Big fluke Finally

[Bryan 2530]

Went out for a little while yesterday on my boat with my dad.
Fished everywhere from 100 feet up to about 40.

Picked up one small bass about 35" which we kept for the grill, then honed in on the fluke school.

Biggest was 10 lbs, which my dad got.

One more at 8lbs and two at 6 lbs. The small one on the deck is a 20 incher that weighed about 4 lbs.

Finally some good fluke in the boat after picking through rats for the past few trips.

Dad with his personal best fluke 10 lb. 5 oz.

 

[TheOtherLine]

It's funny how fish are called different names in different parts of the country. Down here, we call those flounder.

Nice size ones at that. Our are generally not that big (gulf side).

Very nice.

 

[Bryan 2530]

Yeah, we use the term flounder for the ones without teeth.

 

[TheOtherLine]

Yeah, we use the term flounder for the ones without teeth.

Makes perfect sense to me. Here in St. Pete (God's waiting room), most of residents don't have teeth, at least not their own.....

 

[Bryan 2530]

LOL :mrgreen:

 

[John_Madison CT]

Wow, nice doormat !!

 

[2320 pilothouse]

you got some numbers for those spots..lol

 

[POGE]

some of the best fluke shots ever seen, nice work!

 

[Megabyte]

There are flatties without teeth?
All the ones I've caught around here have razor blades in their mouths! :shock:

 

[Bryan 2530]

Yep, we call em' Winter Flounder.

 

[2320 pilothouse]

no fluke on the li sound side,help a parker boat owner out

 

[Bryan 2530]

Fish around structure, places the draggers can't go.

If your not loosing rigs you won't catch big fluke.

Where on LI are you?

 

[2320 pilothouse]

stony brook-port jeff area..

dave

 

[Bryan 2530]

You going to the rendezvous on the 21st?

 

[2320 pilothouse]

thats my game plan...

 

[sparky]

Just an FYI: There are several species of flatfish commonly found off of the NE coast.
Winter Flounder/Blackback/Lemon Sole: Pseudopleuronectes americanus. Which are right-handed fish, no real teeth to speak of. It isn't a lemon sole, but people call it one. They migrate inshore in the fall, and leave in the late spring, thus the winter association.

Summer Flounder/Fluke: Paralichthys dentatus. Left-handed fish, large teeth. I've heard large ones being called flat sharks because of the teeth and ferocity which they fight. They move inshore to shallow water during the spring, and stick around until ~September/October, thus the association with summer.

Yellowtail Flounder: Limanda ferruginea. Right-handed fish, small conical teeth. Found much deeper than the summer/winter, and rarely caught by recreational fishermen.

And, of course, I forgot the windowpane (in a rush this morning).

Windowpane Flounder: Scophthalmus aquosus. Left handed, very thin body, very small teeth. Nearly transparent, thus the name.

 

[Bryan 2530]

Window pane flounder too. 8)

 

[B-Faithful]

I made my first flounder trip this weekend off of south Jersey around several wrecks and only managed one keeper sized flounder (with a number of shorts). It was a short tip so we stayed within about 5-6 miles of the inlet but we failed to get the doormats you got. Hopefully our next trip will be out of OCMD in Sept and some of those big fish can be found around deeper water wrecks and reefs. Nice work on the big fluke

 

[Dylan'ssou'wester]

Nice catch, Fluking will only get better in August/September before
they head offshore.Enjoy while we can!