Someone talk to me about Stary Flounder

[Revwrangler]

So I want to flounder fish out at Nisqually and am I seeing correctly that it is year round? Is there a limit? Is there a prime season to go? I'm not finding much info, but duck hunting is over and I need meat in my freezer and something to catch! Plus my wife likes eating flounder unlike most other fish.


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[h20hunter]

Eats fine. My go to rig is a sinker on the main line, swivel, leader to a small steelhead jig tipped with a little chicken. U drift it along.  The sinker will catch on little rocks and twitch it along.  I think i5 makes the jig look like a little shrimp.

[Revwrangler]

Is there a limit? Also is there a time of year that's better or is it truly year round?


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[gasman]

Flounder, fish year round no problem. Sandy bottom areas are best but I have caught them about any where.

Picked them up on darts while salmon fishing or a small chunk of about any bait (herring, clams, worm, shrimp, etc....) on a hook. I will use a bottom rig, with weight on bottom and two hook off three way swivels.

Without looking at the regs, I believe it's 15 per person per day.

[lokidog]

I don't understand this, if you have internet access to post on HW, why not go to WDFW.wa.gov and look up the regs?  This is a much more reliable way to figure out what you can do.   

Area 13

BOTTOMFISH Year-round season. Daily limit is a total of 15 BOTTOMFISH (see definition page 10) regardless of species,
subject to individual limits and seasons shown below. See closures and marine preserves on previous page
and below. Fishing for BOTTOMFISH prohibited in waters deeper than 120 feet.
LINGCOD May 1-June 15
May 21-June 15
Hook and line season. Min. size 26". Max. size 36". Daily limit 1. Spearfishing season. Max. size 36". Daily limit 1.
SURFPERCH Year-round No min. size. Daily limit 10.
Except SHINER PERCH daily limit 15: not included in BOTTOMFISH limit.
ROCKFISH CLOSED CLOSED to fishing for, retaining, or possessing.
PACIFIC COD, POLLOCK, HAKE,
and WOLF-EEL
Year-round CLOSED to retention.
SIXGILL, SEVENGILL, and
THRESHER SHARKS
CLOSED CLOSED to fishing for, retaining, or possessing. SIXGILL SHARK may not be removed
from the water.
CABEZON May 1-Nov. 30 Min. size 18". Daily limit 1.
OTHER FOOD FISH Year-round No min. size. Daily limit 2 of each species. See definition page 11.
ALL OTHER FISH CLOSED CLOSED to fishing for, retaining, or possessing.

From page 10:

Bottomfish Includes Pacific cod, Pacific
tomcod, Pacific hake (or whiting), walleye
pollock, all species of dabs, sole and flounders
(except Pacific halibut), lingcod, ratfish,
sablefish, cabezon, greenling, buffalo sculpin,
great sculpin, red Irish lord, brown Irish
lord, Pacific staghorn sculpin, wolfeel, giant
wrymouth, plainfin midshipman, all species of
shark, skate, rockfish, rattail, and surfperches
(all saltwater perch are surfperch) excluding
shiner perch.

From page 11:

Other Food Fish When used in this pamphlet,
this refers to species which occur in our waters
irregularly, usually in coastal areas during the
summer months and includes barracuda, white
sea bass, bonito, yellowtail, and pomfret.

[lokidog]

Starrys are the best of the flounders out there IMO, and they can be the largest.

[Revwrangler]

Starrys are the best of the flounders out there IMO, and they can be the largest.

Thanks. I had read it, but wanted to talk to someone who had actually done it.


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[The Gobble-stopper]

I do best at slack tide, using the small white point Wilson dart, just keep it bouncing on the bottom. Usually only takes a few minutes to get one on. Yea I believe the limit is 15. Williapa use to be really good for them. Cant remember what time of year. But the starrys there weighed around the 5 lb range. And sometimes bigger.

[Revwrangler]

Thanks.


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