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salt plus metal = corrosion, tried it all, they all fail, buy cheap ones for $20 use 2 years maybe 3 and toss, buy a new one. OK so you spend $160 and because you spent so much you spend more time trying to make it work right, after awhile it is not smooth, drag will not work good if you get oil in the system, sand just one grain messes up the whole deal. A new reel works great, when it gets not so good just toss it. I bought 5 reels with poles, mitchels, at Dicks for $10 each, still using one after 2 years, $50 phlulger, (sp) will not spin right, shimano, switch broke will not stop spinning both ways, to me I just wasted my $$. I will say the ambassadors have held up in salt water, but then I do not use them to much.Oh to catch flatties, put the pole down, give em time to swallow the bait, they hook themselves. Go to Rudy inlet and cast and catch about 50 10" flatties to get the hang of it, same deal works with the big ones.
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Flounder fishing..how I do love thee ? Flounder fishing for me has changed over the years with the new gulp baits that have arrived on the scene. I have caught my share of flounder fishing live mullet on a Carolina rig but have switched to using gulp shrimp baits 3" version on a 1/4 jig head when fishing back water. My current favorite color is white with chartreuse tail. Flounder do not waste time eating a gulp bait and you can cover more water quickly to locate feeding fish without having to deal with catching bait and a minnow bucket. Trout and red drum love these also. If you are in a lot of current or deep water you may need to increase your jig head size. On reels I have been using the Daiwa Sweepfire 2500 series when fishing the salt. The newer version is a big improvement with an added bearing and for $ 14.00 each you can not go wrong. Give them a fresh water gentle rinse and they will last for years. I enjoy walking the backwater creeks and marshes or hunting flounder from my kayak. Sometimes I will slow troll but most times I cast. These methods have worked for me from Virginia to Florida. FB
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Hi, I use penn reels exclusively I use a spinning gear for the surf and a trollmaster when Yak fishing (its best when drift fishing for flounder) . I wash down all my gear after fishing and soak the reels in a water bucket swishing it around a bit. Once a year I strip it down re-grease and oil, I've used the same gear for over 15 years... remember you get what you pay for. Don
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Just back from our annual Outer Banks surf fishing trip. Our group had a good time catching flounder. We had 60 plus keepers with 4 over 5 lbs with the largest 6.5lbs. Most were caught on 1/4 ounce jig and gulp baits. Picture is my son with his first citation . Good trip. FB
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Nice flattie ! Good job
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Very cool... My week at myrtle beach yielded 19 flounder most caught on finger mullet but some on gulp shrimp and swimming mullet... However biggest was only 18 1/2 but got some good eaters... Fun for sure
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That's great fishing.
we used to flounder fish in the Galveston area and do quite well at it.... Now the regulations have gotten so bad that I don't even bother with it anymore. Offshore the same thing... Sold the big boat and bought land in the country,had a 5ac lake dug and that's my answer to gov. Regulations. But I sure miss the saltwater thing
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I'm late on the response, but I will second Fishbud's comments. Gulp shrimp or swimming mullet on jighead is almost unbeatable for flounder....second to gigging..lol. This was all I used for flounder in Biloxi, MS. Stay on the trolling motor and cast till you find them, then fill the cooler. And as an example of how deadly Gulp is for flounder....the tried and true method of letting a flounder take the bait....wait, wait, etc......will leave you with a flounder with a gulp in it's belly. They swallow these things right away. I never give them more than a two count before setting the hook with Gulp.
