This used to be the time of year to get excited for flounder...

[bunker dunker]

just glad my sons got in on that navasink river flounder fishing.miss that stuff
allot.now I just wait for them to huddle on the off shore wrecks and catch my
two fish at 3lbs.

[Capt Sal]

Originally Posted by Gerry Zagorski

I'm embarrased to admit I too was part of the Flounder decimation that occurred in those bye gone years. Every year right around this time, a few of us would target them for a trip or 2 before the Stripers showed up. We'd catch and keep a dozen between 3 or 4 of us on each trip.

Oh the humanity!! How selfish and wreckless we were

You should be ashamed of yourself! You probably buried them in the garden lol

[Skolmann]

Originally Posted by Suntzu

I miss it as well. Picking the right day, tide and location lots of chum and salted mussels and putting triple digits in the boat a handful of times a year.
Fishery was and continues to be destroyed by off shore draggers in the summer who now get them and keep them as by catch in each trawl
The elimination of recreational winter flounder season has to have hurt the NJ party boat, rental bost and B&T business. Everything now starts a month or more later
Too bad. Would be great if they had a two week season in April with a 15 fish limit. Would be good for everyone and have no impact on fishery as on the two weeks may be 3 tops 4 days where weather, tide and temps conspire to make things productive

Someone must have said your name 3 times (ala Beattle Juice) and you appeared.

[Gerry Zagorski]

Originally Posted by Capt Sal

You should be ashamed of yourself! You probably buried them in the garden lol

We burried some Bluefish racks in the garden one year..... Our next door neighbor did not like that so much.... The garden was right next to his yard and under his bedroom window

[Scrubby]

(sniff) I too am a contibutor to the demise of the floundah stocks.. I must have kept 40 - 50 fish a year..Im a greedy gluton, Im not sure if I can live with myself..

[Gerry Zagorski]

Originally Posted by Scrubby

(sniff) I too am a contibutor to the demise of the floundah stocks.. I must have kept 40 - 50 fish a year..Im a greedy gluton, Im not sure if I can live with myself..

Admission is the first step to forgiveness Scrubby. Now all you have to do is send in your $50 donation to PETA and you're all set

[Suntzu]

Who is up for a flounder Patrick?

I have always been around just don't post much anymore and have rediscovered fresh water fishing on the mighty Passaic

[NoLimit]

We caught 78 on one tide. It was about 1985 in the North Channel at Shark River. They turned on like a light and we had non stop doubles for 20 minutes.

And they were all fat 13" plus keepers.

Mmmmm-mmmm Goood!

[John D.]

Originally Posted by Suntzu

Who is up for a flounder Patrick?

I have always been around just don't post much anymore and have rediscovered fresh water fishing on the mighty Passaic

I am game, but JPL still checks the closet and under the bed after the last Patrick.