Post by Greenedog on May 1, 2022 10:43:59 GMT -5
The wind finally calmed down a little so we took the boat out to join the weekend madness. Went to an underwater sandbar where the bass and stripers are known to frequent. Stopped at a shallow area to catch some bait first. No luck with the cast net but Gail caught half a dozen small gills.
Got to our spot and there was still enough wind to keep knocking us off anchor. Finally got one of the anchors stuck in some pads so we could cast over the sandbar.
It was a whole lot of nothing after that until Gail suggested I just keep casting my chrome rattle trap into center of the sandbar. Second cast into the center of the opening between the pads and it was fish on! Didn’t feel like much and when I first saw it I thought it was a turtle. After a second glance I realized it was a huge flounder! 😲 I yelled for the net and Gail grabbed it and dipped down but the fish was to big and just slid over the top and dove down under the pads and snapped my line. 😭
We were all sick and stunned for a moment. After all the saltwater fishing we had done all week the last thing we expected was to come back to Astor chasing bass and hook into a salty fish, and a trophy one at that! We’ve noticed when you release a flounder they usually just go straight to the bottom and stay there for a while. So we were thinking that fish might still be right there at the boat. I considered going in after it but the thought of that mouth full of trebles plus the gators swimming around deterred me. I did lay down and tried to swipe the net across the bottom but no luck.
After that we were energized again for more casting but came up empty. No bites on the live bluegill either.
It was a beautiful evening though and the weekend warrior traffic wasn’t as bad as we thought it would be. The pontoon got us there and back but ran like crap. We’re talking about going in together and get one nice boat for Florida that we can use for everything.
I had the GoPro running so hopefully the flounder is on there. I doubt it though, it was on my chest and I’m afraid it was aimed to high.
Got to our spot and there was still enough wind to keep knocking us off anchor. Finally got one of the anchors stuck in some pads so we could cast over the sandbar.
It was a whole lot of nothing after that until Gail suggested I just keep casting my chrome rattle trap into center of the sandbar. Second cast into the center of the opening between the pads and it was fish on! Didn’t feel like much and when I first saw it I thought it was a turtle. After a second glance I realized it was a huge flounder! 😲 I yelled for the net and Gail grabbed it and dipped down but the fish was to big and just slid over the top and dove down under the pads and snapped my line. 😭
We were all sick and stunned for a moment. After all the saltwater fishing we had done all week the last thing we expected was to come back to Astor chasing bass and hook into a salty fish, and a trophy one at that! We’ve noticed when you release a flounder they usually just go straight to the bottom and stay there for a while. So we were thinking that fish might still be right there at the boat. I considered going in after it but the thought of that mouth full of trebles plus the gators swimming around deterred me. I did lay down and tried to swipe the net across the bottom but no luck.
After that we were energized again for more casting but came up empty. No bites on the live bluegill either.
It was a beautiful evening though and the weekend warrior traffic wasn’t as bad as we thought it would be. The pontoon got us there and back but ran like crap. We’re talking about going in together and get one nice boat for Florida that we can use for everything.
I had the GoPro running so hopefully the flounder is on there. I doubt it though, it was on my chest and I’m afraid it was aimed to high.
Just another night at work for me and Monty will be back here again bright and early. 
