Taste. That is the reason that so many anglers seek out these fish on a regular basis. They make excellent table fare, and can be cooked in so many different ways. If you were to look for a resturant in your area that served flounder, and then travelled 300 miles away, you would get it cooked in a completely different manner. However it is cooked though, it is delicious.
When you go out fishing for flounder, and you choose live bait, you are going to end up dealing with a lot of smaller, what people call "trash", fish. They are bait stealers, plain and simple. It doesn't matter if you are using a float rig, trolling, or fishing the bottom with a jig. These little fish can empty your bait bucket quick if you aren't prepared. My only advice to you is to move if you end up on a stack of these.
You can troll with a float rig hooked up, and a piece of shrimp attached to a hook for an excellent way to seek out flounder. This method will help you avoid the little fish for the most part, but you will find patches of them. Once you find a pack of fish, or a bunch of smaller fish, it is time to grab a jig with a piece of shrimp. This is when I really prefer to use artificial baits, because you have to let it soak.
I use the fake shrimp that a few different companies make for almost all of my jighead flounder fishing. The ones I like to use have scents in them that release and smell like dying fish to other predators in the area. I am not completely positive on the formula, but I do know that it works. Because you have to soak artificial baits in the water as long as you do, the scent really helps predatory fish pick up on the bait, and move in.
When you go out fishing for flounder, and you choose live bait, you are going to end up dealing with a lot of smaller, what people call "trash", fish. They are bait stealers, plain and simple. It doesn't matter if you are using a float rig, trolling, or fishing the bottom with a jig. These little fish can empty your bait bucket quick if you aren't prepared. My only advice to you is to move if you end up on a stack of these.
You can troll with a float rig hooked up, and a piece of shrimp attached to a hook for an excellent way to seek out flounder. This method will help you avoid the little fish for the most part, but you will find patches of them. Once you find a pack of fish, or a bunch of smaller fish, it is time to grab a jig with a piece of shrimp. This is when I really prefer to use artificial baits, because you have to let it soak.
I use the fake shrimp that a few different companies make for almost all of my jighead flounder fishing. The ones I like to use have scents in them that release and smell like dying fish to other predators in the area. I am not completely positive on the formula, but I do know that it works. Because you have to soak artificial baits in the water as long as you do, the scent really helps predatory fish pick up on the bait, and move in.
Josh has been saltwater fishing for a long time now, and enjoys flounder fishing as a way of enjoying his catch.
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