How many do flounder gigging?
Working a a flounder light (7 months now)
and trying to solve many issues that crop up trying to build such a light.
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How many do flounder gigging?
Working a a flounder light (7 months now)
and trying to solve many issues that crop up trying to build such a light.
Never heard of it until now. I googled it though. I don't think it's legal here in Jersey.
i have gigged before when i lived on the gulf coast. my neighbor had his jon boat rigged for it. had rails upper waist high on bow and lamps (looked like headlights from a car) mounted to the rail.
what kind of issues are you running into?
Bob, try this link... lots of good info
Flounder Gigging - Pensacola Fishing Forum
I'm from Pensacola, FL and used to flounder gig quite a bit this time of year. My father has already been on several trips so far this fall. Floundering is a ton of fun. I plan on doing some when I go down to visit around Christmas.
Use to do that when I lived near Corpus. Had a jon boat rigged with a wood frame in front that had 2 pieces of 105 siding put on in a "V" shape. The siding was cut to it was not so wind and the lap faced the other side and a Coleman lantern fit in that perfect. Had it set up for 2 lanterns and used a shield on the back side or my side to reflect more light down and at the same time keep some of the light out of our eyes.
We had a lot of fun during the fall run.
Skip
I would if there were any flounder here in Arkansas. Do gig a few frogs some years.:D
Never tried that.
Used to wade all night around Port Aransas. Just using a coleman lantern with a reflector shield and a gig working water less than knee deep. They are good eating fish..... will give crappie a run for the money! Have to be careful not to step on any rays :eek:.
I don't gig flounder because I live in Missouri. However, I do gig a lot of suckers though. Here's my gigging setup on my boat. Two 400w metal halide's being pushed by a Contractor 3500w generator.
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did it one time at port aransas on vacation about 5 years ago, only got 7 but it was fun.
I'm currently starting to rig out my flounder gigin' boat. Just moved to Pcola and trying to get in on the start of the run!!! They are pounding the doormats as I type this. That second cold front got them moving good. It's so calm you can do it in the gulf too!!!
Yes, I do quite a bit of flounder gigging as well as dipping shrimp under lights.
As a 10 yr old kid I used to gig flounder.Quote:
Originally Posted by sac-a-lait
I lived on the gulf coast out of Perry Fl, ( 50 mi south of Tallahassee) a place called "Jug Island".
We'd use a car headlight taped to the end of a broom stick, wires running back to a car bat in the boat.
Walk along till ya spotted one, gig em ! ! etc, etc........
We used straight gigs, no barbs, once ya stabbed em yu'd reach down, place your hand under them,
gig between your fingers, lift em up and deposit em in the boat, etc......
Nothin better ! ! ! !
Phantom, you don't do it now? You got some real good ground just a little north of ya.Quote:
Originally Posted by Phantom309
A friend grew up in the Daytona Beach area and one of the friends of his had a commercial license to sell the catch. He worked at the News Journal and got off work in the wee hours in the morning. A 10' jon with lots of batteries and a forehead light was his rig. A rope around the waist with the wires taped to it kept the boat about 10 feet away and allowed him to get close to some of the bigger ones, so I was told. He used a barbed gig and every once in a great while he would get one the he had to gig and lean on or it would flutter away, true giants. He worked at the paper for 17 years and gigged for many of those years. He said that sometimes you got dinner, but sometimes you got the holy grail and hated when the batts wore out or the sun came up. Lots of flats in the Halifax, and I caught a bunch on hook and line near the Grenada Bridge. Tipped Jigs worked best for me.
Just a note ... I worked all up and down the coast here in the Panhandle of FL and one of the greatest stories I have heard of about Floundering was from Panacea ... They get a #2 Wash tub ... fill with beer & ice ... tie to a rope around their waist and take off wading with gig (single prong .. no barb) and head light ... try to replace the beer with flounder.
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Lol yep! Shuffle your feet!Quote:
Originally Posted by cache22
When I lived down near Corpus we did a lot of this and used a Coleman lantern. Had a friend down there that showed me a really cool way to use the coleman since it has the lip at the bottom of the rule can part. He made a wood structure to fit on the front of my boat, back then was a 16' Polar Craft. Anyway hope I can tell you enough to help. We also used some 105 house siding and cut it in half I think from end to end and fit that into the wood base that had a board slanted at some angle. The 2 strips also put on a board in the base so they made a V, but not closed at the bottom and spaced apart enough to fit that lip under the 105 siding lip and that would hold the lantern tilted to the water and we put a metal shield on the lantern on the back side to reflect all the light to the water, I believe we also had some kind of strap to make sure it stayed in place. The base had room for 2 of the little V"s made from 105 siding so we could use 2 of the lanterns.
Hope that is not confusing.
Skip
That's cool. I fish out of Keaton a lot. Have always wanted to try it on those flats. We see. Them while scalloping but the grass makes it tough. Yates Creek has some mud flats though. I only thought GA folks knew where Perry, FL was at ! LOLQuote:
Originally Posted by Phantom309
Hey Shine,Quote:
Originally Posted by Shine Runner
If you stand out front of the Keaton beach store and look north west, way over yonder on the horizon you'll see two houses = that used to be Jug Island, it all was abandoned and rotted down years ago, A rich doctor bought the place and built the houses, one for himself and one for the caretaker.
Last I seen of the place the two houses were abandonded too, they probably died, etc.......
Ain't been back in 30 years or so now, haven't a clue what it looks like nowdays.
Back when I was a kid all the beaches were owned by sole proprietors and all had cabins they rented/leased out. Nowday I guess they sell the lots, etc, etc.....
Was a great life living up there as a kid ........
Nice rig st041986
In memory of Bob#1 ... I'm leaving this thread open & on the Main Forum.
... cp :kewl
Hi Bob, I actually joined this forum because I was looking for something more related to flounder gigging and I saw this post via google search. I'm a big crappie fishermen too, but I would say flounder gigging is up there at the top of my passionate hobby list. The best underwater flounder gigging lights are going to be fully submersible (to prevent glare, similar to crappie fishing), but they have to withstand the harsh saltwater environment. In my opinion the swamp eye submersible flounder gigging light is one of the best there is. Its crazy bright and can take a beating when you're running shallow.
I would say the top features you need to look for in a flounder gigging light are the ability to penetrate the water and increase your visibility, the ability to hold up to a harsh saltwater environment which corrodes everything, and the ability to take a beating when you run in the shallows and hit oyster reefs and other miscellaneous things in the flats while looking for flounder. Most flounder giggers like underwater lights over above water lights due to glare, but there are plenty that run above water to avoid hitting various objects underwater. There aren't many underwater lights out there that can truly hold up to abuse while gigging other than the swamp eyes. The setup trophy king posted is relatively common for gigging too, the only downside is you have to run a big generator to run those lights which can cause a bunch of noise. Some people don't like the noise, others don't really mind. That being said, I believe it is against the law to run underwater lights for fish gigging in the ozarks so I suppose trophy king doesn't have the option of running underwater lights. I could be wrong but I feel like I've heard this several times before.
2010 > 2020
Lol with everything going on I would agree with that statementQuote:
Originally Posted by deathb4disco
FYI, Bob died years ago.Quote:
Originally Posted by bigtee
Oh wow I hate to hear that.Quote:
Originally Posted by deathb4disco