They’re easiest to catch in the fall when they’re moving farther out into the ocean. The first step is to anchor the boat slightly upcurrent of your chosen spot and send down the chum basket. Next send down your flounder rigs and wait. He fishes up to six anglers aboard his 26-foot open-console Goldline with a 300 hp Yamaha. They will lay in the sand around any natural structure, or around any of the numerous artificial reefs and wrecks. Medium action, bass-size tackle works great when flounder fishing. Flounder make a regular migration to deeper water and settle on the sandy bottom as far as 25 to 30 miles offshore. Dan Radel, @DanielRadelAPP Published 1:29 p.m. Winter flounder are distributed from the coast of Newfoundland and Labrador in the north to Georgia in the south. Winter flounder live on a variety of substrates: muddy, sandy or pebbled bottoms at fairly shallow depths (usually less than 100 metres). He says the best months for winter flounder are May, June and July, and August to September for summer flounder, aka fluke. Every so often, give the chum basket a shake. Their range is limited to the western Atlantic. Spearfishermen take some huge flounder around these wrecks in the winter … According to the most recent assessment (2011), winter flounder stocks are rebuilding. Catches of winter flounder weighing 3 pounds or more often reward anglers fishing with Jason Colby, a licensed guide for 35 years. You can fish for them year round, but your catches will typically be smaller in the winter or spring and may not be large enough to keep. ET March 11, 2016 Buy Photo. If you don't get … Tackle for Flounder Fishing. March to May is winter flounder season in the bays and rivers. Winter flounder fishing tips. Faced with trips that yielded few fish large enough to keep, many anglers simply gave up fishing for winter flounder. Winter flounder fishing often requires you to anchor down.