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Originally Posted by spareparts

read this about flounder
http://www.mrl.cofc.edu/edrpt/edrpt20B.pdf

Damn that's a good article.. Thanks Spare!!!
I found it interesting to note that the methods described by that author for catching southern flounder are similar to the way we catch Fluke up here in the north. Even the authors own special rig is very similar to the rig I tie when I fish for them, although he uses 2 three way swivels and I tend to use dropper knots and a different hook instead, the basic configuration of the rig is identical. The trolling and drifting sections are also similar to the way we catch them up here. What is different is the part about gigging them. I don't know of anyone that gigs Fluke up here, although I suppose that it could be done in Barnaget Bay due to the shallows and flats in some areas there...., but for the most part the water here is simply too deep to be able to do that, so we drift or troll for them. Live Killies with a triangular squid pennant are the favorite bait around here, (we call it ham and eggs). I know a few people that use artificials (some type of bucktail mostly) to catch them, but 95% use the aforementioned bait. You can buy live Killies at the various bait shops, but I like to catch my own since it'a a LOT cheaper. A few Killie traps, a 5 gallon bucket and a 6 pack are a great way to while away an afternoon the day before you go fishing.. If you know what you're doing and have a good spot you can catch several quarts of good sized Killies in about 3 hours.. more than enough to last you and your friends for a day of fishing. I take them home, put them in a holding pen (5 gal bucket with small holes in it) in the river across the street from me and I'm good to go in the morning.
As to the eating part, although I know a lot of people like to bread them and then fry them, my personal favorite way is simply to fry the fillets in real butter without any breading. Damn... now I'm getting hungry!!