Thread: flounders on a rod anyone ?

hi all anyone had any luck on catching flounders on a rod i have seen them caught while spinning at the mouth of the waitaki just wondering does anyone have a go with soft baits or natural bait cheers

I have caught a few in the Temuka river over the years when I was flyfishing for trout. Above the Waitohi/Temuka bridge. Saw them as they were swimming up, quick change to a tiny nymph and cast to them. Unlike trout, they werent shy to the cast and as they slowly made there way upstream, its wasnt difficult to recast in front of them if they refused.

Have also been told that they can be caught on a spinning rod with a small single hook and a worm for bait. Use a running rig with a lightweight ball weight. The estuaries are good, but once you get the hang of rolling a tiny weight down moving water, further up can be productive.

Originally Posted by bluecod1967

hi all anyone had any luck on catching flounders on a rod i have seen them caught while spinning at the mouth of the waitaki just wondering does anyone have a go with soft baits or natural bait cheers

fly rod -sinking line - small plastic crab imitation-- spot and cast in front- little jerky retrieve - works

Ive read a punctured can of sweetcorn..on string so can retrieve it and take home afterwards...works as burley for them... never managed them on rod,speared a few,netted a few and have even gone so far as to dive down and stab with knife....once....

I've targeted them with fly and softbait, sight fishing the edges at incoming tide and always spooked them. The only I've caught was with a zed lure while salmon fishing... Dragged zeddy up over the lip of a channel, boom, no salmon but a chunky flounder for breakfast. There's a guy on YouTube who targets them on spinner and softbait somewhere in the NI and seems to be quite successful.

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

Ive read a punctured can of sweetcorn..on string so can retrieve it and take home afterwards...works as burley for them... never managed them on rod,speared a few,netted a few and have even gone so far as to dive down and stab with knife....once....

Use small hooks with corn kernels as bait in the (Creamed Corn) burley trail

what sort of lure is that called cheers

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005...4e1d1802aIKPDV

Fella out Akitio has been catching them on white soft bait lures.

I'm trying, but failing. This is THE guy, he is based in Whangarei: https://www.youtube.com/@AlbertFishOn/videos

Yea, that's the one. Seems to have it dialled in.

This I want to do also , that guy got it dialled in alright

Just a footnote, Albert Lyu seems to catch most of his flounder in urban Whangarei among the dog walkers and skateboarders etc (i.e. well in to the river system). Something I can't quite bring myself to do, but rivers rather than coast or even estuaries may be a more target rich environment.

i have contacted albert and he is sendind me some lure s to get me started cheers update when i have a go