Flounder spend the spring and summer months spawning in creeks and rivers. From about September through November they begin to migrate to the deeper waters. Flounder, also know as Flukes, old enough to travel with the brooding flounders also make the trek to areas about twenty to twenty-five miles from the coast. There they seek sandy areas near reefs or any other outcropping in the sea. Flounder can be successfully targeted during these months.
      The flounder can be caught using a medium stiff deep-sea rod and thirty pound test monofilament line with a monofilament leader. The hook at the end of the leader should be baited with a finger sized mullet and lowered into the sands where the flounder rest.
      Another method of flounder fishing is to locate a boat near an inlet. Here flounder lay in wait of any prey that can concentrate near any inlet. The best time to fish is during a rising tide. During a low tide the flounder head out to deeper sea water. During the rising tide they return to the inlet where feeding is easier. Most boat fishermen prefer to move with the tide and troll the bottom as the boat drifts. Most fishermen start in the shallows and shut down their boats motor to allow a drift. The fishermen usually drift with other boats and can drop more than one line at a time. Favorite baits include live minnows, mullet and killfish. As the boats drift, the sinkers drag the bottom. If the line drags close enough to a waiting flounder it may strike at the trailing bait.