Flounder spawning

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Flounder spawning

#1 Post by pete »

From what I've noticed the bigger fish seem to move away in mid Jan before showing again, very thin though, in early April. Anybody else notice any differences on their own patch?
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#2 Post by samo »

ye i have noticed this before i remember catching a flounder and it was nearly a bag of bones
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#3 Post by beachcaster »

if you where doing what they are and for that long you would be a bag of bones.lol :D :D :wink:
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#4 Post by corbyeire »

:lol: very good beachcaster
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#5 Post by samo »

stop i wouldnt like to be a male flouder at that time of year one of the flounder ladies might mistake your end takle for a lug worm and try to eat it.
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#6 Post by BigPhil »

i think it tends to be february here.....some of the biggest flounder of the year show in january up here on the beaches
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#7 Post by pete »

Thats pretty much what I've noticed too Phil, wonder is it the same on the east or south coasts :?:
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