Gulp shrimp fishing lures are just about the best choice for flounder fishing that there is. Those white 3 inch or 4 inch Gulp shrimp bodies coupled with a 1/8 or 1/4 ounce chartreuse jig head bounced within 6 inches of the bottom is the best way to catch flounder.
What is the best bait for flounders?
Using live bait is essential for many flounder (fluke) fishermen around the country, and can be extremely effective for picky flounder (fluke). Shrimp, crabs, smaller flounder, sardines, shad, mullet, and mud minnows can all be great options for live bait.
What is Gulp bait good for?
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What color do flounder like?
Under most conditions and in most locations, chartreuse or white is a good starting point when dropping for fluke. Captain Jeff had similar thoughts of colors for dirty water. “If the water is off-colored from a storm, I find that bright green, orange, or even glow can put more fish in the box.
What are flounder biting on?
Best Baits and Lures for flounder: The best live baits for flounder are croaker or mullet. For strip baits, he likes bluefish, squid or the belly of a gray trout or croaker. When fishing artificials, his go-to list includes Berkley Gulp!, swimming mullets and spinnerbaits, such as the Strike King Redfish Magic.
What time of day is best to catch flounder?
Flounder are the most active early in the morning and late in the afternoon offshore at sites like wrecks and reefs. Inshore, flounder are the most active swimming and feeding at high tide. You can find them searching for food near grasses, channels, flats, and at the mouths of feeder creeks.
Does Gulp bait work?
But they do work.
In fact, they are one of the few soft plastics that actually catch loads of fish even while dead-sticking the bait (literally leaving it on the bottom for the fish to find via the scent). And the Gulp baits certainly have their pros and cons as you saw above (just like any fishing lure on the market).
Does Gulp shrimp work?
Whatever they put in that Gulp! Alive juice really does work. So if you are looking for a fish-catching artificial bait that can truly compete with live shrimp in catching redfish, snook, trout, and flounder, then Berkley Gulp Saltwater Shrimp baits are a great option.
Which is better gulp or Powerbait?
Both are good to great baits. Gulp disperses it’s scent better than Power Bait.
How long does Berkley Gulp last?
If you keep it cold while you are using it, it will last 2 days or maybe 3. It is so easy to make, I make a fresh batch every morning on a multiday trip.
Can you bottom fish with Gulp?
That is a great place to hunt for flounder. If the channel is really deep, then go to a heavier jig head. It might take a 1/4 ounce or even a 1/2 ounce jig head to get your Gulp down to the bottom if it is deep and has a lot of current. Both the Gulp shrimp and the Gulp swimming mullet will work great in this scenario.
Can you catch flounder with lures?
There is plenty of evidence that using beads and sequins on hooklengths does indeed attract inquisitive flatfish such as flounder and also plaice. Anglers adding these to hooklengths often out catch anglers who do not. Some anglers just put beads on the hooklength, while others alternate beads with sequins.
What is Gulp bait made of?
Gulp! is made using water-based resins, thus the major difference in the two baits. This allows for much more scent distribution than with oil-based resins. Because oil and water do not mix, when scent is added to a bait created from PVC and an oil-based resin, the oil literally traps the scent inside the bait.
What month is best for flounder?
The best time of the year to catch flounders is the late summer/early fall months. But they can be caught regularly during the spring and summer as well. The flounders migrate offshore during the colder months to spawn, so they’ll be more abundant at the beach as they move from the inshore estuaries to deeper water.
What month is the best time to catch flounder?
Flounder are an ambush predator, which will burrow into the mud bottom and lay in wait for other fish to swim within striking distance. The best time to catch flounder is during their fall migration to the Gulf, typically from October to December, in the channels and passes leading to the Gulf.
What size hook is best for flounder?
Hooks can and usually should be a bit on the larger size for flounder fishing. They have large mouths full of sharp teeth, not something you really want to play with. I either use 3/0 to 5/0 circle hooks or a 2/0–4/0 worm hook for flounder fishing. Jig heads in the 1/4–3/8ths range are well suited to flounder fishing.
Is flounder fishing better on incoming or outgoing tide?
The outgoing high tide is the best tide to catch flounder. Flounder rely upon the outgoing tide to bring them shrimp, crabs and fish to their hidden ambush points. They like to hide in strategically located spots that will make it easy for them to catch their prey as the tide brings the food right to them.
How long should a flounder gig be?
The current legal size for where we are (Texas) is 15 inches. We typically won’t stab a fish unless it is at least 16-17 inches due to the ability to get better sized fish fillets.
What is the biggest flounder ever caught?
Captain Charles Nappi from Hicksville N.Y. holds the current fluke world record. Captain Nappi was fishing off of Montauk in 1975 when he landed his gigantic 22-pound, 4-ounce flatfish.
Can you catch flounder with frozen shrimp?
Dead or alive, fresh or frozen, shrimp are one of the best baits for inshore saltwater fishing. Black drum, bonefish, flounder, grouper, jackfish, pompano, redfish, snook, sea trout, sheepshead, tarpon, and whiting are among the species you can catch with this crustacean.
What do flounder fish eat?
Larval and post-larval flounder feed on zooplankton (tiny floating animals) and small crustaceans. Juveniles eat crustaceans and fish. Adults are opportunistic feeders, eating whatever food is convenient at the time, and feed mostly on fish and crustaceans.