Re: Any other commercial fisherman here
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08/14/19 04:26 PM
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Did you flip them white side up for the picture or is there some other reason? JW and also how do you catch them is it a long lining thing or traps. This northerner wants to know. Also do you sell them whole or filleted?
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Re: Any other commercial fisherman here
[Re: Txcoonman]
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08/14/19 04:30 PM
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The gar throws me off. Are flounder found in brackish/fresh water or do gar actually visit salt water?
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Re: Any other commercial fisherman here
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08/14/19 06:38 PM
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Yah there white side up for the picture otherwise you can’t see em, How you fish for them is you have a specialized flat bottom aluminum boat, you have a small fan motor on the back of the boat with controls and throttle on the front of the boat. Tilt your outboard out of water and run in shallow water like 1ft or so at night with lights on the front of the boat and stab them with a gig. They are sitting on the bottom buried in the sand or grass or whatever. And they are sold whole, markets pretty good right now at $5 a lb
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Re: Any other commercial fisherman here
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08/14/19 06:40 PM
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Sometimes the flounder will get in brackish stuff but most all salt water. The Gar will come out into completely salt water, I stuck that one with the nearest fresh water source prob 30 miles away. I’ve seen dead ones on the beach before when there’s a bad red tide and a fish kill.
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Re: Any other commercial fisherman here
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08/14/19 07:06 PM
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My dad was a commercial fisherman, worked a great deal of my off time. Used gill nets in Lake Michigan. That is no longer allowed for the white man, just Indians. They may have some limits on what they can do also.
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Re: Any other commercial fisherman here
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08/14/19 08:36 PM
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Getting there- What types of fish would y’all target
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Re: Any other commercial fisherman here
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08/14/19 10:17 PM
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Getting there- What types of fish would y’all target Perch, whitefish, and some walleyes.
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Re: Any other commercial fisherman here
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08/14/19 10:35 PM
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Back during my youth, I worked on a couple of party boats out of Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn NY... and to this day I consider those the best jobs I ever had. Lots and Lots and Lots of time to fish... all year round....
I remember the owner of the Blue Sea III's father telling me that you do not get into the fishing business [*party/head count boat...] unless you can go for two solid years without a pay check.
That was back in 1981/2, and to this day - i feel that is solid advice for anyone looking to start their own business - because that's how long it takes to get established.
Good Luck friend, may the fishing serve you and your family well.
Respect, Big George + Loki the Dog..... East Derby, CT CTA [life member], NTA, FTA, FBU Connecticut Republican Party
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Re: Any other commercial fisherman here
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08/14/19 10:49 PM
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Do flounder ever “swim” so you can catch them some other way than gig them? Yes, they can be caught hook and line. Just not in numbers like gigging. They spend most of their time on bottom waiting for food to come to them.
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Re: Any other commercial fisherman here
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08/15/19 06:26 PM
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Do flounder ever “swim” so you can catch them some other way than gig them? O yah they swim just like any other fish, you can catch on rod and reel no problem
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Re: Any other commercial fisherman here
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08/15/19 06:29 PM
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Are your sheepshead marketable down there? Like $.80- $1 a lb.
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