COASTAL BAY TEAM: It takes two to flounder at this fishing 
event ...on Passport to Texas.
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Passport to Texas from Texas Parks and Wildlife
and the Sport Fish Restoration Program

The population of southern flounder in the gulf is ... well ... 
floundering.

The populations are down in the bay systems across the board 
for the southern flounder.

Robert Adami coordinates Coastal Bay Team fishing 
events, where two-person teams of experienced anglers, 
catch specific species for the hatchery program. In spring, 
teams reel in spotted sea trout, and in fall, southern 
flounder.

Sometimes the more experienced anglers can go out to the 
spots they know are good gathering spots for southern 
flounder. Usually those guys can get the fish and bring them to 
us rather quickly. They also know how to handle the fish in 
terms of care, transportation and trying to get them to us in the 
best possible health.

Participation is free. Adami says almost as soon as 
anglers catch them - the flounder start their new lives.

Immediately we're going to be putting them right into spawning 
tanks in Sea Center Texas and in Corpus Christi to be used, 
hopefully, for next year's spawning program. 

Saturday morning Froggy's Bait Shop in Port O'Conner is 
the staging area for the event, and next Saturday, Boyd's 
One-Stop in Texas City closes this year's Coastal Bay 
Team opportunities. 

Find full details - including the prizes for participating 
anglers -- at passporttotexas.org.

That's our show ... with support from the Sport Fish 
Restoration Program...which provides funding for Sea 
Center Texas... For Texas Parks and Wildlife ... I'm Cecilia 
Nasti.