I went fishing for flounder on Thursday 6/25 and had a blast. We went to the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel, started at the 1st Island and went to the 4th Island. The morning was a little rough but the Bay calmed down around noon. I troll as well as drift for flounder, but this time we decided to drift and bounce bucktails off the bottom and see what happened. I also have a smaller boat and it’s easier to drift than troll.
That was a good choice because we had five keepers and too many throw backs to count. We used 1.5 oz. to 2 oz. bucktails with Berkley Jerk Shads on the back. Both were chartreuse and seemed to work better than the other colors.
We hit the right tide but that changed when the tide stopped. It was slow going right before and right after the change so we had a dead zone to deal with for a while. When the tide started moving again, the fishing picked up. The high falling tide was the most productive, we should have just started fishing then, but oh well.
The biggest flounder of the day was 23”. All-in-all, it was a fun day. I’ve had better days, but I’ve also been skunked more times than I’ll admit.
-Will
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