Early season Flatfish foolers

[Zigh]

Hey gang, thought I'd ask what everyone's, 'Go To', color is for the spring Flatties?? I'm sure there are a bunch of varying opinions, so let's hear 'em?!?!?! I would say green is my first choice followed by white and then pink... When I'm not using live bait, I prefer a nice piece of fresh Bluefish as an inticer if I can catch 'em, or Boston Mackeral; and I'm a swimmer instead of a dragger(I like the bait 4-6" off the bottom)..... So, what's your favorite color and bait flavor??
[grin]

[Darren]

I have several favorite colors, it just depends on the day and what the fish want. I think the biggest thing early in the season is to think small. Save the big strips for the summer months.

[wade]

Fresh croaker, live finger Mullet, frozen finger mullet. Yellow and pink teasers, no blades no beads.

Wade

[Zigh]

Yup... I like a nice pink flasher with my live baits for clear water, and then the oiler(cut bait) stuff with white enhancement for water that's a bit stirred... The green, well I just like green(lol) and think it reflects a lot of what the fish see to eat on the floor of the Bay... Anyone using the helicopter style flashers?!

[jopoppa70]

blue and white is also a good color in the early spring with a peice of fresh bluefish

[ketch69]

Iv'e tied more purple or chartruese/orange than others so far this year. I like red/white early with small strip baits. I have used the spin-n-glo spinfloat. They are a bit pricey but work good.

[capt. dave]

I think it depends on where you are fishing. Over on the eastern shore we use colored beads above the hook plus a bull minnow on the hook. In the Bay around the Cell we use spinner, beads, bucktail fly, and bull minnow and squid (or cut blue, flounder or croaker) on the hook. The prime color can change every day, but I like green/char., yellow/orange, pink, and white. In very deep water purple does good.
If one thing isn't working, try another.

[Paul]

Bubble-Gum Green!!!![excited]

[Jake Ace]

About 90% of the flounder that I caught last year were from shallow-water shorelines, and the early season color / bait that I seem to do best with is a Clear / Sparkle Chartreuse with a twister-tail ... tipped with shrimp.

The water, for the most part, if there's not a ton of rain seems clearer because all the weeds and algae haven't had a chance to cloud it up like later in the season, so that color is visible enough.

And, the first few flounder I seem to catch every spring in the shallow water all regurgitate grass shrimp. So since I'm trying to "match the hatch shallow" a 2" or 3" smaller profile bait that's more in line with a shrimp body type (ie: twister tail) is what you'll see me throwing.

THROW THE BIG ONES BACK

Jake Ace

[happy hours]

well I guess I will have to buy all new colorsbecause I don't fish with any of those prescribeded[grin]
the best thing you can do for fishing early flounders is fish for them with the special spring colors that reproduce the temp. change/color from winter to summer.I just dyed a butch and will be using them in the up-coming flounder tourney.
I'll post a picture just as soon as we get cameras in NC [wink]