Flounder Fishing in Isle of Wight

Reliable over the softer patches in cooler months; use ragworm, maddies or lugworm on a light flowing trace.

Reliable over the muddy-sandy harbour margins, especially from autumn into spring; use ragworm or lugworm.

Worm baits fished on the sandier patches score best through autumn to spring.

A dependable colder-month target over the sand; use lugworm or ragworm on a light flowing trace.

A dependable target over the muddy-sandy ground, especially from autumn to spring; ragworm works well.

A principal cold-water target over mud; use ragworm, lugworm or small peeler crab baits on a light flowing rig.

A dependable autumn-to-spring target over the softer bottom; fish ragworm or lugworm on light flowing rigs.

A principal creek species; use worm or small rag baits along channel edges on a flooding or ebbing tide.

A reliable colder-month flatfish over mud and shingle; worm baits on light flowing rigs work well.

A small worm-and-lug cocktail on a light running ledger can produce over clean, silty ground.

A reliable cooler-month target over sand and mud; use worm or ragworm on short flowing traces.

Common over the softer silty margins, especially in cooler months; use worm baits on light running rigs.

A good winter and spring target on worm baits fished across the cleaner sand.

Use worm baits on light flowing rigs over the flatter sand, particularly in cooler months.

Fish worm baits over the sandier patches, particularly through autumn and winter tidal periods.

Possible over the softer ground, particularly in cooler months; worm baits fished close to the beach can score.

A likely cooler-water catch over the softer Solent ground; use ragworm or lugworm on a light flowing rig.

Fish worm or small crab baits over the cleaner sandier patches, especially through autumn and winter.

Use worm baits on the cleaner, softer patches, particularly through autumn and winter.

A worm bait fished on the bottom over mud and sand is most useful in the cooler months.

Occasional on worm baits, particularly where the beach has calmer, shallow water and cleaner sand.

Can show over the sand, especially in cooler water; worm baits and modest casts are effective.

More likely in cooler months; try ragworm or lugworm on a light running ledger.

More reliable in cooler months and around mixed sand; worm baits fished close in can be productive.

Possible over mixed sand and shingle, particularly in cooler months; ragworm and lugworm are dependable.