon sole” when it is larger. Like all flat fish, the winter flounder has both eyes on one side of the head. A newly hatched flat fish larva has one eye in each side of its head but within months it adapts to a bottom dwelling lifestyle, by which time one eye has moved to the other side of the head. Unlike most other bottom dwelling fish that rest by lying on their bellies, a flat fish rests on its side. Having both eyes on one side of its head enables the flat fish to rest on the ocean’s floor while directing both eyes upward. The winter flounder is referred to as a right handed flounder because the eyes are located on its upper surface when the fish is pointing to the right. A 12″ winter flounder is about 2 to 3 years old, a 20″ winter flounder is about 9 to 10 years old. Female winter flounder grow faster than males and attain larger maximum sizes to about 8 pounds with a length of 25 inches and may live up to 15 years.
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Some under ice views from beautiful lake Saarijärvi in Vaala, Finland
This week we head to the backwaters of the Mississippi River for some jumbo largemouth bass. The midsummer bite can be awesome if you can find those drop-offs with timber on them. You can see full show at: www.HuntFishTv.com
Capt. Blair fishes for monster-sized jack crevalle off of Florida’s space coast with Capt. Jimmy Ross.
UPDATE: the mystery is solved. However, it’s very sad and unfortunate:
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http://www.reefari.com Come aboard Mako for a Mackay fishing Charter for a three day non-stop fishing adventure. This fishing charter was for three days fishing Steven’s Reef and Charlie’s Bommie, about 75 nautical miles from Mackay in the middle of the Great Barrier Reef. Some awesome fishing action with a great session on spanish Mackerel, 8 in 45 minutes to get everyone well and truly pumped. That was just the start, We had to leave the fish biting as we were after the Prized Red Emperor. With Jason Kennedy onboard from Southern Cross’s TV show “Fishin Trip”, keen to film some excellant Reef fishing with Red emperors to be the stars. Look out for it showing in October, highlighting some serious Red Emperor fishing from Mackay. The reef fishing was awesome with multiple hookups, heaps of fish, with a huge variety caught, and some quality fish, as the video shows. We ended up with about a dozen Red Emperor, so definately can’t complain, heaps of Spanish Mackerel, and too many too others, too numerous to mention. A monster 10.5 kg Sharky Mackerel was definately a highlight, biggest I’ve seen. Sally our new skipper of Mako, caught the biggest fish, a 25kilo cod which was towed and released. Great to See, Mackay is really cementing it’s place as some of the best fishing on offer on the east coast of Australia.
Join me on a little outing where I catch bass in a most unconventional way. I call it ‘Sweeping’ and in this episode of ‘Another Walk with Mike’ you’ll discover how exciting this method can be. I came up with the technique after having bass hit my buzz bait just as I was pulling it out of the water. Finally, after one such strike I pushed my pole back in the water and Bam! A method was born. Similiar to doodlesocking or jigger pole fishing, sweeping is best done from a kayak. Watch my video and see for yourself. It is as exciting as it can be. Also, enjoy my other wildlife walks and nature tour videos.
Episode 6 Fragile Paradise: The South Pacific is still relatively healthy and teeming with fish, but it is a fragile paradise. International fishing fleets are taking a serious toll on the sharks, albatross and tuna, and there are other insidious threats to these bountiful seas. This episode looks at what is being done to preserve the ocean and its wildlife.
An early-at-morning thought about new idiom I did learn: Like Shoot Fish in a Barrel.