Ideal Weather Conditions for Flounder

[Guest]

What do you guys look for as far as weather conditions before you head out floundering?



Do you look at the weather reports for wind direction? Wind Speed etc? What exactly do you look for??? I live a far way from the bay, and too many a time i drive out and the conditions are too wavey, too murky, etc. Any tips?



Do you head out in the full moon? Do you head out after rain etc?? I'm new to all this so help a brother out, lol.



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[glen]

i find the following page useful for working out wind speed and direction



[url="http://www.earthsci.unimelb.edu.au/~awatkins/bay.html"]http://www.earthsci.unimelb.edu.au/~awatkins/bay.html[/url]



i will let others respond to your question about rain, moon...etc



cheers, glen

[aok47]

fatboi,



up until you posted that you got a few flounder and it was pretty much full moon, i avoided floundering during full moon...



you can also look at [url="http://ozwind.com.au/vic02"]Ozwind[/url] for current weather conditions. If its a light offshore wind (ie pointing away from the beach you intend to flounder) then it should be good.



If its raining it s a bit hard to see down through the water cause of the droplets falling on the surface <img src='http://www.squidfish.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':ink' />



keep the reports coming though,..



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AK

[Jazman]

There are some useful links for wind and bay forecasts on the fishvictoria.com site, if you follow the 'weather' links.



I generally avoid floundering for at least a few days after heavy rain, light showers are unlikely to muddy the bay.



In terms of wind, <5 knots is ideal, and I probably woudn't bother going out in winds stronger than this unless I needed a flounder to save my life.....

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You can do it it in max. 10 knot winds, but it becomes very hard to discern objects on the bottom (like flounder) unless you are in very shallow water. Wind direction doesn't matter too much I find, but an offshore (if there is any wind) will flatten out the water.

You can also go floundering in light rain, but forget it if the rain is heavy.



New moon is better than full moon, although as a recent report suggested give it a go if the conditions are good, full moon or not, you might be surprised.

[Guest]

ahhh thanks for all the tips...what about tides?? Does that matter much to you guys??



Or just head out whenever?



Was out tonite again...just to try my luck. weather turned a bit yuk and we persisted through the light rain. you guys are right, its very hard to make out shapes in the rain!! but i did manage one. oh wellz...trial and error i guess <img src='http://www.squidfish.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />

[Jazman]

I don't usually give tides much of a thought, I just have a go if it's dark and the conditions look favourable. You can usually get out further at low tide, but that's not necessarily better, I find most of my fish <10m from shore.

[Mr_Willy]

Where i go floundering is in a smallish river, which doesnt get much deeper than a couple of metres (except in the deeper channels) and i reckon it gets too hard with wind, as its hard to see in the water. I reckon that Full Moon would be one of the best times, as it provides you with extra night vision, but others may see this as a bad thing........

Basically anything which mucks up the clarity of the water would be bad for floundering!!

[Guest]

River floundering?? I'm guessing thats near the mouth of the river where its still pretty salty right?



Any one in VIC with a similar place?? I would guess its a whole lot calmer then in the bay.

[aok47]

Check with the regulations because there are restrictions as to where you can/cannot go spearfishing in Victorian waters with regards to mouths of creeks/estuaries etc



[url="http://www.dpi.vic.gov.au/dpi/nrenfaq.nsf/childdocs/-507D2DBEEEB4EF694A2567D700236212-B7195D3E8DC5086DCA256F01001CBFA2-B43CA3C1021D238ECA256F0300183DF6?open"]Victorian Spearfishing Regulations[/url]



Cheers



AK

[Mr_Willy]

Yeah fatboi, its not really a river as such, its more of an estuary type system - its near the Murray Mouth, so its a mix of freshwater and salt water, but more salty than fresh...........

[Reef Raider]

a good site i found that can help you with the weather conditions can be found at:



[url="http://www.dar.csiro.au/weatherwall/wwall_files/wwall.html"]http://www.dar.csiro.au/weatherwall/wwall_files/wwall.html[/url]



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