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Originally Posted by willy
Same down here Phes, the flatties are sporadic, a few fish here a few there. we went two days exclusively for them chummed like crazy men and had one keeper to show.
A little tid bit I gleaned from a guy I saw taking samples at waters edge near my marina, he was a biologist. He says the water temps are still to cold for them to feed and move much, we had 48-49 degrees all over the bay here.
He said look for them to bite good when the water temps get in the low 50's for a couple of days and look for them first on dark mud flats on tide in tide rising times.
we have had so much cold rain coming out of the rivers it has turned down the bite to nada.
Tell Tin I said hey
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Yeah Willy flattie fishin is not what it used to be. We worked really hard, chumpot, 2 full bags of crushed mussels, and gave it more than six hours for that one fish. Our water temp. was a bit lower than what you had, we're still at 44-45*. I agree, a 50* water temp is ideal and I always preffer an incoming tide double anchored right over a little honey hole full of muck and mire. We need warmer/sunnier days thats for sure. In the last few years it has been [for me personally] fewer fish but ones caught are mostly in the 2-3lb class.