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Grand Strand flounder are biting in cooler waters just off the beach

Grand Strand anglers will find better quality flounder just off the beaches where the fish hang out due to the cooler water temperatures. […]

Target gray trout and flounder around Cape Fear’s nearshore reefs.

A flat, gray bite

Mike Marsh

Rennie Clark piloted his boat out of North Carolina’s Masonboro Inlet, nosing the bow through the rolling waves. Clouds in the overcast sky threatened rain, but the wind was calmly whispering out of the southwest, which made the seas nearly flat. […]

Jigheads are much better terminal tackle for flounder fishermen who are partial to using live mud minnows.

Carolina rig or jigheads for flounder?

Jeff Burleson

Few fishermen will argue that flounder prefer to feed in the lower third of the water column. Their body shape suggests that they spend most of their time along the bottom. As a result, lures and baits should stay on or near the bottom to capture a flounder’s attention. When using live bait, the choice of terminal tackle can make a big different in presentation. […]

Scented soft plastics like this Gulp bait are great artificials when you’re targeting flounder.

Go “stinky” for flounder

Jeff Burleson

You’ll catch more flounder if you use scent additives or scented lures like Gulp! when flounder fishing. […]

It’s hard to beat North Carolina’s Pamlico Sound when it comes to producing great flounder.

Try Carolinas’ Fab Four flounder spots

Jeff Burleson

Flounder are arguably the most-recognizable inshore fish on the east coast. For die-hard anglers, they can be targeted every month of the year in the waters of both Carolinas, from brackish ecosystems to nearshore ocean reefs. […]

The Cherry Grove estuary just south of the North Carolina/South Carolina border is a great place to start out the spring season catching flounder.

Cherry Grove is first, best spot for spring flounder

Jeff Burleson

Small inlets and estuaries like Cherry Grove are great places for anglers to shake off the winter blues and catch some flounder. […]

Most of the live baits that fishermen can catch in cast nets in the fall will draw strikes from flounder, but perhaps mullet are the most productive.

What’s the best way to tempt fall flounder?

Jeff Burleson

Flounder gorge themselves on anything they can get inside their bellies from shrimp, mud minnows and finger mullet to small spots and croakers. But what is the best bait to use? […]

November is prime time to catch NC/SC state-line flounder.

Catch state-line fall flounder

Jeff Burleson

Fall fishing is in full swing along the Carolina coast, and although many anglers think about king mackerel, speckled trout and spots, flounder fishing can be fantastic; it’s the time when many of the biggest specimens make it into the boat. […]

Michael Hall caught this 9-pound, 2-ounce flounder in the Cape Fear River in mid October.

N.C. angler catches 9-pound flounder in Cape Fear River

Jerry Dilsaver

Michael Hall of Carolina Beach catches a lot of Cape Fear River flounder, including some nice citation flatfish. However, his idea of a really nice flounder was upgraded with his most recent catch, when his fishing trip ended with Hall’s personal best flounder, a 9-pound, 2-ounce doormat. […]