Can You Catch Keeper Flounders Off the Beach?

(I apologize for that insulting title but I dont know what to title this) This is a video from last year that I never uploaded. Slow day on the beach turned into a decent but brief dusk bite where I got a few nibbles. Was deleting a lot of old footage and found this and figured I should put it up as maybe some will enjoy seeing that rat bass scurry through the retreating wave.. I shoulda caught that rat bass. I have only fluke fished the beach once this year, and it was yesterday… unfortunately there were hefty amounts of seaweed brought in by the northeast winds which made fishing close to impossible, and I caught 0 fluke. Did however catch aspanish mackerel, a small blue, and a small bass before the frustration of the seaweed sent me home. fair winds and calm seas my friends.
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[@renzconlon6736]

“They’re either not here, or they’re not biting...or i just suck” - me always

[@SamuelPulis]

I as well....🤣🤣

[@killajakez]

Or upon arrival for a 4 hour fishing outing. As you are setting up, someone is leaving. You ask, "anything" Them - "yep, 20 porgies in an hour, the bite just ended half an our ago, just seaweed now". Me - "F - me."

[@billgotti8037]

That's 90% of us brotha dont trip

[@killajakez]

And then there's John Skinner. "So I just got here, let's try the white surface popper, not really the best conditions today, here is the first cast. Annnnnd Eh..just a 42 inch striper not a big deal. @@billgotti8037

[@michaelsimko7694]

Same here. And 3 hours later the bite turns on.

[@traumahawk517]

great video chris!!! I always enjoy watching a Pro go to work and do what they do best your a great angler!! I never ever targeted flounder I always thought they were too hard to catch..that all changed when I found your channel. I watched all of your videos over and over studied them and took a lot of notes and practiced your casting style,retrieve,and how you jig then put it all together and targeted them very late in the season last year. My first time out I bagged 5 fluke and so far this year I caught and released a minimum of 50 fish...All I can say now is THANK YOU !!!! for all you do...Tight Lines...

[@nastyn8682]

What beach was this

[@dapittg]

From Georgia I like these kind of videos they're real and informative and refreshing makes me want to go fishing.

[@brewsandbass5572]

Recently hooked a nice Flounder in NC using the Gulp shrimp in natural shrimp color. The stupid crabs also like these and rip the tails off.

[@bradenpomponi8103]

This is just me... I recommend you bring a cooler with ice to put the fish in bc the sand dries it out

[@Mark-ft7nw]

Braden Pomponi good move

[@coltonrinehimer9154]

i agree

[@gdfishing3603]

It kills me to watch why throw it in the sand like your plan was to go for a keeper. Hommies low on gulp and no cooler ahaha

[@livenhfree]

Nice. I never would have though of trying for flounder off the beach. But I've learned something new for sure. Thank you!

[@Hicklarity]

CLASSIC Chris start of the video... "Hey, we're just getting started but I'm almost out of Gulp!"

[@richardedwards82]

I learned that catching flounder you must let them have the bait longer than normal otherwise you may jerk it out of their mouth. Take it to the bank my friend. Thanks for the video.

[@jaken9438]

Chris we need some catch and cooks this summer!

[@guindonmike]

I'd be very interested in learning how to filet Flounder as well! cheers!

[@rainraptor6501]

Hey, can you do some more shark fishing vids from the surf? I really liked your older videos of catching browns and sandtigers from the beach, it was really cool. Thanks, and have a great day :)

[@shaneetter5570]

The only two keepers I’ve gotten thus far this year have come from the surf 😂🤷🏼‍♂️

[@Mark-ft7nw]

Shane Etter same

[@fishfinder4]

Good catch... much better than a bad catch! Gonna get down there Sun and Mon. Nice job!

[@beau4129]

Aaahh keeper size 😆 your one of my fav fish tubers thanks bud.

[@thenewgandhi2765]

Dude you’re a freaking beast. Best videos on the tube baby! Let’s gooooo!

[@mike2200]

2 keepers is the most I've caught off the beach in one day so that was pretty good.

[@dieseldick1264]

2) 24 inch 2)20. 1)18 inch. This weekend back bays Wildwood. A lot small stripper also

[@jb2st_17]

Diesel Dick I’m in Wildwood too I been fishing back bays and only getting a few fluke here and there. The reefs are dead im not getti shit there and neither is anyone else. Where in Wildwood are you we can meet up and go fishing

[@gethookedtv6780]

Try out using a otter tail on a bucktail. I've heard it's gold for fluke

[@CONN_Do_It_444]

Bro, I'd give just about anything to have a day like that, I've been up and down stone harbor and n.wildwood for the past 10 days and got 3 shorts! I'm starting to think I'm cursed. Nice job.

[@dieseldick1264]

444 CONNDUIT Try beach creek at dead low start at Herford Inlet drift up to the new WaWa. We been getting some 24’s & 20’s. Out of the area. Using gulp. Red in color

[@CONN_Do_It_444]

@@dieseldick1264 ok cool. Thnks. I been going in the morning, like an hour before high tide, was wondering why I was the only one out there. Lmfao.

[@amd3636]

Flukin awesome video. Looking forward to trying this near me in Maine.

[@richardcatalinajr.369]

Another great video despite that it was a year ago. Your "slow" days qualify as my "best" days!

[@carlcarl6156]

Only if you use bacon

[@dougleandmaize16]

What you call Blue Fish, we in New Zealand call Kahawai pronounced [Carwhy].

[@mistermatsuda]

In Australia they call them Taylor.

[@perryjohnson1701]

When you’re working the Gulp in are you bouncing it off the bottom?

[@Endeavorfishing]

Should do a catch & cook vid

[@boashna]

if you like them crunchy leave them in the sand . . I believe the flounders where moving to the shallows to go to sleep .. may be side way cast parlor to shore line would have done better but who knows . .good video

[@kats1978]

There is the time the fish bite almost anything and there is the time fish do not bite anything at all. That what I love/hate about saltwater fishing.

[@killajakez]

Around 3 weeks ago we went to Fort Tilden, next to Breezy point. Between midnight and 2 am, we had bites at least every 5 minutes. We got a 35 inch striper in the first 30 minutes of fishing, a 4 foot blacktip shark, sea robins. Oddly enough, no bluefish. Two weeks ago, same time, same tide conditions, and in 3 hours we had a few bites, and I pulled in two dogfish. Just wasn't happening.

Awesome video Congratulations this place is Beautiful. Hug and good fishing!👍🎣🐟🐠

[@rldrax7066]

Do you hug everyone

[@luckylurefishing1150]

R u using a sinker weight on ur line?? I cant tell.

[@ejrocks10]

Looks like a 3/8th ounce snap weight type

[@hef-outdoors2116]

I think with todays regs any keeper fluke without a boat is an accomplishment. I wish I was there with you as that is one of my favorite things to do but haven't tried much lately because of my available time and the limited regs. I'm a couple hours west of you in Pa.

[@OutandaboutoutdoorswithRon]

Nice job!😉👍

[@fishingmagconz]

Good video. Would you say you were retrieving your jig mid-water or skipping it over the sandy bottom? Looks like the flounder are snapping at it as it goes by. Thanks for posting. Very educational.

[@nicomiszczanczuk8188]

So what makes a spot "fishy looking" at the beach? How can u tell if there should be fish there?

[@thomaslongo3735]

Nico Miszczanczuk if the place you are fishing is a point (area of land that sticks off of the main land further into the water), if there’s a sandbar or if there are birds flying and/or diving. Finally if you see baitfish swimming it also means it’s probably a good place to fish.

[@michaelburr9775]

I've found in the gulf where you find the waves coming in different directions >>

[@nicomiszczanczuk8188]

@@thomaslongo3735 ok thanks for the info👍

[@andrewhirtle3525]

Seamoney whistle makes me happy

[@mandihoward5261]

have you ever tried a buck tail with 4in a strip of bacon tied on to the hook thats a great fluk/ flounder bait

[@David.Stoglin]

That second flounder he measured didn’t look that big at all lol cracked me up there guy lmao

[@patrickspehnkouch2345]

Are those spro bucktails? And do you ever do any fishing in the outer banks?

[@LearnAtMyExpense]

Need recommendation for a not too expensive rod+reel+line+lures setup for fishing off of the beach and maybe fishing piers/jettys in NJ. I'll be in South Jersey (Sea Isle City) next month and would like to try my hand at saltwater fishing - planning on fishing for an hour or two per day, either early AM (6 - 8am) or dusk (5 - 7pm). I only have ultralight and light freshwater rods/tackle.

[@stevehilary435]

Are you gonna go shark fishing again in NJ? I've been striking out this summer.

[@andrewpeana]

We’re getting a lot in Staten Island, sand tigers mostly

[@stevehilary435]

@@andrewpeana very nice. I tried Brigatine but no dice. Do you have any tips? I read fishing at dusk / night seems to be more favorable.

[@jimmansi1187]

Nice job, I'm gonna change my approach here in Sea Isle, been using bottom rigs with raw shrimp & no luck, gonna try what you did. Nice catches!

[@chrishorton2129]

What is your set up? Reel and type of rod?

[@badfysh0142]

Hey man! We're yah been?

[@patrickmcmullen1190]

Where are you fishing at? I'm going to try tomorrow in Ormond Beach. Just cast netted some live mullet.

[@billcotton1551]

I'm going to LBI this weekend for the week ,if I catch anything but piles of weeds ,I will be happy.

[@chasesmith5005]

When I open the pompano bay website it doesn’t let you do anything

[@saltyfisherman603]

Sea money make me want to try for some fluke up here in new Hampshire

[@thelister4910]

What state is he in?

[@saltyfisherman603]

NY or NJ

[@hvacdoc2338]

thelister4910 NJ

[@CarKing1234]

Bass in a salt water ocean????? 👀

[@NYSeaNile]

Rod??

[@7citiesfishing]

Hell yeah! Love gettin em out of the surf

[@Israeeelg]

Is pink gulp a good color for fluke ?

[@M3Besh]

Where are you fishing out of? (NY, NJ)

[@arisdelis1]

NJ.....

[@heathensoutdooradventures8726]

Nice release of that bluefish. The more you smack them the better chance they have at surviving.

[@ssbon6974]

Heathen's Outdoor Adventures true tossing that fish back into the water from about 2 feet in the air really increases the chances of that fish not surviving.

[@al1071]

Would really like to know what kinda rod and reel you are using?

[@1BigOldBear]

Not there, not biting, wrong solunar, wrong ride, but thet are catchable in the surf.. !!! 🐻

[@RoyChavezSer]

Unless you suck and a pessimist....loads of negativity LOL!!.

[@johnedwards3489]

Bout to be heading to brigantine this weekend for some fluke surf fishing. Anyone have any recent reports for that area?

[@peggoty75]

what is your rod set up?

[@luckylurefishing1150]

What pound line do you recommend for jersey cobia??? Cant wait till you get one this summer.

[@fjhdvhdhdhd3933]

Fantasy Football Maniac 20

[@fjhdvhdhdhd3933]

Fantasy Football Maniac in the vid be has 10 ib braid and 25 ib leader mono

[@grouchygrundle]

I was fishing in wildwood bay right near the wildwood bridge a few weeks ago & caught nothing but junk fish. Last year on the same weekend I took home 3 flounder & none were under 19in.

[@asclepius731]

Yo man... nice rod, is that custom?

[@grassmannightmare]

In coming and out going tides are the best for flounder in my opinion

[@太田釣り具クラブ]

nice fishing!

[@viktorheding3813]

theyre hunting in shallow water at dusk, that might be why?

[@david7three]

What music is this playing in this?

[@pocketmonstertcg9146]

what rod are you using in this vid?

[@janetbrachman5242]

Where is he fishing

[@hotsauce559]

I was fishing for fluke in nj two days ago and caught a bluefish on double buck tail rig also caught a decent amount of fluke

[@watnongmountainadventures430]

Have caught them to 21” from the beach. There are a lot of shorts tho.

[@pressurewashingandhoodcleaning]

What size rod is that?

[@westtide]

Love that Mag D!!

[@davetrent8612]

Where were You AT Buddy?

[@eltaino2009]

Where are you fishing

[@hunterbrown6614]

What rod is that

[@randywilliams5722]

How do I get the recent vids, I've a subscriber for about six months, this is the second time I have got to see a vid with all your current subscribers, all I've seen is the videos with 19,000 subscribers , not getting bored but don't know how to get to the newest one's, sorry, but I'm not savy with technology

[@crispychris9492]

I’m going to wildwood next week and staying right on the beach so I’m going to try for fluke and sharks but I have zero confidence of catching anything off the beach

[@hotsauce559]

CrispyChris go to grassysound good fishing for me this Week

[@martingomezjr7943]

When's the best time of the year?

[@blackheartsmarine0351]

If it was me it would go... They are definitely here, they are definitely feeding and I definitely suck

[@alexanderrossi6482]

rod and reel ?

[@matthewcarneyfishing11]

please tell me that is in deleware

[@streettechfishing4204]

Nice

[@nomaddamon670]

Yeah man! I'm going to target fluke from the beach this weekend.

[@lobstermania4025]

Since you wrote this, have you had any luck?

[@nomaddamon670]

@@lobstermania4025 I do catch em but all shorts. Extremely short. 10 inches.

[@lobstermania4025]

@@nomaddamon670 nice! But you know what? It's still so much fun, not knowing if that lunker is the next cast. Have a great summer sir

[@nomaddamon670]

@@lobstermania4025 true...and that's why we fish! a great summer to you too, lobstah!

[@paullister8691]

What beaches in jersey can you fish off.

[@jb2st_17]

All of them after the life guards get off but only a few you can fish when life guards are on duty

[@JamesCasatelli]

I can, yes.

[@robertwee3882]

All we catch are whiting along the shallows here in Singapore.....hmmmmph

[@cadendailey4666]

Need some surf spots in the wildwood area bad, hook me up! 2 shorts, buncha blues and a king over 2 days from the sea wall. Looking for big fluke

[@rona.7058]

Yes.

[@Sir_Defyable]

Let's see a "what's in my bag" for when you are just casually trying to bend the rod Don't lie and say you got pliars in there

[@markcarson1844]

Good job money!

[@roberto09300]

When you go Back to kiptopeke I was there last week end I Catch 15 flounder 17 to 20 inch

[@jeffg3044]

Huh

[@philpuz3656]

like to use worms at the beach because I catch stripers and flounders at the same time

[@BamaRockstar85]

Flounder are all over the beach. BTW it's "FLOUNDER" not FLOUNDERS

[@alitabattlechicken9732]

I think catching that flounder was a fluke

[@rosco3659]

John Skinner can !

[@syethmujahid2333]

bleed the fish first maybe?

[@Wissahickonwild]

Should a done the pec fin. Or bacon.

[@gamer2morrow]

Could you please kill the fish instead of suffocate it on the beach ?

[@nickcraig6480]

Use finger mullet. At low tide an before u cast get in that water boi lol cast over that second roll

[@christpilledforever]

Bruh I only caught one fish in 3 years of fishing and that’s only because I used live bait

[@tasospatriwtis396]

I HAVE GOOD RECIPES FOR THOSE FISH....KEEP SOME.........

[@doedoe55]

Where r u

[@doedoe55]

Wow 3 years later an I’m back to this video lol

[@QUINTE.SOGORO]

nice video .look the mine's