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  • Chincoteague doormats 5/26/12

    I launched from the Queen Sound public boat ramp around 7am. It's a decent ramp with parking for maybe 20 cars/trucks with trailers. There were only 2 other trucks when I arrived. There is also a grassy beach, perfect for launching yaks.



    The ramp is just before this bridge. I started fishing the end of the outgoing tide.



    Not a bite... until the tide changed, and I hooked this 21" flounder on a Gulp jerk shad (pink/chartreuse). My first flounder ever.





    Not another bite until about an hour later, something powerful started taking line out. I thought it was the biggest fish I'd ever caught and was surprised to find that it was a ray... A hard fighting doormat.



    Last edited by chex; 05-26-2012, 09:34 PM.
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    The rest of the day, I caught only a few crabs.



    There were a lot of people fishing this area, but I only saw 2 other fish caught. A throwback and another 21". Lots of kids out with their parents enjoying the nice weather.

    I headed back around 2pm and landed on the grassy beach, since by now the boat ramp was seeing non-stop action.


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    • #3
      Congrats on the flounder. The one you have there is probably better than any you would have gotten from an asian market. Haha.
      Sun Fishin'

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      • #4
        Nice going on your flounder. That was a pretty good fish to count as your first ever.

        You are brave to bring a decent sized ray into your kayak. They are strong and can thrash around. Some of them have poisonous spines near the base of their tails.
        John Veil
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        • #5
          Congrats! Nice looking fish. I guess you didn't have to go to Lotte.

          You realize you just gave credibility to that area. Now I want to go there.
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          • #6
            Nice Flounder Chexone!
            Thanks for the report..
            GB

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            • #7
              As mentioned above...thats a nice flounder for your first one ever! Way to go. Enjoy
              <insert witty comment here>

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              • #8
                I agree

                Originally posted by chexone View Post
                I launched from the Queen Sound public boat ramp around 7am. It's a decent ramp with parking for maybe 20 cars/trucks with trailers. There were only 2 other trucks when I arrived. There is also a grassy beach, perfect for launching yaks.



                The ramp is just before this bridge. I started fishing the end of the outgoing tide.



                Not a bite... until the tide changed, and I hooked this 21" flounder on a Gulp jerk shad (pink/chartreuse). My first flounder ever.


                K


                Not another bite until about an hour later, something powerful started taking line out. I thought it was the biggest fish I'd ever caught and was surprised to find that it was a ray... A hard fighting doormat.




                Very nice! I went out for 2 hours but only caught the ray good job.
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                • #9
                  congrats! on some good work there

                  if i can get a hook back from a ray/skate? is more than good enough for me. overall, i generally prefer a little distance between them and me, but they do have some serious pull.

                  not sure if i'll ever learn, but i always think the ray is a giant one of whatever fish it is that i'm targeting for at least a little while. and that is fun.

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                  • #10
                    Do I have that right

                    Ok for someone learning the east saltwater this is off Rt 175 Shelly Bay? Just try to get orientated. Thx
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                    • #11
                      Nice first keeper Chex.
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                      • #12
                        Efrin,
                        Thanks for the post.
                        I will be there in June after the vacation

                        joe
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                        • #13
                          NIIICE MAN! Congrats on researching, putting the time into it and the pay off! Well done...

                          Justin

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                          • #14
                            Thanks guys. Definitely rewarding when you get to take something home. Got major brownie points too.

                            Originally posted by J.A. Veil View Post
                            You are brave to bring a decent sized ray into your kayak.
                            It's that fine line between brave and stupid that I walk. By the time I got it onboard, it was exhausted, and luckily did not flop around too much. I may leave the next one in the water.

                            Originally posted by Southerly View Post
                            not sure if i'll ever learn, but i always think the ray is a giant one of whatever fish it is that i'm targeting for at least a little while. and that is fun.
                            Yeah totally fun. I knew it wasn't a huge flounder, but in my mind, I was taking a 50 inch striper home...

                            Originally posted by AnimalPA View Post
                            Ok for someone learning the east saltwater this is off Rt 175 Shelly Bay? Just try to get orientated. Thx
                            Yep, that's the secret spot. Don't tell anybody

                            Originally posted by ComeOnFish View Post
                            Efrin,
                            Thanks for the post.
                            I will be there in June after the vacation

                            joe
                            You're welcome! But I'm not Efrin...
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                            • #15
                              Sorry Mike!
                              I don't know why I typed Efrin.

                              Joe
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