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Night Flounder Fishing - Who does it and how do you do it? Gig, Bow, or Slingbow
Posted on 3/5/14 at 8:33 am
Posted on 3/5/14 at 8:33 am
So the Slingbow thread has me all pumped up about doing some night flounder fishing. Does this need to be done by boat or can you wade in from the beach and do it headlight style? Looking for hints. tips, tricks, or suggestions.
TIA
TIA
Posted on 3/5/14 at 8:42 am to TexasTiger01
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.
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.
This post was edited on 3/5/14 at 8:44 am
Posted on 3/5/14 at 8:43 am to BayouBrawl
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I've always used a gig and a coleman lantern. Wade out from the beach.
ditto. watch out for stingrays
Posted on 3/5/14 at 8:46 am to TexasTiger01
Been doing that since I could walk. Gig and lantern.
Posted on 3/5/14 at 8:53 am to BayouBrawl
Sweet, sounds easy enough!!! I've heard that the flounder are starting to turn on, gonna have to go give it a try!!!
Posted on 3/5/14 at 8:57 am to TexasTiger01
Don't walk. Shuffle your feet.
Oh, and don't gig your buddy's foot next to you (or your own).
Oh, and don't gig your buddy's foot next to you (or your own).
Posted on 3/5/14 at 9:12 am to TexasTiger01
gig, coleman lantern with alum foil backing and a pirogue in tow behind me.
Posted on 3/5/14 at 9:21 am to TexasTiger01
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.
Posted on 3/5/14 at 11:03 am to TexasTiger01
I gig them, have a nice little spot behind fort Jackson in Buras. It's a sand flat on the river, it's about 2 miles long and goes out about 50 yards and drops off.
We usually use propane lanterns and a single barbed gig.
The lower the river the more we catch.
We usually use propane lanterns and a single barbed gig.
The lower the river the more we catch.
This post was edited on 3/5/14 at 11:07 am
Posted on 3/5/14 at 12:07 pm to Jakeyura
How do y'all mount/carry the lanterns?
Posted on 3/5/14 at 4:37 pm to gorillacoco
I gig with an underwater light a coon arse buddy of mine designed.
Posted on 3/5/14 at 4:39 pm to TigerWise
does it strap to your leg or something?
Posted on 3/5/14 at 4:39 pm to gorillacoco
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How do y'all mount/carry the lanterns?
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.
Posted on 3/5/14 at 4:46 pm to gorillacoco
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How do y'all mount/carry the lanterns?
Lantern in left hand. Gig in the right. Get good pressure on the flounder so it doesn't slip out. Use lantern hand to tug rope and get pirogue close by. (Rope is tied around waist) Put lantern in pirogue. Then proceed with the flounder.
I know there are probably easier ways to do it, but this is how I've done it since I was a teenager.
Posted on 3/5/14 at 4:57 pm to GotDucks?
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.
Posted on 3/5/14 at 5:14 pm to dpd901
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underwater lights
Meh. takes the fun out of it, imo
Posted on 3/5/14 at 7:58 pm to SabiDojo
Not true, on those murkier nights, I still stick a few with underwater lights that would be impossible with lanterns
Posted on 3/5/14 at 8:00 pm to lsuson
Word. I may try them out. We have them. Just never used them.
Posted on 3/5/14 at 8:22 pm to SabiDojo
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