Another flounder pounder

Been fishing the east side of the MS coast as my normal place has been fresh and muddy on the west side, but clarity has improved and salinity has come up on the west side so I figured I'd give it a try.

Strong rising tide, and the flounder were stacked up at the mouth of a bayou leading to the gulf. Caught 10, but only kept 6, biggest was a 19in doormat. He had been gigged sometime earlier and got away. Caught em on paddletails on a 1/8 oz jighead. Didn't lose a single one, which is unusual for flounder. Also caught 8 specks (all short). Headed deep into the marsh for reds, but they just aren't in the same areas they have been past 2 summers. Tstorms chased me off at 1130, would have liked to fish longer as it was only 86 and heavy clouds today.

My best flounder days have always came on days that were rainy or cloudy or down right miserable.

Thunderstorms have been a pain in the ass this past week… dog loses her mind at least three times a day.

Awesome! You and 7mm08 have me ready to move to the coast.

Cache said:

Awesome! You and 7mm08 have me ready to move to the coast.

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LOL, wish I was on the coast! I'm 80 miles away unfortunately.

Have to get up 2 hours before I actually launch to make the drive and pick up a breakfast sandwich and ice.

But my main complaint is maintenance on the trailer hubs and bearings.

After the fiasco last year, I pull my wheels and inspect the hubs and add grease every other trip... or around 400 miles. Overkill, but I'm not having bearings fail at 75mph on the interstate!

megalomaniac said:

LOL, wish I was on the coast! I'm 80 miles away unfortunately.

Have to get up 2 hours before I actually launch to make the drive and pick up a breakfast sandwich and ice.

But my main complaint is maintenance on the trailer hubs and bearings.

After the fiasco last year, I pull my wheels and inspect the hubs and add grease every other trip... or around 400 miles. Overkill, but I'm not having bearings fail at 75mph on the interstate!

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Is it because of salt water. I never think about greasing my bearings on my boat trailers (but i probably need to)

they are killing the flounder by me too 50-75 flounder a night sometime and a good size to them

redblood said:

Is it because of salt water. I never think about greasing my bearings on my boat trailers (but i probably need to)

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If your hubs get submerged in ANY water when launching or retrieving, water will eventually get in there and cause bearings to fail. It just happens MUCH faster in saltwater because of the increased corrosion. Even if the bearings are perfect, the wheels and grease are a little warm, so when the go into the cooler water, there is a tiny bit of contraction of the grease/air in the hubs creating a small vacuum which wants to suck in water.

One of these days, I'm going to convert my trailer to a dry launch system, so my hubs never get wet. My only reluctance is the slick bunks you have to have to dry launch... just have to remember to never unhook the boat until after backing down the ramp as it will just slide right off the trailer.

But you should inspect your hubs on your boat trailer every month, and break the entire hub down and inspect bearings and repack with grease once a year.

I definitely need to do that this week.

shrimphead said:

they are killing the flounder by me too 50-75 flounder a night sometime and a good size to them

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I don't see how the population won't crash with all the guys buying the $100 commercial license and killing every flounder they see.

Not uncommon to see over 100 folks with lights on the main beaches after dark.

megalomaniac said:

LOL, wish I was on the coast! I'm 80 miles away unfortunately.

Have to get up 2 hours before I actually launch to make the drive and pick up a breakfast sandwich and ice.

But my main complaint is maintenance on the trailer hubs and bearings.

After the fiasco last year, I pull my wheels and inspect the hubs and add grease every other trip... or around 400 miles. Overkill, but I'm not having bearings fail at 75mph on the interstate!

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I'd take 80 miles away! Close enough to fish but far enough to not get destroyed by a hurricane.