I Need To Know How to Catch a Flounder

[Starcraftguy1]

From my other post,you can see that I will be doing some flounder fishing.How do you catch a flounder,I have a month left here in the desert of Arizona.My boat is already leaving for Pennsylvania on Sunday,after te bass tournament on Saturday,and I will have nothing to do for a month.I need to know about fishing rodsand reels.And what you use to catch a flounder.Thanks.

 

[EMSMedic79]

Re: I Need To Know How to Catch a Flounder

Not sure if I can help, but I'll try. I do a lot of flounder fishing in southeastern NC. Usually I use a bottom rig with circle hooks and shrimp and a #2 weight. I go to the areas around docks and bridges in water about 5-6 feet. I cast out the rig and slowly troll it back to the boat. Flounder are bottom predators and wait for their prey to pass by, then strike. Once you feel the strike, let off and let the flounder set the bait. You'll feel pressure on the line, then set the hook.

 

[Starcraftguy1]

Re: I Need To Know How to Catch a Flounder

Thank you.That is a start.I have eaten a lot of the things,just have not ever been near the ocean to catch one.I have no idea.

 

[David Greer]

Re: I Need To Know How to Catch a Flounder

Drift. Use a torpedo shaped weight that will slide along the bottom. Always fish clear water, so incoming tide or just after the high tide. Stay on the bottom. Live baby spot are deadly bait. Traditional bait is a long strip of squid and a minnow. If you catch a lot of non-keepers, move; the keepers don't hang around with smaller fish even by a couple of inches.
And please obey the size limits even though it's hard.