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Flounder and Structure

Greetings fellow flounder fanatics!

I apologize for not Monday update, but about the time I sat down to write it, I started feeling really bad. To make a long story short I got STREP and have been lying around doing basically nothing. I feel good enough to actually write this morning so here I am.

Flounder and Structure

Flounder like most fish love to hang around structure. However, they do not use structure in the same way as redfish and speckled trout do. In my observations both by fishing and studying fish underwater over the years, specks and reds use structure as a place to congregate and of course enjoy the benefits of having small fish and crustaceans to eat. Flounder however seem to be much more like largemouth bass in that they use structure chiefly to ambush fish much like largemouth bass do. This is one reason I call them the "largemouth of the bays".

Look for flounder right along the edge of structure as that is the area they tend to hide in to make ambush kills the most. Let us say you are targeting one of the gas wells in Corpus Christi Bay, Trinity Bay or Sabine Lake. Always target the up-current side of the rig first because chances are most of the flounder will be there. If you don't get bit there, move around of course and try other positions. During the heat of the day when the sun starts getting up high try around the shadows of the structure. Largemouth bass are extremely sensitive to light positioning and flounder can be too in shallow and clear water areas in particular.

And these are definitely areas you want to use braided line so you can horse the fish out of the structure. Lately I have been trying out the Berkley Fireline in the camo pattern and loving it. It is 10-pound diameter and 40-pound test. For heavy structure you need the ability to pull the fish away from barnacle-encrusted tangles.

The author with a big bass caught recently fishing a Black Salty tight to structure. By using 40-pound Fireline he is able to horse the bass away from structure. The same works with flounder. There are many similarities between largemouths and flounder in how they relate to structure. The author hopes to be able to study bass strategies to help make breakthroughs in flounder fishing.

Flounder Seminar in Dallas

I will be holding a coastal fishing seminar at the DU Sporting Expo Sat. May 29 at 1 p.m. A big focus of the seminar will be flounder. Other editors and contributors to Texas Fish & Game will also be on hand throughout the weekend. I will be at the Texas Fish & Game booth to talk outdoors and would love to meet all of you in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.

Public Hearing Tonight

Texas Parks & Wildlife Department (TPWD) officials and the Port of Orange have invited the public to attend an informational meeting 6 p.m. tonight (May 19). The focus will be on the newest wetland restoration project at the Old River Unit of the Lower Neches Wildlife Management Area.

TPWD staff will answer questions and provide information related to the purpose, scope and benefits of this project at the Bridge City Community Center 105 Parkside in Bridge City. The TPWD project is located just outside of Bridge City on the West side of Hwy 87 and will utilize beneficial dredged materials from the Sabine Waterway to restore approximately 500 acres of open water to functional vegetated marsh.

There has been some concern this will cause damage to flounder and other coastal fish habitat so this would be a good time to find out more.