PB Flounder from Kayak - 27" - 10.2 lbs
PB Flounder from Kayak - 27" - 10.2 lbs
Just wanted to share some photos of this incredible Galveston flounder that I caught and released on 3/3/2018. My digital scale was showing 10.2 lbs. Caught on a 7 inch live shrimp.
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Re: PB Flounder from Kayak - 27" - 10.2 lbs
Nice flounder. How did it tug on the line? Did you know it was a beast right from the hookset?
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Re: PB Flounder from Kayak - 27" - 10.2 lbs
Very nice flattie! Congrats!!!
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Re: PB Flounder from Kayak - 27" - 10.2 lbs
Wow! 27”. That is a giant.
Congratulation on catching that monster
Congratulation on catching that monster
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Re: PB Flounder from Kayak - 27" - 10.2 lbs
Awesome work.. perfectly executed during the spring flounder return. Good Job and nice work on the release!!!
Re: PB Flounder from Kayak - 27" - 10.2 lbs
I knew it was monster even before I set the hook. Fought like a sack of potatoes until it saw the net, then made a dive 17 feet down to the bottom and didn't want to come back up.Thunderbirdsc wrote:Nice flounder. How did it tug on the line? Did you know it was a beast right from the hookset?
Re: PB Flounder from Kayak - 27" - 10.2 lbs
Wow that's a thing of beauty! Been like 3 whole months since I wet a line, I'm due!
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Are you tagging them? Why? Also, why no tag on 2nd pic?JMiller wrote:Just wanted to share some photos of this incredible Galveston flounder that I caught and released on 3/3/2018. My digital scale was showing 10.2 lbs. Caught on a 7 inch live shrimp.
Nice fish, indeed.
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Re: PB Flounder from Kayak - 27" - 10.2 lbs
Excellent!! Congrats!!!
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Yes, A&M is doing an extensive study on the movement of flounder in Galveston Bay. I'm only putting the external tags on the fish. I usually tag the fish after measuring it. A&M has implanted about 40 or so internal tags in the flounder with receivers setup all across Galveston Bay to end of the jetties to track their movement. The data that has been retrieved from the receivers is very interesting.Crusader wrote:Are you tagging them? Why? Also, why no tag on 2nd pic?JMiller wrote:Just wanted to share some photos of this incredible Galveston flounder that I caught and released on 3/3/2018. My digital scale was showing 10.2 lbs. Caught on a 7 inch live shrimp.
Nice fish, indeed.
The most interesting recapture report of an externally tagged flounder has been a fisherman recapturing a one this past November in Espiritu Santo Bay. That fish was originally tagged in Galveston Harbor about 2 weeks prior.
A&M should be publishing the report in another year or so.
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Re: PB Flounder from Kayak - 27" - 10.2 lbs
What What What! WOW! Congrats!
Re: PB Flounder from Kayak - 27" - 10.2 lbs
Wow... that is quite a distance. I would really like to read that study once it is complete. Do you know where public will be able to access it?JMiller wrote: Yes, A&M is doing an extensive study on the movement of flounder in Galveston Bay. I'm only putting the external tags on the fish. I usually tag the fish after measuring it. A&M has implanted about 40 or so internal tags in the flounder with receivers setup all across Galveston Bay to end of the jetties to track their movement. The data that has been retrieved from the receivers is very interesting.
The most interesting recapture report of an externally tagged flounder has been a fisherman recapturing a one this past November in Espiritu Santo Bay. That fish was originally tagged in Galveston Harbor about 2 weeks prior.
A&M should be publishing the report in another year or so.
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Re: PB Flounder from Kayak - 27" - 10.2 lbs
Beautiful flounder, Miller! Too bad it wasn't caught during the annual CCA Fishing tournament in effect all Summer! That hog would have undoubtedly won the Flounder division, good for a new powerboat or something real special.
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Re: PB Flounder from Kayak - 27" - 10.2 lbs
That’s a monster flounder. The study sounds really interesting.
Re: PB Flounder from Kayak - 27" - 10.2 lbs
That's not a flounder, that's a baby halibut!
Re: PB Flounder from Kayak - 27" - 10.2 lbs
Wow!! I wonder about whether that flounder ever went to the Gulf this winter. Deep water like where I think you caught her will hold them through winter. Now I'm super curious to see where she ends up caught the next time.
Re: PB Flounder from Kayak - 27" - 10.2 lbs
Awesome fish. So what are you supposed to do if you catch a tagged fish?
Re: PB Flounder from Kayak - 27" - 10.2 lbs
I'm confident that a lot of flounder spawn in or around the deep ship channels and harbors near major passes and just stick around for a very long time through the winter and early spring. There's no reason for them to leave. Always bait, always good current and water clarity is phenomenal year round in some areas.Yaklash wrote:Wow!! I wonder about whether that flounder ever went to the Gulf this winter. Deep water like where I think you caught her will hold them through winter. Now I'm super curious to see where she ends up caught the next time.
The flounder I was tagging in December and January almost all had eggs. It was interesting when I recaptured the same fish a week or month later in the exact same spots and were empty, much thinner and covered in sea lice. But, a majority of the bigger fish I kept in February and 1 in March were still holding eggs. This fish was very heavy, but I'm pretty sure it was just a thick fish with no eggs.
There's a phone number on the tag to call and report the tag #, date of catch and location where you caught it.Chubs wrote:Awesome fish. So what are you supposed to do if you catch a tagged fish?
I'm not sure where it will be posted, but if I find out I'll post a link on TKF. But it will not be for awhile... The batteries in the internal tags last 2-2.5 years, so lots of data to be collected, plus the 1,000 externals swimming around.Crusader wrote: Wow... that is quite a distance. I would really like to read that study once it is complete. Do you know where public will be able to access it?
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Also, be sure to report the length of the fish. A few of the 14"-16" fish I tagged in May, were recaptured in November/December and grew 2-3 inches.Chubs wrote:Awesome fish. So what are you supposed to do if you catch a tagged fish?
Re: PB Flounder from Kayak - 27" - 10.2 lbs
If they are caught, should they be released back to the wild? Is that a fishing taboo to keep a tagged fish? Obviously you couldn't collect any more data on them. Just curious, I've never seen one but I'd probably release it back if it continues to help research.
Re: PB Flounder from Kayak - 27" - 10.2 lbs
They can be kept, but I encourage everyone to release them. The more recaptures, the more data. I'm trying to tag a lot of 14"-16" fish that people are more likely to release. If you catch a fish with a yellow tag, please let that one go if it's in good condition because it has an internal transmitter.