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gigging tonight

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#1 ·
Well after getting all loaded up I decided to go gigging tonight in my kayak....just remembered its a full moon. Gonna try anyway....probably just ganna wind up catching crabs lol. No not going to the bar. Hopefully it will be cloudy tonight.
 
#11 ·
Nice slayer! I went lastnight in Navarre on the North side. Didn't even see a bed or a small flounder. Got 6 jar heads and saw a big black drum. Water vis was bad out there. Talked to a guy by the bridge that worked the south side and he didn't see a thing.
Gonna fish to the West next time!
 
#13 ·
We went out last night for a couple hours. I took my wife and one of her friends and my daughter and her boyfriend! I was frazzled to say the least before we left. We gigged 2 20"ers right when we turned the lights on about 9 pm and didn't do squat after that. We saw a few more small fish but nothing big enough to gig. We got 3 jarhead mullet and 2 big sheep head to finish with a good mess. The water clarity was not good at all and the tide was not very good until later in the night. I wasn't about to stay any longer!! We were on the West side and saw 2 other giggers and both said the water was stained pretty bad.
 
#17 ·
It doesn't have to be a good sandy bottom. Some of my best spots are very silty bottoms ( flatties hide better there ). Areas to look are right along the shore lines in 2' of water or less. Look for tall grass edges along the water and look real close in the grass as well as the edge of the grass. The grass I am talking about is not under water but on the waters edge. On high tide the water will be up in the grass. These are prime locations due to all the little fish and shrimp that feed in these areas. Aka Bait. From my experience if I am not seeing any bait then ya aint gonna see any flatties. Sometimes I have to hit several spots to fill my quota for the night. Rarely this time of year will I git my limit without running around a bit.
 
#18 ·
We went in Navarre and started at the Navarre bridge and worked west for about 9 miles working the north side of the bay. I see the grass under the water but haven't seen any on the waters edge. I dream about these thing man I have fished all over the world for everything from blue marlin in Okinawa to rainbow trout in Arkansas and flounder has stumped me
 
#19 ·
Ive hit the bluffs, sabine and big lagoon...Ive caught them on rod and reel at these places but for gigging i haven't seen a one. Tons of bait with mullet jumping all over, crabs on the bottom, but like you said there isn't any grass sticking up at those places. Ive watched just about every youtube gigging vid on what conditions to look for...I just gotta go find it around here
 
#22 ·
Bigtex said:
We went in Navarre and started at the Navarre bridge and worked west for about 9 miles working the north side of the bay. I see the grass under the water but haven't seen any on the waters edge. I dream about these thing man I have fished all over the world for everything from blue marlin in Okinawa to rainbow trout in Arkansas and flounder has stumped me
I live in Navarre and searched there for the first time....went Sat. Night did not see one bed or flat fish for that matter. Gigged 6 jar head mullet. Did not see one flattie, or much bait at all.....
 
#23 ·
Well boys all the Flounder are gone ya'll might as well give it up and go back to the ole Rod and Reel LOL
I would say this weekend was not the best to be out lookin with a Full Moon and a Neap tide and and East however if I couls I would have went, just to be out on the water. Like Slayerdog said some times you've got to move around to find them. Last trip I hit several spots and only had 4 fish. Pull the boat out and went somewhere else and "spanked'em" in the last 2hrs before day lite.
BTW I've been chaseing Flattes for over 25yrs and they still out think me sometimes.
 
#24 · (Edited)
Caddy, Dan and Tex. This time of the year the fish stay pretty deep due to water temp during the day. You wll have to find some deep water that ajoins a beach. If you are hitting shallow flats, you very likely are not going to see a fish. Deep water docks to beach can be very productive. In a couple of months the whole game changes and where you're not seeing fish now may come to life. FALL RUN/ cooler water and migrating to the gulf. Google areas you can go to and look for deep water, ten feet or deeper. the deeper the better, then hit those beaches.I have filled my boat by the ferry dock at Hurlbert field this time of year. There is some real deep water on the intercostal from Brooks bridge to Hurlbert on the North side. Like Flounder 9.75 said you have to run and gun to different spots. Might want to take a boat ride during the day and mark and remember deep holes and deep water and then hit them at night.
Hope This Helps
 
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