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Post by mwo on Jan 8, 2014 12:19:09 GMT -4
Anyone here try Flounder Fishing? Three of us do it annually in the Minas Basin in the summer months. It can be fast.
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Post by CanadianGoldenEagle on Jan 8, 2014 14:32:37 GMT -4
Haven't done it specifically. Usually I just go out and see what I can catch, thinking about trying for a Deep Sea fishing trip sometime this year.
Last bit of saltwater I did was last Summer at Bedford Basin and going after mackerel. Up for trying anything new though.
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Post by mwo on Apr 4, 2014 8:18:06 GMT -4
This is my salt water boat. Spring must be in the air I removed it from the garage this morning. Wishfull thinking.
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Post by CanadianGoldenEagle on Apr 4, 2014 20:37:28 GMT -4
Nice one Lee.
The way that the weather is going it may be an idea fitting it with skis and flipping the motor so that it becomes an Airboat.
If the weather does improve and you're up for a spot of saltwater fishing, probably a couple of months time, then I may be interested. I'll pay towards gas for the outboard.
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Post by mwo on Apr 5, 2014 6:40:29 GMT -4
I will keep that in mind. I am reluctant to invite folks that live far away Floundering. The reason is not that I do not want the company, if the weather comes up (Wind) as I does lots around here then I will not go out. It is about a 10 Mile ride through the Minas Basin from here, on the water. So if you are travelling here and prepared with rigs, bait etc. and I cancel then I feel bad. I have had folks come from up in Greenwood and I cancel when they arrive, (just too windy and at the mouth of the Avon it can get very dangerous if the wind is against the tide),some are not at all happy with me.
Having said this I will let you know into late Jun and early July. It is an adventure, we push the boat through the mud, the same mud you see at the Windsor Causeway, to launch it on the very first of the incoming tide. About 200-400 yard push. I guarantee you are mud from asshole to appetite before you even begin, some get their boots stuck and we have to pull them out. It is fun. We use bottom rigs, lots of weight and either fresh clams or crawlers for bait. Normally I buy the gas and anyone coming with me brings that bait. You need lots of bait, Trust me.
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Post by CanadianGoldenEagle on Apr 5, 2014 12:03:21 GMT -4
If you cancelled and we couldn't go out on the boat then it wouldn't be wasted as could still do shoreline fishing. Will see how things go anyway.
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Post by mwo on Jul 2, 2014 17:30:06 GMT -4
Myself and a friend hit the Basin on Monday. Down with the outgoing tide back with the incoming. From push off in the Avon River till recovery...about 8 hours. Hot out there too. Floundering was slower than usual. We got our limit, but slower then years past. Likely my one and only trip this year. My Starfish (16 Ft) was very worthy of the trip. It was even quite bumpy on the return through the Avon River gut. It can get tricky here with tide and wind.
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Post by lguthro on Jul 9, 2014 7:36:04 GMT -4
how goes the floundering
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Post by ron on Jan 25, 2016 21:54:30 GMT -4
i can hardly wait until spring when the flounder show up at the stoney island wharf. they like clams and blood worms best, and we have caught some good size flounder. it is not a problem to catch your 10 fish limit and is a nice way to spend a sunny day catch your supper. there are a few other areas that flounder have been seen and we are going to try them to see what we can catch. i use 30 lb test line as the fish were snapping 20 lb line. once in a while we have seen small halibut feeding with the flounder around the wharf.
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