Inseparable Duo

Live Killifish Attract Fat Flounder

OF THE WIDESPREAD SALTWATER SPECIES found throughout the state’s varied inshore ecosystems, flounder are certainly the most distinct. Delicate white meat and an odd evolution strategy result in a fish that’s treasured, but only consistently captured by expert anglers with years of experience. For the rest of us, killifish provide a much-needed edge to fool these extraordinary flatfish.

Florida definitely doesn’t have the world-class flounder fishing like that in the Northeast or Mississippi Delta, though there are a lot more flounder in our waters than anglers care to believe. For many fishermen, flounder encounters are incidental, though those in-tune with their daily and seasonal patterns know there’s a lot of untapped flounder action to be had on both coasts. Here, success for the most part is all about the bait.