Night Flounder Fishing - Who does it and how do you do it? Gig, Bow, or Slingbow

I've always used a gig and a coleman lantern. Wade out from the beach.

ETA: Make sure to shuffle your feet and not pick them up. A Stingray barb to the leg wouldn't be very pleasant if you stepped on one.

Been doing that since I could walk. Gig and lantern.

Don't walk. Shuffle your feet.

Oh, and don't gig your buddy's foot next to you (or your own).

I gig from my flat boat with led lights. Prefer an incoming tide. I use a boutwell bamboo gig pole and a cosson stainless steel gig head. Use my trolling motor or push pole.

How do y'all mount/carry the lanterns?

I gig with an underwater light a coon arse buddy of mine designed.

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How do y'all mount/carry the lanterns?

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I always just carry it by the handle, it needs to be below eye level so you don't blind yourself. When I gig a fish, I always just slide the handle over my arm and cradle it in my elbow while I use the other hand to take the fish off if needed.

Underwater lights are exponentially better than lanterns. Also, we designed a gig out of a piece of stainless tubing... You cut one end off at a 45, crimp and grind sharp. On the other end, insert the point end of a stringer with a buoy into the tubing and then crimp it down so the stringer is stuck. When you gig one, you can just slide it onto the stringer without having to lift the point of the gig out of sand. We never lose one.

Not true, on those murkier nights, I still stick a few with underwater lights that would be impossible with lanterns

I built a underwater light out of PVC Pipe and an LED Bulb from Lowes using this web page as a build guide.

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I power it with 8 AA batteries using the adapter linked below. It will fit in your pocket and power the light all night.

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