I live on the Mississippi gulf coast and I have seen this before a couple years ago I was actually flounder gigging when it happened just like what you seen in the video
@@erikdeeNOSPELLSNO really depends where you are, and legal size limits still have to be respected so you might get in trouble for accidentally spearing a short. I don't know any specifics though
Is it only like this one day out of the summer or does this happen often during summer ,, and I’m guessing the flounders are not eating baits so you have to gig them
It seems like butchery not fishing , if lack of oxygen causes these fish to go numb like this and someone feels good about himself about taking advantage of it than I don't have much respect for it at all... Love fishing but this is butchery .
@@redranger6751 nature is fine but taking advantage of fish that can not defend itself while acting stunned is slaughter with a stick and nail , just pure butchery not fishing . Zero of fishing fun .
Those flounders are fine. I have seen this twice on the Florida panhandle intracoastal waterway. It doesn't last long at all and they finally spread out and move deeper during the day.
There is nothing wrong with them. This just happens once in a great while. Marine biologists have studied this phenomenon for decades and are unable to find a solid reason behind this but have found that the fish are perfectly healthy.
This is caused by a red tide pulling oxygen out of the water. It pushes all the marine life up close to the beach. Nothing is wrong with them. The red tide is caused by an algae bloom.
For some reason my first comment disappeared, but this is from a red tide caused by an algae bloom. It sucks the oxygen out of the water pushing the marine life up on the beach. The fish are perfectly safe.
