Bay Fishing 6-2 DE Bay

[Daddys_Toy]

Fished just east of the big fleet between F and G cans. Best for me was 30-40' water, SWT was 66-68, caught last 2 hrs of incoming, 5 flounder, 4 keepers to 22" along with some sharks, skates and a stargazer. Single hook flounder rigs, yellow pink, white and chartreuse all worked with squid/minnow and squid/shiner for bait.

A stargazer is one UGLY fish!

[Sam]

Good catching! Those flatties were deep!

I hear the stargazer has some "shocking" attributes!

Florida Museum of Natural History Ichthyology Department: Southern Stargazer

[Daddys_Toy]

Originally Posted by Sam

Good catching! Those flatties were deep!

Interesting comparison, fishing OCMD for 30 years, I always thought an 8-10' hole was deep. In the DE Bay, I rarely hear of flounder being caught in less than 20', and most of mine have come in 40' +/-. Some boats are reporting catches in 60-70' of water. Granted it's a larger and deeper body of water, but it took me awhile to adapt to the line diameter, weights, everything else that comes with changes that dramatic. But, the basics are the same. Shoals, rough bottom, channels, etc are still the lurking grounds of DE Bay flounder. Rarely do I find any on flat bottom. I've also done well fishing the "down current" side of the lighthouses in the past but with NJ and DE having some "requirements" now for non-resident boaters, I'll be sticking to the DE side of the bay.

[Sam]

Good info to know. Thanks again for the advise.