20 lb 9 oz Nassau Sound Florida. The southern flounder is closely related to the summer flounder of the North East coast. They are caught on the bay and along the coast. They will take all live baits and artificial bait fished deep. We catch them all year long but some times we have concentrations of them on the offshore reefs.
Southern flounder is one of the best eating fish in the Gulf.
We also have a smaller flounder that is called Gulf flounder and is not as common in this area as the southern flounder. I use only live bait and fish the edges of the reef on the sandy bottom. It takes a feel for flounder. Unlike grouper and snapper, it takes a slow, steady pull to hook a flounder and it may feel like a snag at first. They have a very subtle bite and may not move until you pull them out of the sand.