Twitch

I just got stationed in Pensacola and really want to find a reputible charter to take me and some friends gigging for flounder. It sounds like an amazing experience that I can't pass up while I'm in Florida! I'd be willing to travel up to an hour or so and would like to be able to take some friends with me, maybe 4-6. Let me know if anybody knows of anything. Thanks!

Splittine

Never heard of anyone giving Gigging Charters around here, and if anyone did the 4-6 people would be out of the question.

SHunter

That would be a lot of folks on a shallow water boat. We would be gigging each other after a while. I have seen a homemade raft with lights that was used off the beach to gig flounder. I believe this forum has some locals that gig and have discussed various methods in this blog.

X-Shark

Amen! Small boats that draft very shallow is what are used.

4 people = aprox 800lb would put any of the small boats at it's max payload, or at least for sure make them not draft as skinny.

Death From Above

They have flounder barges like that over in Texas where they can take a group of people, but not here. I will take you for free in the fall.

sloticus

Underwaterworks in Fairhope AL, usually does flounder dive charters in Oct. If you don't mind diving at night, I hear its lots of fun. I think there number is 251-928-5550

overkill

My boat was built as a charter boat designed to carry 5. I have taken 4 gigging and we did fine. 2 were allowed to gig at any time, the other 2 netted and played with the crabs. We worked along the beach and had no trouble staying in skinny water. It can be done (commercial charters) - but I don't know of any in our area.