Welcome to Due South Fishing, Thanks for stopping by..... I fish mainly Topsail island from North Topsail to Topsail Beach and beyond. Surf Fishing, Kayak Fishing, Land based and more.
If they would just keep the shrimp trawls out of the estuaries and the river, our stock of flounder, reds, specks, black drum would come roaring back after a few years. It is what they have done in every state along the east coast and through the gulf of Mexico. Louisiana was fished out, specks gone, reds, gone, grey trout gone, then they stopped the trawling and netting in the estuaries and now they have the best fishery of anybody. The by catch of the shrimp trawls is millions of pounds of small finfish! It's already a known fact that 90% of the seafood consumed in NC is from out of state. Got to wake up people!
WHAT ABOUT THE RECREATIONAL FISHING RIGHTS, YOU ASSES IN RALEIGH, BEGINING TO WONDER IF YOU EVEN KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING? I HAVE NOT NOTICED ANY FLOUNDER SHORTAGES AT ANY OF THE FISH CAMPS AROUND THE STATE!
My issue is why punish the recreational fisherman? But yet commercial fisherman still do their thing. Instead of cutting flounder out all together why not raise the size limit and number per day. Any responsible fisherman should be able to abide by laws and fish accordingly
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The wind thing sounds a little suspect to me but what do I know? I live in Ohio and visit twice a yr for fishing. I always catch a lot of Flounder, got my PB this May. Saw alot of Flounder being caught by fisherman, big ones, over 21 inchers. Just my experience.
Forget about the stock, the winds, and the fine people who work at the North Carolina Wildlife Resources division who are 'actually' knowledgeable in fisheries science. Research the who, what, where, why, when & how we select the commissioners making the decisions that the NCWR has to follow. Your answer lies there. Calling a politician isn't going to fix our recreational fishing problems. A unified voice of recreational fisherman in the thousands who are willing to take the time to become active in publicly exposing the mismanagement will. Myself, I'm not buying a license here anymore. This one runs out ... I'm done. There's bluer seas elsewhere that's recreational friendly. Dragging a boat to the coast to go fishing for a day is up to an average of about $150 now. The better half doesn't look kindly on my spending that much and coming home with an empty cooler. It's not empty because I didn't 'catch' any. It's because I couldn't 'keep' any. The bait man got his money. The gas man got his money. The restaurants got their money. The state got their license money. The state got the extra tax money on my tackle. And the fisherman got nothing. That's not a good scenario if you want fisherman to fish here. And rich politicians will never understand that.
I agree, 100% about the fishery that it needs to be overhauled and no politicians are on the board too much money involved with that kind of stuff and they’ll go with the commercial fisherman’s every time I have nothing against commercial fisherman like you say but it’s not right especially when large commercial fisherman are donating to these politicians and their quota not even cut or they’re dead loss was not even counted against them 😥🤬🙏🎣🇺🇸
I cant say I really agree with your opinion that the flounder stock is/could be in danger and it's more about the wind pushing in small flounder. I fish every weekend all day. Everywhere from topsail all the way down to the end of oakisland. And every since the weather has warmed up the flounder are stacked all over each other everywhere where they should be. Not only that, pretty much all have been big aggressive flounder. Very, very few have been small. I've literally had to make changes to my fishing methods to try not to catch any flounder! However.. I do agree that the state is doing a HORRIBLE job at management!!!!!!! Absolutely no reason why legal, law-abiding recreational fishermen shouldn't get a season!!!! There is plenty for everyone in moderation. The state needs to get their heads out of their butts and some people need to get fired! All these new and pointless rules and regulations takes ALL the positive aspects of fishing and throws them out of the window! Honestly, fishing in nc is almost not worth fishing anymore! It makes me just want to give fishing up.
Thank you for your comment. Now as far as, Are the stocks in danger? You and I don't think so but we have to go on what we are told. My comment about the baby flounder being driven by the wind and that determines what estuary they end up in is not my opinion that is a scientific fact told by state biologist. If it's lie, they told it. (I found out by listening to a 4.5 hour symposium, Brutal) I have fished my entire life as I'm sure you have and it's a shame that we have even got to entertain the thought of quitting. The DMF needs an overhaul from top to bottom.
Great video. I live in the Piedmont area, just a little east of the mountains. I come to the NC coast (mostly topsail) twice a year and spend alot of time fishing. The flounder season thing is quite aggravating, especially considering the commercial market is still open. It's pretty obvious that commercial fishing decimates the population far worse than recreational. I normally use VUDU shrimp and VUDU mullets, and they work really well. Got on a decent ladyfish bite this week out in the sound, they were busting on glass minnows and shrimp late at night on slack low tide. Other than that I just got hammered by micro sea bass and grunts.
They need to close the season for both recreational and commercial. Does the commercial industry have quotas. When that quota is reached do they close the season early? Sounds like hush money dictates the regulations.
If one is concerned with the flounder population, eliminating the sport fisherman while doing nothing to pro fisherman makes absolutely no sense at all, any old way you look at it. The officials responsible for these decisions need to reveal all of their sources of income.
Wish more of the participants would have given feedback back. Thanks for the opportunity. Even though the paint is chipping i still plan on using it more.
I’m glad you got a good feedback on your homemade lures they look very cool .you would probably do better if you just buy blanks of different kind and custom paint them like you’re say you’re doing now that would probably be a better deal for you 👍🏻🎣🇺🇸
@@DueSouthFishing thank you for the reply! I went to topsail beach last month for the first time and also went to emerald isle. NC has beautiful beaches. I've been researching the area since I got back from there. I don't fish but I'm interested in environmental issues surrounding these areas if you know what I mean. Have a lovely day!🌅
Thank you my friend. As far as the season goes, I'm torn. Yes I love catching flounder and I love keeping a few but I also want them around for future generations. The state of NC does a terrible job of managing our fish stocks, case in point Redfish. in 2004 they stuck us with their regulations, It hasn't changed and I don't think it ever will. I saw a pic the other day of that beautiful baby of yours!
@@DueSouthFishing Thank you Cap. She is a true blessing. As far as the flounder I agree with you NC fishery the state does a terrible job with it. I think they're focusing their attention on the wrong people. The need to be focusing on those commercial industry instead of the ones with a hook and line. Maybe they should look at SC and copy what they are doing.
In topsail now, got a mess of fiddler crabs, cast netted a dozen live shrimp, got a ladyfish for cut bait, ready to go 🤘 25" flounder!! Nice catch man, really nice.
