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Notaro - I am serious about the pink sinker.....just get some pink spray paint and spray paint your standard sinker. I learned this trick from some flounder experts last year.
Flounder fishing is generally bait fishing. (Fluke will hit lures, though). As I said, seaworms or cut squid are the best. Mussels and clam "lips" also work well.
Flounder generally tend to suck in the bait as opposed to attacking it. (This is why they rarely hit lures). You may feel some slight taps.....after about the third or fourth tap is the best time to set the hook.
I used to catch a lot of flounder off of the Powder Point Bridge in Duxbury in late April and early May. In past years, the April ones had to go back, as the season was closed until May 1. Last year, they opened the season on March 1, you are allowed 3 per day between March 1 and May 1, and then after May 1 are allowed, I beleive, 8 per day.....I think the limit is 12", but it may have been raised to 13".
After about the end of May, it is rare to catch them in the bays until the fall. Basically, as the water warms in the spring, they pull themselves out of their winter homes in the mud up in the bay and migrate towards the ocean. Then in the fall, they start to return to their winter homes up in the bays.
In early spring, you are better off in shallow water, like maybe 2-3 feet. When I used to catch a lot off the bridge, many guys would try to fish near the channel. I always stayed closer to shore in the shallower water, and did better than the deep water guys. I think that they liked to sun themselves in the shallower, warmer water.
But the past 6-7 years, I have gotten few flounder in Duxbury.....hopefully, they are starting to return.
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