Flounder & Whiting.......... They're biting!

[OVERBORED]

Might be extinct on Long Island but there's a different world up north...
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[captmike28]

Might be extinct on Long Island but there's a different world up north...
Busy - Eastman's Docks Busy - Eastman's Docks

Whiting are not quite "extinct" in our area but most of the fish we have seen as a by-catch lately are too small to eat. However, they do make excellent strip baits for Fluke!

What I find particularly interesting is that for many years we only saw them in the 100' depths south of Montauk on our Fluke trips but for the last 2 years there have been quite a few caught as shallow as 65'.

I also reported last spring on a couple trips in Plum Gut I witnessed the Stripers spitting up small Whiting, something I have never seen in over 60 years fishing the LI Sound. Maybe there is hope for a comeback of this tasty fish in our local waters.

Also makes me question even more the supposed "global warming" claims. Must be some really cold currents near the bottom to keep the Whiting around.

 

[Nontypical]

A friend told me that the limit of fluke they caught this week were feeding on Whiting. Somewhere east of Orient.

 

[Roccus7]

Have to light a fire under my NH friend to splash his new boat. I'm up for a flounder run for sure!!