I have been hooked on flounder fishing since my youth. My grandfather loved to catch flounder and showed me many of his tricks, which fueled my addiction. Flounder are bottom dwellers, with a flat unique shape that helps them catch their prey off guard. During the summertime, you can find these fish all over the creeks and rivers. During the fall they make their migration towards deeper waters, which can be fun as well.

There are many types of bait that flounder will devour. Some of the preferred live baits are finger mullet, mud minnows, and shrimp. You can use cut baits, but you will see a lot better results with live baits. Since flounder are bottom dwellers, the best rig is a single bottom flounder rig. This type of rig is fixed with a steel leader, so you wont cut your line on the oyster shells, and a round weight that is appropriate for the current conditions.

The best tactic I have found for summertime flounder fishing is finding a creek mouth on a moving tide and work all angles. I prefer to use live minnows and a flounder rig, so I can cover a lot of ground quickly. Flounder are usually instinct biters and you need to get the bait fairly close to the creature to entice it. Make casts along the shore line and retrieve at a slow to moderate speed. If no luck make another cast 3-4 ft. to the other side of your first cast and repeat. Use this same tactic working all the way across the creek mouth until you catch a fish. More times than not, there will be more than one flounder in a general area, I have seen up to 10 in a twenty foot radius, so make sure you make a follow up cast. Good Luck and Happy Fishing!

Tight Lines,