Flounder Archives - Page 20 of 20

When inshore water temperatures spike during the summer, big flounder often head out to the cooler waters around nearshore reefs.

Three tips for taking flounder around nearshore reefs

When high inshore water temperatures have you asking where the big flounder have gone, Capt. Wayne Crisco of Hampstead has the answer. […]

Look for warm water and find Murrells Inlet flounder on a falling tide.

Warming water has Murrells Inlet flounder kicking off the spring

Jeff Burleson

For the past few months, the best action for saltwater anglers has been beyond the jetties and beaches, at nearshore and offshore locales. […]

The Pamlico Sound is home to two of North Carolina’s three major flounder species: southern and summer.

Two out of three is okay

Jerry Dilsaver

Fishermen catch three species of flounder in North Carolina waters, and the larger two are found in Pamlico Sound. […]

Capt. Tommy Rickman said the marshes around Southport are crammed full of redfish from this size up to 30 inches.

Reds, flounder, trout all hitting in waters around Southport

Jerry Dilsaver

In what continues to be a pleasantly surprising summer, the three species of the inshore grand slam are biting in the creeks and marshes around Southport. […]

Capt. Noah Lynk said soft-plastic baits fished on light jigheads have been very effective producing nice catches of flounder lately -- and some big ones, too.

Harkers Island flounder fishing has been excellent

Jerry Dilsaver

Flounder are biting in the waters all around Harkers Island – literally. […]

A rising tide pushes clearer water from the ocean into Ocracoke Inlet, making for better flounder fishing.

Rising tide best for flounder

Bruce Litton

Pamlico Sound stays slightly off-color, and when the tide is falling, it carries those waters out through Ocracoke Inlet. […]

Mark Crenshaw caught this 10-pound flounder at Murrells inlet on a jumbo mud minnow..

Flounder bite is on at Murrells Inlet

Matt Coffey

For lots of people, nothing can beat a nice piece of flounder. Baked, blackened, fried or broiled, it’s a mild-tasting fish that goes perfect with just about anything. […]

Jeff Wolfe of Wilmington, a local guide, has discovered huge sheepshead at certain Cape Fear River channel pilings.

Huge river sheepshead, flounder mark southeastern inshore action

Craig Holt

Anglers discovered several years ago that Cape Fear River flounder grew to the most prodigious sizes of any flatfish at the southeastern coast, topping doormats caught from the ocean or local marsh creeks. […]

Sheepshead ranging to 8 pounds are plentiful at Morehead City and Atlantic Beach bridge pilings.

Sheepshead, flounder, reds inshore at Crystal Coast

Craig Holt

Sheepshead, flounder and red drum are providing most of the current action for Atlantic Beach/Morehead City inshore anglers. […]

Flounder are being caught in the marshes, beaches and bridge pilings as well as artificial reefs and the Morehead City Port wall.

Plenty of flounder now at Crystal Coast

Craig Holt

Flounder, flounder and more flounder. That’s the word from Morehead City and Atlantic Beach as a torridly hot pre-July weather pattern has descended upon the Crystal Coast along with the rest of North Carolina. […]