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Headed out at 6 for my hole outside of stoneington. Drifting to the end of the ebb then slack. As it changed to flood started getting fluke to hit. Fourth fish over the rail was a 22". Nice way to start. 9am comes and Pop decides to join me, so in I go in to pick him up. ( I guess when your on the down side of 80 you fish when you want.) We decided to try the beaches as everyone talks about them and we haven't been in years. Did a drift off the pink house and one porky. Moved east to fish the two humps and along with 12 other boats we didn't see any caught, so back to the honey hole. Slowed down some now at this point, so we headed to Pops faverite spot and fish on as soon as we got there. One more keeper for the well then called it a day. Weather was great as was the company. Got home to find I no longer had a grease buddy and no bearing. [crazy] Some how I got home. Fishing gods were smiling on us.
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Summer flounder are different than winter flounder. It's in the way the eyes are set. I think winter flounder are sweeter as well. Trawlers and lost habitat have put a hurt on winter flounder. Cheaper to buy them in the store.
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[url "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter_flounder"]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter_flounder[/url]
[url "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summer_flounder"]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summer_flounder[/url]
summer flounder(fluke) have teeth,and the mouth is is bigger than than the winter flounder
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Good info Tom, I did find a small crab in his stomach. Also lost a wheel bearing that damaged my axle. Costly fish dinner.
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Should get the trailer back by friday. 5 bills to fix it and I only had it out twice this year. I'll have to go next week to check it out.
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that's nuts man. 5 hundred bucks? You could have purchased the whole axle assembly, leaf springs and all, brand new from a store here called Agri Supply, for that. All he had to do is replace the axle, right?
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Complete axle with hubs. Coming out of Minnesota. At $100 per hour to replace it adds up quick. I'm in Ct remember. They squeeze you good up here.
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Take the cheap parts back home and just do the work yourself. Save some loot and buy a new fishing rod with the difference.
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