I’ve caught a few flounder by accident, but have never targeted them…until now. So, knowing very little about them, I’m looking for suggestions…and the floor is open for anyone who wants to share some wisdom with me. Thanks.
Oh, yeah…I posted this on Inshore Discussion, but haven’t gotten any suggestions, yet. Don’t know if there is a different crowd over there.
Harold Wilcox
www.haroldshogwash.com
I can’t say I’ve really “targeted” flounder but I’ve caught one or two. First, it should be said that I’m a lure guy. I fish artificials 99.99% of the time.
I find flounder to be very aggressive. I’ve caught them on bottom bouncing baits as well as moving (higher in the water column) baits. Aside from the usual strucutre suspects (docks, rocks and oysters), I’ve had my best success with flounder on transition areas where there’s rock/oyster next to mud banks/flats. Chartruese or white lures have been my best producing colors.
I wish I had more for you but like I said, I don’t really target a specific fish when I hit the water. I fish the spot/situation and I’m more of an oportunistic fisherman. Hope this helps. Good luck, HW.
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Hi, I am no expert, but I do target Flounder and do boat many. I fish the upper Cooper River so no oyster banks or docks. I mostly target them on both sides of high tide and want moving water. Mainly fish points and grass edge that have water when tide is low. Mostly dragging Carolina Rig with 1/4 ounce weight and a short 6 to 6 inch leader with finger mullet or menhaden and sometimes under cork very close to bottom. If you catch 1, fish that area hard as I have caught as many as 10 on the same point. Hope this helps.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AzmZ9jyh574&t=3s
These guys seem to have it down!
Live mullet or mudminnows on a carolina rig tend to produce for me. If you have a trolling motor and know a stretch of water that has lots of small creek mouths (3-5 ft wide) that can be a great area. On falling tide throw into the mouth and bump it out slow with constant tension so you can feel the THUMP.
Good luck!
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Thank you, Wayne, Randy, and Jeff. I’m excited to go put some of your ideas to work. Stand by for a report…hopefully with photos.
Harold Wilcox
www.haroldshogwash.com
Standing by…
“You don’t always know where you stand till you know that you won’t run away.” ~Slipknot
I also prefer to throw artificials, and have had great luck around inlets that lead to large water (Atlantic). Find the small creeks on the inside of the inlet and the fish will be facing into the tide waiting on food.
My best luck is on soft bottoms. Not full on pluff mud, but a mix of mostly sand and mud to where your feet sink a couple inches down. That provides a good bottom for the flounder to bury themselves.
Other spots where I got lucky and found em is on mud flats near oysters, under docks near inlets (bouncing the jig slowly off the bottom), and under docks on the ICW.
As stated above they like to sit at the mouths of small feeder creeks on the outgoing and wait on bait to fall out.
Hope that helps, good luck out there!
I use a technique that has worked for me for many years. I take a 3 to 4 foot piece of 20# mono and tie a small teardrop sinker on one end and a barrel swivel on the other end. Make 2 loops in the middle and run each loop through the eye of a #2 or #3 hook. The leader should be about 18 inches long at this point. I like dragging the bait by the flounder before the sinker. When you feel the thump…wait 30 seconds and set the hook. You will either have a flounder or a crab.
John
Harold,
Check out this guys underwater videos of flounder fishing.
they will change your mind about when to set the hook.
If you need a guy to flounder fish drop me line.
Jeff
803-491-4521
Wow with all this great information you should hook a few. All of what has been said works for me and I mostly use MM and mullet when the net decides to open.
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