Flounder Gigging – Texas Style

Mike Wilson and our friends went Flounder Gigging just before Thanksgiving and it was rock solid awesome.

We left the dock at 6am----------------I mean 6pm and headed for the flats and shorelines of the Port A area.  We were using a specially equipped flounder boat with lights that could be lowered under the water level and a Honda motor on the back that was an Air Motor to move us thru the skinny water.

Our plans were to stick some flat fish and video a great show for television.  That was exactly what we did.  This time of year the flounder are in migration and if we had had colder weather, we had 60 degree temps, we would have really smoked the flounder.  They are really turned on with the cold temperatures.  

 

Angler's Note:

Flounder do not have a air bladder and they have a small body cavity.  They spend most of their lives lying on the bottom on their side or swimming along on the bottom on their side.  When they are born they are shaped like any other fish with one eye on each side of the fish.  At about 1/2 inch long, both eyes migrate to the left side of the fish and their body organs shift and they morph to become a bottom dweller for the rest of their lives.  They have razor sharp teeth and have a large cavity for a mouth.  You can catch them with mud minnows or soft plastics worked on the bottom.

They are strong fighters and you should have a net ready to snatch the fish from the water before they spit the bait.  You can often loose them at the side of the boat.

Thanks for your time today and well see you on the water.

Dave

Colorado Outdoors

 This trip was to scout for a potential location for an Outdoor Television Show.   Dianne, my wife, and I headed for Colorado in search of some “Action Outdoors”.

We were interested in Mountain Biking, Hiking, Fly Fishing and White Water Rafting.   Not too ambitious….. Right ??  Well, we  went to the Right Place.  We traveled to Denver Colorado and then headed out to Vail and Glenwood Springs, Colorado.  That was the ticket. 

Have you ever thought of going to Colorado, Vail, with no snow.  That is crazy, you go here when there is great powder and you ski the black diamonds,………………Right ??? 

Well not us, we hit the trails and the Rivers for some Excellent Fun.  As I always say……………….Let’s Get Out There !!!!!

We will be back with our HD Video Cameras and we will make a “Most Excellent Show”.  You can bank on that.

Outdoorsman Note:

Try 28 miles on Mountain Bikes along the Colorado River.  Then go for some Level 4 White Water Rafting, (remember Level 6 is all there is for Commercial Rafting Cos)…The water was super cold and very rough----------------NICE !!! 

 

 

 

We then went on some Strenuous Hikes up into the Mountains to Alpine Crystal Clear Lake ending points…..Very Sweet !!!

 

Not done there………..We then when Fly fishing on the River with a guide named…..Jack Bombardier………No really we did, he runs Confluence Casting in Gypsum Colorado.  He was great, he gave me a casting lesson for the 15 mile per hour wind and then we were off to get some nice trout who sip the surface to eat surface insects.   

It was a finesse game with false casts to dry the fly so it will float on the water longer.

All in all……..”Smoking Hot Fun in Colorado in the Summer Time”.    You really have to try it……… Really !!!!!

Thanks for your time today and I’ll See You in The Outdoors !!!

Dave