Who could imagine that you could get a thrill from catching a flounder.
Makes a change from throwing light lures for kahawai from the river bank.

I’m keen on this as well, I thought up by the weti boat club could be a good spot.

Look for Albert Lyu on YouTube. He knows what he is doing and I’ve just gleaned off his videos.



You can get heaps of cheap, small sofbaits off The Warehouse online. Otherwise, you have to try some of the international online places like Alibaba or Temu. Jigheads I use are 1/16 or 1/8 Oz. You can find these sometimes in the freshwater fishing sections of local stores. Australia carries both suitable jigheads and soft plastics because they use them for bream.

I am fishing 2 or 4 lb braid and 6 to 8 lb fluoro leader. Hooker on TradMe is very reasonable for light fluorocarbon.

Telecaster wrote: Thanks for the info. Are you sight-casting? or just twitching along the edge of the channel? I am thinking Wenderholm or Waiwera might be worth a stalk.

Bit of both, as the water is so often dirty, but I know the flounder frequent the target zone. Dry on dead low but I fish when it is about 30 cm on outgoing or incoming. About 1 km upstream of the mouth. Can’t see what they are eating either, and their guts are full of mud.

Line fishing for flounder could become the new squid fishing . I'm keen to have a go too

smudge wrote: Do you think a weighted nymph would work Keith? Do you fish during the day or at night? Incoming tide?

Don't know about the weighted nymph but you could try Smudge. Fishing incoming or outgoing in daylight (was middle of the day today).

Telecaster wrote: Thanks for the info. Are you sight-casting? or just twitching along the edge of the channel? I am thinking Wenderholm or Waiwera might be worth a stalk.

The Tamure Kid wrote: . I think it's sight fishing if the water is clear and dead still, and blind if not.

 

yeah I figured Id be lucky to see one before it saw me  in daylight   so  Im going for a bit of distance . I wonder if chucking in a few berley pellets upstream a bit  might concentrate them up a bit 

Mc Tool wrote: The Tamure Kid wrote: . I think it's sight fishing if the water is clear and dead still, and blind if not.     Well  I was thinking that a flounder aint that easy to see when your standing on them  so sighting them at any distance thru water  would be nigh on impossible ..... unless it moved  and then youd be lucky .  I reckon after a  bit of a reccie to find a fishy looking  spot ,  its chuck and chance  from then on . Im thinkin that creating a bit of a trail or sand puffs  will be seen at some distance by the flounder  and they are more aggressive feeders than I thought so  I think they will "chase " the lure  a bit .