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General Aquasport Forums => Chum => Topic started by: Capt. Bill on August 31, 2011, 06:57:47 PM
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A pair of 5 lb fluke I caught last week
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A 22 lb striper from last fall
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Yum! :thumleft:
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Nice flounders - striper too :salut:
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nice work,Bill :cheers:
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Nice flounders - striper too :salut:
Sorry Bill, you know we call them flounder down here...
Beauty fish! And to think, we only consider Jersey when we think of chemical plants and dead mobsters!! :shock: :shock:
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Nice flounders - striper too :salut:
Sorry Bill, you know we call them flounder down here...
Beauty fish! And to think, we only consider Jersey when we think of chemical plants and dead mobsters!! :shock: :shock:
Come on Bob, don't you that Jersey is the "Garden State"
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Nice flounders - striper too :salut:
Sorry Bill, you know we call them flounder down here...
Beauty fish! And to think, we only consider Jersey when we think of chemical plants and dead mobsters!! :shock: :shock:
Come on Bob, don't you that Jersey is the "Garden State"
Would that be "pushin' daisies"?? :lol: :lol:
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Nice job on the flounder(fluke) good eats there.
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Nice flounders - striper too :salut:
Sorry Bill, you know we call them flounder down here...
Beauty fish! And to think, we only consider Jersey when we think of chemical plants and dead mobsters!! :shock: :shock:
Thats cause you southern boys ain't never seen no real flounder. You need to have winter first..lol
We have a flounder fishery in the winter. The fish are smaller, have very small mouths and are right sided. Much better eating too. What we call fluke are their summertime cousins. They are quite larger with big mouths full of very sharp teeth, and left sided. And believe it or not, they are not the same species you catch in Florida. The southern range of these fish are the Carolinas.
In the summer we also have Spotted flounder AKA sundials or window panes, and Four Spotted Flounder. Sundails are not really good eating, they are really thin but they make pretty good strip bait. Four Spots are almost the same as fluke just slightly smaller and have a very profound 4 spot pattern on their backs.
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I thought they were all fluke up there,didn't know their are that many kinds,thanks Capt Bill.
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Nice flounders - striper too :salut:
Sorry Bill, you know we call them flounder down here...
Beauty fish! And to think, we only consider Jersey when we think of chemical plants and dead mobsters!! :shock: :shock:
Thats cause you southern boys ain't never seen no real flounder. You need to have winter first..lol
We have a flounder fishery in the winter. The fish are smaller, have very small mouths and are left sided. Much better eating too. What we call fluke are their summertime cousins. They are quite larger with big mouths full of very sharp teeth, and right sided. And believe it or not, they are not the same species you catch in Florida. The southern range of these fish are the Carolinas.
In the summer we also have Starry flounder AKA sundials or window panes, and Four Spotted Flounder. Sundails are not really good eating, they are really thin but they make pretty good strip bait. Four Spots are almost the same as fluke just slightly smaller and have a very profound 4 spot pattern on their backs.
That's pretty cool! Maybe we should take a closer look at our flukes...I mean flounders!
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Gee, Cpt. Bill, those fish of yours are swell !! You must be a real good fisherman, huh ?! Wow, when I grow up, I'm gonna catch the big one's just like YOU, Cpt. Bill !!!
OK, OK.... so I'm a little bitter over here..... I fished all day today, up at 0300, fishing at 0530... and not a bite all day. The wind picked up about 1030 and it was a struggle afterwards, nothing. Pulled the boat at 1430, smelling skunky.
But I commend you, Bill.... I love the photo of the Striper - one of my favorites... and can't wait to see some Fall pictures of the Blues when they show up in your area... I think they get back up in your area in the Fall. Do you fish for Blues, Bill? I like 'em. They're G-U-D Good !!
Thanks for sharing your photos, hopefully next week I will contribute a few halibut photos to the flatfish menagerie....
Cheeeeeers, T :drunken:
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Halibut,now that's a Fluke,i mean Flounder :mrgreen:
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I didn't realize there was a left/right sided difference :scratch:
Learn something new every day :cheers:
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So, what is it in their genes that causes fluke/flounder to be born with one eye on each side of the head, then the one eye migrate over to the other side?
And why do all grouper end up female?
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Fish are very strange creatures and yet we eat them :scratch:
It was a very brave or hungry man who ate the first lobster.
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So, what is it in their genes that causes fluke/flounder to be born with one eye on each side of the head, then the one eye migrate over to the other side?
And why do all grouper end up female?
Got me...
Black Sea Bass also switch, but they are all born female and switch to male.
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We have several Marine Biologist members that can answer.
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So, what is it in their genes that causes fluke/flounder to be born with one eye on each side of the head, then the one eye migrate over to the other side?
And why do all grouper end up female?
Ok, first off, I didn't know the answer to this question until yesterday when I watched a special about this on Animal Planet. I haven't been walking around with this info for years :roll: But, to answer this-
Groupers, which are a family of fish called Serranidae, which Sea Bass(es) also belong to, all start their lives out as females, but have in their bodies the ability to produce male hormones (similar to testosterone in human males). Another fish that has this ability is the Wrasse.
Not all Groupers/Sea Bass are females (obviously). One of the females turns to male because of environmental factors (usually a lack of a dominant male). When it turns to male, it becomes territorial, sometimes changes color,fends off other males, farts, drinks and cusses, and sometimes grows larger than it would as a female. This male Grouper keeps a Harem of female Groupers and sexes them up until it dies a very happy male Grouper. At this point, the largest female in the widowed Harem turns into a male and starts the process over. The majority of groupers will be polygamist females their whole lives.
I tried to look up why flounder metamorph their eyes, but apparently no-one really knows for sure.
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I tried to look up why flounder metamorph their eyes, but apparently no-one really knows for sure.
Because they can? :lol:
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It was a very brave or hungry man who ate the first lobster.
What about the first guy to drink milk?
Who decided to eat those round things that comes out of a chicken's butt? :scratch:
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How about the first person to eat these...The Elusvie Northern Puffer...AKA Blowfish.
The bay up here is infested with them. Drop and reel fishing for 5 straight hours, most of them went back but these were Monday's dinner. The snappers are going to be this weekend fluke bait. Big fluke love snapper blues.
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Bill, those are bigguns! Never tried them, but some folks down here rave about them...do they really taste like chicken?
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Bill, those are bigguns! Never tried them, but some folks down here rave about them...do they really taste like chicken?
Depends how you cook them. I filleted these, rolled them in sesame oil, coated them with panko crumbs, and deep frird them. They come out golden brown and look and taste like fish sticks. I also wrap them in bacon and broil, or make a scampy sauce, than they taste like scallops.
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But I commend you, Bill.... I love the photo of the Striper - one of my favorites... and can't wait to see some Fall pictures of the Blues when they show up in your area... I think they get back up in your area in the Fall. Do you fish for Blues, Bill? I like 'em. They're G-U-D Good !!
Thanks for sharing your photos, hopefully next week I will contribute a few halibut photos to the flatfish menagerie....
Cheeeeeers, T :drunken:
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Hey T - This Ones For You :salut:
Got into the fall slammers this weekend. Went 12 for 16 on them on Sunday, and my arms still hurt :)
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Nice :thumright:
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Caught what I thought was a flounder while cut bait fishing for redfish on a trip the other day, 21 inches and no markings looked just like the ones in the picture, think it was a Fluke? maybe a Dover sole
Capt matt
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But I commend you, Bill.... I love the photo of the Striper - one of my favorites... and can't wait to see some Fall pictures of the Blues when they show up in your area... I think they get back up in your area in the Fall. Do you fish for Blues, Bill? I like 'em. They're G-U-D Good !!
Thanks for sharing your photos, hopefully next week I will contribute a few halibut photos to the flatfish menagerie....
Cheeeeeers, T :drunken:
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Hey T - This Ones For You :salut:
Got into the fall slammers this weekend. Went 12 for 16 on them on Sunday, and my arms still hurt :)
HOLY SCHNIECKIES, CPT BILL ! ! ! ! ! What is your ADDRESS, my new bestest friend in the whole wide world?!?!
That is something to see. What does that bad boy weigh? Man, pound for pound, those Blues are true ass kickers. Do you eat them? I LOVED them when I caught them in Port Canaveral, FL. But they were minnows compared to that great gargantuan godzilla of a fish you have there - for me, a big one was 6 or 7 pounds.
How do you prepare it? are they strong fishy fish when they're that big?
Man, thanks for sharing, Cpt. Bill... you made my day :sunny: Cheers, Trace :drunken:
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T - this one was the biggest for the day weighed a tad under 12 pounds and was 34 inches long. I needed one for a seson long tournament I'm in but don't think he'll place. I weighted a larger one last year and didn't make the money.
When they're that big they are terrible table fare, this one will become fish cakes, it's the only way I'll eat them.
Cpt. Matt,
Hard to say without seeing it. There are so many flatfish species who knows. Generally, fluke don't venture that far south, but that's what the experts say. I don't believe they actually ask the fish :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Hey T,
A couple more from the right coast..... :) :) :)
The fall bass fishing has just started, we went one for four on the bass on Tuesday. The one in the pick wieghs 25 1/2 pounds. We broke off one, 40 lb test snapped like tread, lost one at the boat, and pulled the hook on a third. Then the biggest bunker pod I have ever seen showed up. It was 300 yards across and 1 1/2 miles long. Gator Blues were slammin' the bunker and it was absolute chaos on board. We probably hooked up with 50 or 60 but only landed a dozen. The one in the pic wieghs 8 1/2 pounds. Looks like a lure in the pic next to the bass.
The cooler they're laying on is a 96 quart. From the black line at the stripers gill to the one just before it's tail is 28 1/2 inches. 28" is legal here in Jersey and I make the lines a 1/2" long so there are no mistakes.
Going to be at it again tomorrow and Sunday, only 2 more weeks before I pull the boat for the winter :cry: :cry: :cry: and I have to make the most of it.
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Good stuff Bill!
That huge school of bunker (pogies, menhaden) I'd reckon is somewhat of an anomaly there, this time of the year. They sure have a knack for attracting gamefish.
The bluefish...try soaking them in Mountain Dew before you cook them...knocks out the heavy taste :thumright:
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Bill,
You guys ever thought of moving south? You can fish year 'round here, you know... :lol: :lol:
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Bill,
You guys ever thought of moving south? You can fish year 'round here, you know... :lol: :lol:
Duh, can do that here too. In fact, we have an amazing striped bass fishery in January right on the beach north of Oregon Inlet. October is probably one of the best fishing months in the Carolinas - you can catch what you want. Sometimes we get a Giant Bluefin beach run in Jan/Feb. It's incredible to see those big fish blasting through menhaden in the surf right on the beach. They look like torpedoes and are in the surf right on the beach. The bait is flying out of the water, the gulls are everywhere, the wind is usually blowing, and if you want to throw a lure out, you may get a hookup. But - if you are standing on the beach, you need at least 1/4 mile of line, a strong reel/drag, and a lot of holding on so you can turn that fish around. Otherwise, just watch the spool empty and listen to that sound when the line runs out and it breaks off on the spool. Sounds like the word "pink."
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Good stuff Bill!
That huge school of bunker (pogies, menhaden) I'd reckon is somewhat of an anomaly there, this time of the year. They sure have a knack for attracting gamefish.
The bluefish...try soaking them in Mountain Dew before you cook them...knocks out the heavy taste
Pods of bunker (menhaden) aren't really an anomaly, there just not usually that large. I've seen plenty of big pods before but that one took the cake.
Bill,
You guys ever thought of moving south? You can fish year 'round here, you know... :lol: :lol:
Duh, can do that here too. In fact, we have an amazing striped bass fishery in January right on the beach north of Oregon Inlet. October is probably one of the best fishing months in the Carolinas - you can catch what you want. Sometimes we get a Giant Bluefin beach run in Jan/Feb. It's incredible to see those big fish blasting through menhaden in the surf right on the beach. They look like torpedoes and are in the surf right on the beach. The bait is flying out of the water, the gulls are everywhere, the wind is usually blowing, and if you want to throw a lure out, you may get a hookup. But - if you are standing on the beach, you need at least 1/4 mile of line, a strong reel/drag, and a lot of holding on so you can turn that fish around. Otherwise, just watch the spool empty and listen to that sound when the line runs out and it breaks off on the spool. Sounds like the word "pink."
Yeah, I know if I moved south I could fish year round...except it would interfere with a couple of other things. One is that four letter word called work ..... I kinda need to do that to afford my bad habits. The other is deer hunting, which I start doing in December. Pulling the boat now gives me just enough time to winterize her, and my camper, and get ready for deer season. I hunt until the middle of Feb. which gives me just enough time to clean and repair my fishing gear, get the boat ready, and start over.
:scratch: :scratch: :scratch: Come to think of it...what I really need is a longer year :D :D :D
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We all need to put our heads together on the longer year thing.. :lol:
Good work. Keep us posted. Striper season would guess is running late up there. Falling water temps are late this year...at least here.