Our steroid flounders, halibut, like bunny leeches stripped along the bottom. We usually don't mess with flounder and sole much. We do catch them while fishing river mouths for salmon, especially silvers later in the summer.
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Our steroid flounders, halibut, like bunny leeches stripped along the bottom. We usually don't mess with flounder and sole much. We do catch them while fishing river mouths for salmon, especially silvers later in the summer.
Clousers have worked for me. CHartreuse and White
jed
This is an interesting discussion. I have a 7 wt and I know we have populations of winter flounder in the area (Massachusetts). What type of structures and depth do I fish to catch these fish? Where are there good populations along the MA shore?
I have caught them in Pensacola and Port St. Joe using, as most folks, Clouser Deep Minnows dragged along the bottom on a full sinking line. I remember the best colors for me were tan, olive, and white. I've only done it a few times though, so listen to the people who live it.
Shrimp and crab patterns fished on the bottom also work. A Texas pattern known as "Cypert's Minnow" works well for them.
aged sage
When I fish the Texas Gulf Coast around Galveston, I find that a MOE fly (Mother of Epoxy) in amber works well. Mark Sosin and Lefty Kreh are also fond of the MOE for Permit and it is the staple fly for Caribbean guides for Bonefish, Permit and Mangrove Snapper. With slow strips, it will bounce across the bottom with the hook up and I feel you will be happy with the performance.
I got this one on a Bonefish fly, http://i399.photobucket.com/albums/p...y/Flounder.jpg
All the best.
Mike
I prefer bendbacks or a lightly weighted Clouser unless the current is really strong as I want the fly skimming over the fish, not bumping the bottom. Since these fish are always looking up, I use a lot of anything white on the bottom and my best thus far was a light olive and white in both Clouser and bendback.
I fish a lot of bend backs and clousers.
usually olive /white-all white-chartreuse/white
- tan /white in #1 and 1/0
like the black/orange thing ,may have to try that.