Slow trolling or drifting with live baits also is deadly for flounder in salt creeks and rivers. A fish-finder rig with a live small mullet or minnow is almost sure to be struck by any flounder it ...

Unlike many flounder aficionados, Crabtree doesn't use natural baits like frisky live mullet, mud minnows, mini-menhaden or even live shrimp.

Casts in a fan pattern and when a flounder hits a live fish bait like a minnow or finger mullet, wait 30 seconds to almost a minute before setting the hook.

Fish-finder rigs baited with live shrimp, mud minnows, or finger mullet, or a jerk bait on an 1/8-ounce or ¼-ounce jig head are all good rigs for locating and catching these great table fare fish.

Some good flounder-fishing locations in this area are the Econfina, Ochlocknee and Apalachicola rivers. Many anglers, using both lures and live bait, drift slowly, very slowly, always staying in ...

When specifically targeting flounder, there are very particular live baits and artificial lures which will increase your success rate substantially.

Although the culture around winter flounder fishing may have died down, there's still opportunity to learn how and where to catch these tasty fish.

At Fishing FINatics in Everett, Pete Santini said there are a lot of small stripers in the bay, but the best game in town right now has been flounder fishing. Some of the most productive areas to ...

Winter flounder fishing has been steady in and around Scituate Harbor and off Egypt and Peggotty beaches. Greater Boston Mackerel chunks are the top bait for bass from Gunrock Beach, Point ...

Where live bait is not available, a fresh-cut strip of pinfish or mullet, 3 inches long and a half-inch wide, with plenty of meat on the leading end, can work well, particularly when tide flow is ...