anyone gone out for flounder in the harbor yet?

[porkpiehat]

I'm heading out in the morning for my second time ever. I went out 1.5 weeks ago and we got two small keepers (the only flounders), along with a ton of skates and crabs on the deer island flats.

Nice break in the weather predicted for tomorrow. I'm going to try my luck with a bag of clams for chum and maybe more drifting than last time...the Great Santini told me its a good way to avoid skates which bent up all my hooks. Also going to put some clam on the hook instead of just worms.

I found when I did drift that it was hard to discern bites from the weight dragging on the bottom. Any thoughts on this?

Weekend looks like a good time for tog down in buzzards bay so I'm looking forward to that!

Cheers and tight lines y'all.

[stripernut]

Best of luck! Watching the flounder and skates on camera the flounder will come off the bottom further than the skates...

[porkpiehat]

I have a pocket-sized Aqua-view I hadn't thought about using it. Good suggestion!

[stripernut]

If the water is clear you can often pull the hooks away from the skates. Also as you drift you can watch for the flounder and see if they are around a real time saver.

[porkpiehat]

do you just put a weight on the camera and drift it out same as the line? those things like to spin around like crazy even through the ice!

[stripernut]

Don't know about your unit, my Auqa-view has a fin that keeps it stable.

[porkpiehat]

I'll play around with it tomorrow. do you generally drift of anchor up? Bait shop gave me blood worms instead of sand worms that will be interesting. HOpefully less bitey lol

[stripernut]

Drift till we find them.

[The Jigger]

I constantly drift and if you have GPS just go back to your starting point or you can throw a marker with a weight when you get into them. Then anchor up at the marker.