Flounder Fishing in Monmouthshire

Reliable in the Wye’s brackish water; ragworm/maddie or crab; long traces help over soft mud/silt.

Main target. Leger rag/lug or maddies on the slack; peeler crab can pick out better fish. Keep leads heavy in run.

Best regular catch; fish peeler/crab, rag or lug on a running ledger. First of flood and last of ebb.

Regular in the pill/channel edges; best on lug/rag or small crab baits fished on the flood.

Bread/harbour rag tipped worm on a running ledger; best on the ebb as fish drop off the mud into channels.

Bread-and-butter catch; rag/lug or small fish baits on a running ledger, best from mid-flood into high water.

Very reliable in coloured water; lug/rag/harbour rag on a simple running ledger, aim for slackened flow around HW.

Classic estuary target; rag/lug or small fish baits on a running leger, especially on the first of the flood and into high water.

Reliable over mud/sand; rag, maddies or small crab. Fish last 2hrs of flood and first of ebb in steadier flow.

Work slack water and neap tides with worm or crab; simple running leger/light grip leads helps presentation.

Common on ragworm, maddies or small crab; work the flood and fish close in as the tide pushes up the mud.

Close-in over softer ground; ragworm, lug or small crab—keep leads light enough to hold but not bury.

Regular estuary flatfish; small crab, worm-style baits and fish strips work. Try shorter casts into runnels on the ebb.