Arrived on Sullivan’s at around 4:50am. On the way into the island, it was a complete downpour. So, we waited in the car to see how the weather would hold up. Well, it slowed down, but still was drizzling. Decided since we made the trip that we may as well make the best of it.
Got onto the beach and got settled. Not even an hour on the beach and we had caught our first flounder at just shy of 17". Then came the downpour again. We ended up sticking the weather out and got onto three more flounder also pushing the 17" mark, including the 4th one just over 17".
Finally, the weather held up for about an hour and the tide had turned and started to come in. Just as I was telling a buddy that the bigger flounder should be moving in closer to shore, I get a thump at my rod. Initially, it felt like a trout hitting the mullet and missing it. Then I felt my line moving. Not even 2 minutes after telling my buddy about the bigger flounder, my line started screaming drag. I thought I had hooked into a nice redfish the way it fought, with the aggressive headshakes. It wasn’t until I got it closer to shore that it felt like I was dragging a trash can lid and I drag in this beauty of a 24" doormat. He weighed a tad over 7lbs. Weather went straight to **** almost immediately after that and we packed up and headed out. Today was a great, ****ty day, if you know what I mean.
Very nice…flounder fishing is something I want to get into when I can get the time.
Just curious, are you fishing around rock groins, or just areas with bottom change? Live minnows, shrimp? Or artificials?
Rocks, sandy bottom, ledges, and edge of oyster beds. Mud minnows and mullet on carolina rigs. Took me the better part of 3-4 years to really learn how to properly catch flounder. Older gentleman I used to watch fish the surf for couple years taught me what to look for. It’s been a blessing for sure.
Nice fish. Flounder fishing is something i know nothing about and just recently started targeting them. I have yet to catch one and am wondering is the bait live or dead and do you retrieve and bounce the bait off the bottom slowly. Ive been doing that with live bait but have yet to catch one
Nice fish. Flounder fishing is something i know nothing about and just recently started targeting them. I have yet to catch one and am wondering is the bait live or dead and do you retrieve and bounce the bait off the bottom slowly. Ive been doing that with live bait but have yet to catch one
Live bait, either muds or mullet. Mullet have been the best for me. Slow retrieve stopping at anything that gives resistance to see if it’s a bite or just a rock. If it’s a flounder and it starts to move with the bait, flip the bail and let it take some line. Count to 10 and set the hook or lift the rod tip up and start reeling if it’s a circle hook.
Btw…new post from today’s trip. Have another nice one
