Never thought that I would be posting in THIS section

fishingfromagunship · 07-01-2008, 09:16 PM

Took my best friend and his wife out with my wife and I and launched out to try to find a few. Spent most of the night looking at stingrays, the occasional sheepshead and quite a few large redfish that kept coming in and out of the lights. Finally decided to start to head in. As I look down, sure enough, my first ever gigged flounder! Not much to be proud of, 14". Kept going a few minutes more, now we're talking a 22"-er! Learned a lot from reading you guys' posts and kept hitting them just aft of the gills and having NO problems at all. Stuck 2 more over 20" and then let the wife try. She unfortunately hit one and he got off, but he did so because she stuck him WAY aft (probably the best fish of the night, too). Overall, not a bad night on the water with great friends! Pics to follow later on.

Cheers-

Chris :toast

Splittine · 07-01-2008, 09:17 PM

Congrats gigging is like crack, once you start you cant stop.

FlounderAssassin · 07-01-2008, 09:55 PM

Congrats! and ST had it right...once you start you cant stop! hope to see some :takephoto soon!!

07-01-2008, 09:16 PM	#1
fishingfromagunship Senior Member Trigger Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 313	Never thought that I would be posting in THIS section Took my best friend and his wife out with my wife and I and launched out to try to find a few. Spent most of the night looking at stingrays, the occasional sheepshead and quite a few large redfish that kept coming in and out of the lights. Finally decided to start to head in. As I look down, sure enough, my first ever gigged flounder! Not much to be proud of, 14". Kept going a few minutes more, now we're talking a 22"-er! Learned a lot from reading you guys' posts and kept hitting them just aft of the gills and having NO problems at all. Stuck 2 more over 20" and then let the wife try. She unfortunately hit one and he got off, but he did so because she stuck him WAY aft (probably the best fish of the night, too). Overall, not a bad night on the water with great friends! Pics to follow later on. Cheers- Chris :toast

07-01-2008, 09:17 PM	#2
Splittine Roll Tide Roll Moderator Grand Slam Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: In A Tree Looking Down Posts: 8,232	RE: Never thought that I would be posting in THIS section Congrats gigging is like crack, once you start you cant stop.

07-01-2008, 09:55 PM	#3
FlounderAssassin Senior Member Sailfish Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Cantonment, FL Posts: 2,256	RE: Never thought that I would be posting in THIS section Congrats! and ST had it right...once you start you cant stop! hope to see some :takephoto soon!!

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