Flounder spooning tips

[solehunter]

Hi all. As it looks like the next comp is gonna involve a few fat IOW flounders......i`m thinking of fishing one static bait and spooning for a few with another rod. Any dab hand spooners on here? ;D
How far off the bottom do you work the spoon? and how fast is the best retrieve?
Any answers to my questions and any other tips will be greatly appreciated.
Dave

[skatenchips]

the crowd goes boggle eyed with anticipation just to see if a mainlander "dare" to offer help
to the opposition.. ;D

[davey]

Hi mate I'm no expert, but had a little success in the spring with spoons,found they work better without any weight, which seems to put the flounder off, and a rag worm on the hook, slow retrieve,think the aim is to drag over the river bed disturbing the mud as it goes,think the flounder are just curious.

[mick75]

davey said:

Hi mate I'm no expert, but had a little success in the spring with spoons,found they work better without any weight, which seems to put the flounder off, and a rag worm on the hook, slow retrieve,think the aim is to drag over the river bed disturbing the mud as it goes,think the flounder are just curious.

yep no weight at all ,vary the retrieve and a single worm on the hook thats it the rest is down to right place right time

[davey]

mick75 said:

davey said:

Hi mate I'm no expert, but had a little success in the spring with spoons,found they work better without any weight, which seems to put the flounder off, and a rag worm on the hook, slow retrieve,think the aim is to drag over the river bed disturbing the mud as it goes,think the flounder are just curious.

yep no weight at all ,vary the retrieve and a single worm on the hook thats it the rest is down to right place right time

Failing all that mate, tell them to stick the flounders were the sun don't shine and go and do some proper fishing! ;D ;D ;D
Flounder comp HUH!!! LOL ;D ;D ;D

[solehunter]

Cheers fellas, i have an awesome hot spot that i chanced upon once,,,,full of em, but that was on static baits! Dare i say it, but i`m actually looking forward to a bit of spinning for a few muddys..

[sharkey+ jnr]

Do flounders count on the boat comp this weekend ?

[mistafish]

I always use my spoons under a big vaned pike float. the best ones i have found have what looks like a dart flight on the top. I think it might acually be a marker float

The wind and tide drag the spoon (which i use as the weight) and i have had a fair bit of success with it.

[scotty-b-]

how are you able to gauge the depth if the water successfully allowing the spoon to sit on the bottom the last thing i want is to have my spoon mid stream floating around as this is as much use as a one legged man in an arse kicking comp.

[mistafish]

it doesn't need to be set to the exact depth

. If you set it 2 or 3 feet more than the average depth then it will drag along the bottom.

You obviously need to be aware of snags etc

[FlattieFanatic]

Thats one downside to spooning,i done it on a boat and we was in shallow ground and my m8s rod hit a snag while we was on the drift,i almost died laughing when the rod bent double in its rod holder,and he was struggling to get it out thinking he had a huge fish on

[Mullet Addict]

if you are serious about spooning,you could do worse than pick up a copy of,"FLATFISH AND HOW TO CATCH THEM"written by a guy who goes under the pseudonym of SEANGLER,i used to fish with a guy who knew the author,and the author(john gerrad) invented the flounder spoon and developed it by fishing in fareham creek,the odd copies do come up on ebay and for the few quid you can get get em for are well worth a read,

regards bob

[peterpan3494]

you get no points in the next comp for flounders dave

[greysfanboy]

May 30, 2008 18:02:59 GMT @peterpan3494 said:

you get no points in the next comp for flounders dave

And you get no points for pout pete