Yellow-tail flounder
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chumslk wrote:
When can yellow-tail flounder be caught off BI and do charters target them ? They are one of the best tasting fish I 've ever had.
Wouldn 't mind doing a charter for them if you can retain them and numbers are there.
Ypu can't catch yellowtail flounder on a hook and line, at least not in numbers to make it worth while targeting them. If you catch a yellowtail on a hook its a real fluke!
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When can yellow-tail flounder be caught off BI and do charters target them ? They are one of the best tasting fish I 've ever had.
Wouldn 't mind doing a charter for them if you can retain them and numbers are there.
Ypu can't catch yellowtail flounder on a hook and line, at least not in numbers to make it worth while targeting them. If you catch a yellowtail on a hook its a real fluke!
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When we were running flounder trips last summer up here in NH, I'd say that 15-20% of the flounders that we caught were yellowtails. They're quite a bit thinner and therefore yeild less meat than a blackback, but quite tasty nonetheless.
-Tim
When we were running flounder trips last summer up here in NH, I'd say that 15-20% of the flounders that we caught were yellowtails. They're quite a bit thinner and therefore yeild less meat than a blackback, but quite tasty nonetheless.
-Tim
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is yellow tail flounder the same as the window pane flounder
or is that another species too.
This post edited by 6to8ftSeas 03:53 PM 03/27/2008
or is that another species too.This post edited by 6to8ftSeas 03:53 PM 03/27/2008
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seamister63 wrote:
When we were running flounder trips last summer up here in NH, I'd say that 15-20% of the flounders that we caught were yellowtails. They're quite a bit thinner and therefore yeild less meat than a blackback, but quite tasty nonetheless.
-Tim
True yellowtails or blackbacks with a little yellow on the underside of their tails?
When we were running flounder trips last summer up here in NH, I'd say that 15-20% of the flounders that we caught were yellowtails. They're quite a bit thinner and therefore yeild less meat than a blackback, but quite tasty nonetheless.
-Tim
True yellowtails or blackbacks with a little yellow on the underside of their tails?
what about catching blackbacks offshore ?
I keep reading about the commercials catching alot of blackback flounder offshore, why can't we catch them with hook and line ? If the flounder population is healthy offshore then they shouldn't be too hard to catch . Right ?
I keep reading about the commercials catching alot of blackback flounder offshore, why can't we catch them with hook and line ? If the flounder population is healthy offshore then they shouldn't be too hard to catch . Right ?
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MakoMike wrote:
seamister63 wrote:
When we were running flounder trips last summer up here in NH, I'd say that 15-20% of the flounders that we caught were yellowtails. They're quite a bit thinner and therefore yeild less meat than a blackback, but quite tasty nonetheless.
-Tim
True yellowtails or blackbacks with a little yellow on the underside of their tails?
True yellowtails. They have a narrower tail than a blackback, and are thinner. Generally longer and less wide as a blackback. They also have the tell-tale yellow streaking on the underside, if you see them up close, you can tell they are a totally different fish, and we caught enough of them to know they werent just strange blackbacks.
As far as regs, yes you can take them, 13" not 12" like the blackbacks.
-Tim
seamister63 wrote:
When we were running flounder trips last summer up here in NH, I'd say that 15-20% of the flounders that we caught were yellowtails. They're quite a bit thinner and therefore yeild less meat than a blackback, but quite tasty nonetheless.
-Tim
True yellowtails or blackbacks with a little yellow on the underside of their tails?
True yellowtails. They have a narrower tail than a blackback, and are thinner. Generally longer and less wide as a blackback. They also have the tell-tale yellow streaking on the underside, if you see them up close, you can tell they are a totally different fish, and we caught enough of them to know they werent just strange blackbacks.
As far as regs, yes you can take them, 13" not 12" like the blackbacks.
-Tim
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these are even tougher to catch
A 2-brown-sider (this is the bottom view)
A 2-brown-sider (this is the bottom view)
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