The internet put me crook

So home from work and waiting for my brother in law to drop my trailer back so I could go fishing I had a search for Rig nets.
Got side tracked and onto flounder where I read that summer is the best time for floundering.....interesting I thought,floundering is what every one does in winter around here.
Tides are good so off I go to soak the net, I got and hour of out and a hour of in on good tides.
Over winter this would virtually guarantee at least 2 flounder but more likely 6-12 of em.

I got exactly nothing...not even my nemesis the Kahawai!

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You have been on this forum long enough to know that just because it is on the interwebby thing, don't mean its true

Ha ha yes, But when its on a net makers helpful hints page thought there may be something in it.

Is summer the best for flounder up your way @Scribe ?

It's not summer...that's why:o

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Originally Posted by veitnamcam

Ha ha yes, But when its on a net makers helpful hints page thought there may be something in it.

Is summer the best for flounder up your way @Scribe ?

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Hi Cam, I catch more in the spring, early September is the flush. According to the commercial Fisherman up here the flounder winter in the deeper water travel into the shallows and spawn spring, summer and exit the Firth in early winter.

I think most of our fish must head up the river in summer because there is not as many fish in our bays then.

In saying that I will still fish with reasonable success until end of may.

PS the flounder spearmen are still waiting for the fish to come into the real shallow water.

Its the inter net not the fishing net mate :)

Interesting.
I think the tell tale was there was no other nets out at all where as from late autumn to spring they are everywhere.

Good thing I tried my "fish repellent" out on your net first eh.

My beastie is off to have its service tomorrow along with the brakes sorted, major reeming of the wallet com ing up me thinks:(

Couple of discs shouldn't be much Mikee.

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Couple of discs shouldn't be much Mikee.

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Will report back but if you hear a loud thud, that's me fainting at the bill

Bring your net this weekend we will test your theory. :)

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Originally Posted by veitnamcam

So home from work and waiting for my brother in law to drop my trailer back so I could go fishing I had a search for Rig nets.
Got side tracked and onto flounder where I read that summer is the best time for floundering.....interesting I thought,floundering is what every one does in winter around here.
Tides are good so off I go to soak the net, I got and hour of out and a hour of in on good tides.
Over winter this would virtually guarantee at least 2 flounder but more likely 6-12 of em.

I got exactly nothing...not even my nemesis the Kahawai!

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If you are targeting flounder and set your net for them alone, you should not be catching kahawai as a by-catch.

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Originally Posted by Spook

If you are targeting flounder and set your net for them alone, you should not be catching kahawai as a by-catch.

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Yes you are right,mainly a problem as it started to warm this spring.
I set at the head of a channel(but not completely blocking it) in knee deep water when the low tides are good, so anything around on the first push of the tide is caught. sometimes there is a school of them Kahawai

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Yes you are right,mainly a problem as it started to warm this spring.
I set at the head of a channel(but not completely blocking it) in knee deep water when the low tides are good, so anything around on the first push of the tide is caught. sometimes there is a school of them Kahawai

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Do you tie your net down (float to lead line) or let it hang free?...what depth of water at high tide?

would be 5m at high tide, I don't tie it down because i can only leave it there for an hour or two at the most before it is full of weed so it doesn't come up full hight anyway.

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If you tie your float line to the lead line at regular intervals (2 metres) most of the weed will pass over it. Tie the ends of the net to form a cod-end so that the fish all fall to the cod when retrieving...you will catch bigger flat fish this way.

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Originally Posted by veitnamcam

Ha ha yes, But when its on a net makers helpful hints page thought there may be something in it.

Is summer the best for flounder up your way @Scribe ?

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hahahaha

That helpful hint was probably designed to boost flounder net sales during summer. ;)

Cheers
Pete

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Under a grey sky, from out of a sea as still as a lake they came.

Beautiful big fish from the food basket just out the window this morning.

Last photo is of a trophy flounder at least a 12 pointer in fish terms.

Love the small'ish pan sized ones, covered in flour, fried in butter/ oil mix, and eatten of the bone....
Childhood memories aside, great eatting and i think one of the best fish ( yes, some might disagree...)

Oh john dory in tempera might be close second....
Blue cod steamed in parcels with lots of chilli and butter.....
Raw salmon with soy sauce and wasabi....
Tuna same......
Scallops same.....
Crayfish boiled until just orange....

Maybe just fish in general is good. But flats are certainly 1-2

Well just had a chat to two guys who live right next to the water where I launch.
So at least 60 years floundering experience in the area and told them what i told you guys.
They burst out laughing and asked how many stingrays i caught. Well actually i just caught a shit load on my long line cos it was a bit rough to take my son out in open water.

Apparently setting a net in that estuary for flounder over summer results in shit loads of weed and stingrays and no flounder.
@Scribe those ten pointer flounder are the norm here over winter.

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Originally Posted by veitnamcam

Well just had a chat to two guys who live right next to the water where I launch.
So at least 60 years floundering experience in the area and told them what i told you guys.
They burst out laughing and asked how many stingrays i caught. Well actually i just caught a shit load on my long line cos it was a bit rough to take my son out in open water.

Apparently setting a net in that estuary for flounder over summer results in shit loads of weed and stingrays and no flounder.
@Scribe those ten pointer flounder are the norm here over winter.

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Yeah that fish I was holding was a good one for the Firth.

Memories of summer are weed, stingrays, sharks and flounder all mixed together. The odd 2m thresher with its bloody long tail takes a bit of getting out of the net. Sometimes they go straight through it.

Work mate waded out and set a net at low out the front and got 7 nice rig this morning.

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Love the small'ish pan sized ones, covered in flour, fried in butter/ oil mix, and eatten of the bone....
Childhood memories aside, great eatting and i think one of the best fish ( yes, some might disagree...)

Oh john dory in tempera might be close second....
Blue cod steamed in parcels with lots of chilli and butter.....
Raw salmon with soy sauce and wasabi....
Tuna same......
Scallops same.....
Crayfish boiled until just orange....

Maybe just fish in general is good. But flats are certainly 1-2

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What general area do you live in 'Beaker' You have some great sounding methods of cooking fish.

The John Dory in tempera batter I have never tried. I must look it up as we eat quite a lot of John Dory here.

Always ready for a flounder meal after the weather has stopped us getting out for awhile.

A very clever old ex commercial fisherman sat out in the bay yesterday for a couple of hours and caught his limit of snapper.
If Ken is out fishing its a good day for fishing. Its a rare day that he doesn't catch his limit.

Says he cant afford the petrol to drive to our beach unless he and his wife can catch their weeks groceries. He sets his net for flounder, takes his limit of snapper and picks a bucket of booboos, mussels and other assorted creatures that cant outrun them both.

South canty now. Grew up on the west coast(fishing family, hence crayfish, flounder, tuna, crabs were all norms, pre live export crays so lots of legs)

So now salmon and blue cod mainly.

The best dory i have had was in sydney, and i've tried a few times with brought ones to replicate and still havent got there yet( close though).

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What general area do you live in 'Beaker' You have some great sounding methods of cooking fish.

The John Dory in tempera batter I have never tried. I must look it up as we eat quite a lot of John Dory here.

Always ready for a flounder meal after the weather has stopped us getting out for awhile.

A very clever old ex commercial fisherman sat out in the bay yesterday for a couple of hours and caught his limit of snapper.
If Ken is out fishing its a good day for fishing. Its a rare day that he doesn't catch his limit.

Says he cant afford the petrol to drive to our beach unless he and his wife can catch their weeks groceries. He sets his net for flounder, takes his limit of snapper and picks a bucket of booboos, mussels and other assorted creatures that cant outrun them both.

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