flounder near thomas point?

[kayak456]

ok so i found the picture on this website http://www.dnr.state.md.us/fisheries...91708index.asp and if u scroll a little more than half way down the page you see a man with 2 flounders and thomas point in the backround now my neighbor claimed that in the 1990s he caught a flounder in the south river on soft shell crab and don has told me he used to catch them at thomas point but i want to know if they are still there.is there still keeper or at least a flounder near thomas point. has anyone ever caught one there? i would love to catch a flounder in eastern bay or near thomas point this year and i was wondering if anyone has expierience fishing for them in this part of the upper bay. like bait rigs rods tactics for them near thomas point . thanks!

[kayak456]

http://www.tidalfish.com/forums/show...nd-bay-bridges

[Shady]

One was caught at the bay bridge last year during the CBKA tournament. Not common, but it happens from time to time...

[kayak456]

does anyone specifically target them

[J.A. Veil]

Flounder are not common residents in the Thomas Pt area these days. That may not have been the case in the past though. The 1994 year provided outstanding bottom fishing for me as a novice boater (I used an old Boston Whaler Montauk 17) and rookie fisherman. I came out of the South River, and nearly every trip that summer and fall I drifted over a spot on the northern edge of Thomas Pt bar about 1/3 of the way out to the lighthouse. Depending on the tide and wind, I would try to drift from the deeper water just north of the bar (18-21'), up the slope of the bar, and a short ways on top of the bar (13-15') or from shallow to deep.

I could predictably catch 4 or 5 species in an hour by repeating that drift over and over. One day I had my next door neighbor and his two sons with me. I baited up the first rod with either bloodworm or squid strips and handed it to the younger boy -- I think he was about 10 then. I was baiting the second rod when young Andy called out "Mr. Veil, I think I have a fish". I told him to start winding in. As the fish reached the surface, it was large and brown. My initial assumption was that the fish was a cownose ray. Upon closer inspection, the fish was a very large flounder. We got it in the boat and put it in the cooler. We continued fishing. At the end of the trip we drove to Marty's Tackle shop in Edgewater (run at that time by the original Marty) and had it checked in. I cannot remember the exact length, but think it was about 24" (pretty large for the Maryland Chesapeake Bay).

Andy received a paper citation a few weeks later. Then in December, he and his Dad came over and showed my a formal plaque they had received. Andy's flounder was the largest Chesapeake-caught flounder checked in at any Maryland tackle shop that year. I have never caught anything close to that size since then around Thomas Pt.

There are a few places where some anglers used to target flounder in the mid-bay region. One is Brickhouse Bar (off the shores of Kent Island). Another is by buoys 84 and 84a (near Poplar Island), and the "Hollicuts Noose" (this is a phonetic spelling -- I have seen it spelled various ways) which is in Eastern Bay, just inside of the hook created by Bloody Pt.

I also suggest that you get a copy of one or more of the books written by Edgewater angler and fishing guide Lenny Rudow. That may have some better tips on where to look for flounder.

[Southerly]

they definitely make it up this far to some extent. i think movement north is favored in low rainfall years. i even caught one outside ft howard (near baltimore) when i was a kid.

but my take on it is to go flounder fishing some place that has lots of flounder then try to catch lots of them. you can even do this w/o a boat from the rt 50 bridge at OC. this is a good fishing spot and not that far away. but do yourself a favor and get a bridge net. and fishing that area in a kayak is pretty cool since you can fish inside the 6 mph speed limit. Sue's oysterbay tackle has plenty info posted about those flounders down the ocean.

but if there's no rain, and they wind up here - catching lots of flounder basically out in front of your house would kick butt!

ps - Lenny Rudow's book has some info regarding specifically targeting them in those areas. but you might be able to just ask him? i don't think he lives that far from you.

[kayak456]

thanks for all the help

[CAGE RATTLER]

Whenever I hear Flounder mentioned all I think about is Captain Bob's at Chincoteaque.
Had some great outings renting a boat there years ago.