| If you are looking for an adventurous fishing trip, | | | | from warmer waters and stick to cooler |
| flounder fishing may be the best recipe for you. | | | | temperatures. |
| Catching flounder is best accomplished in deep, cool | | | | This is why flounder fishing is scarce in the Florida |
| waters. | | | | area. In fact, it is only during summer months, when |
| This means angling out in the cooler weather of late | | | | the waters to the south in the ocean become too |
| fall and winter months, when being out on the ocean | | | | warm, that flounder migrate north into the creeks |
| isn't quite as pleasant as it is during the warm | | | | and rivers, where the waters remain somewhat |
| summer breezes. The real secret to catching them, | | | | cooler. |
| then, is to target the right areas and work swiftly | | | | Some of the best tackle for getting flounder to bite |
| and efficiently. | | | | includes a seven-foot casting rod with a small bait |
| If you go out between September and November, | | | | casting reel, using 14-pound test line. This is small |
| you'll find flounder in their natural migration period, | | | | enough to remain invisible to the flounder but large |
| moving to the deeper waters and settling into the | | | | enough to support a big catch or a bite by a larger |
| sandy bottoms of the areas around 20 and 30 miles | | | | species that may grab the bait as you set off on |
| from the shoreline. | | | | your flounder journey. |
| Once they've settled, winter fishing can become | | | | One of the best baits to use is finger mullet, usually |
| productive out in the deep waters. Flounder tend to | | | | most effective between three to four inches long. If |
| settle near any natural structures and around artificial | | | | they are any smaller, they aren't big enough to stay |
| reefs and wreckage, taking shelter in these | | | | on a hook, and larger ones are typically a bit too |
| surroundings. If you have the stamina to withstand | | | | large for smaller flounder to catch hold. If you can't |
| the cold winds in these waters during the winter, | | | | find finger mullet, try mud minnows or even live |
| fishing like spearfishermen can be quite productive. | | | | shrimp (used with a jig head). Should you be unable |
| In fact, catching flounder in the colder months is the | | | | to find any of this live bait, use a pink or red grub tail |
| most productive time, since they tend to shy away | | | | on a jig head to best attract flounder. |