Flounder

Flounder are a saltwater fish, and while the fish can be found year round in most areas, there are usually a few months where you will have the best luck, January to April being the best months.  Flounder live on the sandy muddy bottom of the estuaries and bays while they wait for food to cross their path. Effective bottom fishing plus movement is the key to catching a flounder.                                                                               

Flounder like to hide in  weedy areas, muddy or sandy bottoms where they can shake the sand on top of themselves. This gives them good camouflage for the ambush. Better successes have come from dragging strips of white fish across a shell pile or grass bed. I often put a combination of lugworm and squid on a flounder rig and cast them well over the pile and slowly wind back in. Whatever you fish with it must be fished on the bottom near to the waiting fish. A flounder spoon is an effective attractor. 

Flounder are a very cautious fish. They will often take bait in their mouth shallow enough not too hook for several minutes only to spit out the bait. This is because the grab the bait and turn it for swallowing later. After a hit wait patiently if possible, giving the fish plenty of time, to set the hook -- then set the hook when the flounder tries to move to a new ambush position.

Legal and recommended retention size 25 cm