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What is the best way to catch flounder at Galveston in late december? #8299363 12/05/12 12:57 AM
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My friends are determined to catch flounders at Galveston right before the Christmas holiday, but worried that the cold front would drive flounders out by the time.
Any suggestion?
Boat fishing? Gigging? Wade fishing? What are the options that will certainly make them catch flounders in late december?

Re: What is the best way to catch flounder at Galveston in late december? [Re: Pirapan] #8299418 12/05/12 01:09 AM
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Originally Posted By: Pirapan
My friends are determined to catch flounders at Galveston right before the Christmas holiday, but worried that the cold front would drive flounders out by the time.
Any suggestion?
Boat fishing? Gigging? Wade fishing? What are the options that will certainly make them catch flounders in late december?


......I'd say "all of the above"! Even though there are some nice flounder starting to move personally I don't think they have really gotten started yet. There are still big pods of mullet holding in the back areas of the bay up in the grass and until they get flushed out there is no reason for the flounder to make their move out into the Gulf yet. Of course, if we have a couple of "blue northers" blast through and pull all the water and bait out of the marshes that might change....but we were catching/gigging flounder all winter long last year and i don't see that pattern changing in the near future around here as well.


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Re: What is the best way to catch flounder at Galveston in late december? [Re: Galveston340] #8300262 12/05/12 04:00 AM
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What a relief to hear the flounders still available in late december. Is gigging any more effective than fishing in december? I've never been to the galveston area and new to gigging. If gigging, then boat gigging any better than wade gigging? I assume the galveston water getting too cold for wading?

Re: What is the best way to catch flounder at Galveston in late december? [Re: Pirapan] #8300534 12/05/12 05:23 AM
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Originally Posted By: Pirapan
What a relief to hear the flounders still available in late december. Is gigging any more effective than fishing in december? I've never been to the galveston area and new to gigging. If gigging, then boat gigging any better than wade gigging? I assume the galveston water getting too cold for wading?


....I'd take gigging from a boat any day over wading! You can cover a heck of a lot more ground and you can cover a lot more ground in a shorter period of time. Most of the places I gig you can't get to wading in as well.


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Anyone gig from a kayak??


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Re: What is the best way to catch flounder at Galveston in late december? [Re: Pirapan] #8304612 12/06/12 02:20 PM
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Can you gig from kayak? Maybe if you modify your kayak for the underwater lighting?

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