Flounder

[Groupdog]

Where is a good place to catch flounder this time of year....or is it too early/late.

[Edward]

I have had some success with flounder in the winter. The trick is you have to really really slow down your retrieve. I like a white gulp shrimp on a red head 1/16 oz mission fishing jig with the winter clear water. Big sandy patches near grass in 5-6 ft of water depth seems to be best. It takes a lot of patience but there are cold days when nothing else is biting. If you find one, there is usually more around the general area. I can not overstate, slow retrieve.

[bicoastal]

^ what he said. Super slow bouncing the bottom. Edges of channels and sandy potholes. Anywhere the flounder can sit in the sand and wait for food to come by.

[Groupdog]

I'm gonna head out this weekend and see what happens, I'm right next to johns pass and there is the sandbar right in the middle, I can anchor in the shallow water safe of boats and I'll cast into the channel and slowly retrieve see what happens...

[bicoastal]

The island just south of Johns Pass on the inside might be good as well. Right on the edge of the grass where the channel comes up shallow. I think it's called eleanor island.

[CoonHound53]

If you feel like headed south, you can catch them in SRQ bay on the north west side of the Ringling Bridge on that flat there.