Gear questions concerning flounder gigging. Help please

Duct tape a long nail to that pole. Buy a cheap light from Walmart. Lookin at 20 bucks total.

You dn't loose to many with the non barbed single point ?

Just make sure it's a flounder and not a stingray before you grab it wil your hand.

Dude...another thread about this same trip to POC? Someone's getting excited.

Stick with what the other guys are saying about the broomstick and nail. Just remember that when you make the stab - stick with it. Sometimes those flatties will make quite a stir.

Do you have any experience in flounder gigging? As some have mentioned, sting rays bury in the sand just like flounders.

Learn to shuffle (slide) your feet instead of lifting them like in a normal walk. This way, should you encounter a ray, it will get out of your way instead of barbing you.

Submerged lighting is your best bet. No reflection back into your eyes from the ripples on the surface.

I understand you are traveling lite. So maybe jury rig something using a circular kids float, with an LED light mounted through a cheap reflective pie plate fastened to pvc tied across the float.

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Do you have any experience in flounder gigging?

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Learn to shuffle (slide) your feet instead of lifting them like in a normal walk

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The flounder will not run away also?

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Submerged lighting is your best bet

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This is what I was thinking too.

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So maybe jury rig something using a circular kids float, with an LED light mounted through a cheap reflective pie plate fastened to pvc tied across the float

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Interesting idea. how bright of a light will I need? Should it be facing straight down or angled forward?


How deep should I be looking for them?


any other advice for a novice?

I started my gigging career in 2012 and will give you my observations/advice-

You want moving tide, incoming has been best for me, you should literally be right up against the edge of the shore and work your way out - I've stabbed fish in 6 inches of water. If you find shell, work that area THOROUGHLY. Flounder are very adept at laying on top or immediately around shell (most of my fish have been gigged on/along shell). Your movements should be slow/calculated, I havent had problems with spooking any fish. You should be on a shoreline protected from the wind and ideally you want less than 10mph wind - it makes ripples on the surface and makes it difficult to see clearly.

If you go to an academy down by the coast you can buy a flounder gig for $5. For the light you will want either a coleman lantern or a submerged light that they sell at academy for $50. You'll need fuel/power source for either so bring a backpack for refill or to hold your battery. If the wind is very light you could get away with a powerful headlamp, I got one unlucky SOB this way once my big battery died. Bring a stringer too. In my experience you want to get the fish on ice ASAP, if you hit them in the head then you are dragging a dead fish around with you.

Good luck! I am watching the winds very carefully now for my own purposes.

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You shouldnt be any deeper than mid shin and even that is pushing it.
After you stick em put your hand under the fish and raise. That way no way for it to escape. Have partner slip stringer on and pull the gig out.
Lighting is another issue. Underwater is best, but i have used a coleman lantern with foil on backside to reflect. Just gives u more glare on the surface.

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One other thing for him to know about handling Mr. Flounder. He has teeth and will bite the shite outa the unsuspecting.

The difference between a flounder and a sting ray is the flounder knows he needs to flee. The ray, he's armed nuclear and might just decide to use the Stand Your Ground law.

Just bought a submersible 6v 3LED lantern for 5 dollars. Gonna figure out how to mount it on a pole/float to facilitate moving around and I should be golden.

Also found some paint rollers with long heavy wire necks that I can attach to my aluminum poles for 6 dollars each. With a cut off wheel I am sure I can turn that into a nice single spike gig easily and quickly.

Thanks for all the advice guys.