Winter Flounder Fishing Report for April 4, 2013 by Vince Sibona

Posted on April 4, 2013 by VHFC

John Kleban, John Lyszczarz and I boarded the SEA BONA and left the dock around 7:00 am that cold Thursday morning, around 32 degrees. We went a short distance out into the bay, anchored up, set out our chum pots, cut up worms and started fishing. The water temperature only 43 degrees, a little cold for winter flounder fishing. We had a nice sunny day with little wind at the start which helped. We had a very slow start, not catching one fish for at least an hour. We were getting ready to move and try another area when John Kleban caught the first fish, a keeper, so we ended up staying there. We caught a total of 4 flounder up to 15 inches, including one short. John Lyszczarz caught the largest fish, 15 inches, 1.4 pounds. The water temperature rose to only 46 degrees and the air temperature about the same. Around 12 noon, the wind picked up, so shortly after we headed home. Considering the cold water temperature, we didn’t do that bad.

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