Winter Flounder Fishing Report for April 10, 2013 by Vince Sibona

Posted on April 10, 2013 by VHFC

John Lyszczarz and I left the dock on the SEA BONA at 7:00 am, got out to the bay and headed North under the Manahawkin Bridge toward Barnegat Inlet. We stopped about one mile short of Double Creek Channel, dropped anchor, set out our chum pots and started fishing. The water temperature at 56 degrees rose about 10 degrees higher than it was last week when we fished for winter flounder. It was a slow pick, catching one flounder on the incoming tide and three flounder on the outgoing tide. We did manage to limit out with 4 nice fish. John’s biggest flounder, 15 3/4 inches at 1.78 pounds and my biggest flounder, 14 3/4 inches at 1.36 pounds. The water temperature rose to 57 degrees just before 1:00 pm, when we picked up and headed home. We really enjoyed the beautiful sunny day with a light breeze and air temperatures in the low to mid 60s.

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