Flounder Fishing in Pembrokeshire

Very common over mud/sand; ragworm, maddies or small strips on a running ledger; often better on a pushed-in tide.

Very common over sand/mud; ragworm or maddies on light gear, fish mid–high tide around the channel edge.

Reliable over mud/sand on worm or crab; try a running ledger with long hooklength and add a small bead/spoon for attraction on coloured water.

Reliable on worm baits over clean mud/sand; target the edge of the main channel on a steady flood.

Reliable over mud/sand; ragworm/maddie or small crab; keep baits moving with a slow retrieve to locate fish.

Common over mud/sand; ragworm or lugworm on a running ledger works well, especially mid-ebb to low water in deeper gutters.

Reliable on ragworm/madder or small crab; focus on the flooding tide and fish the gutters/crease where the flow meets the bay.

Best all-round target; fish lug/rag or small crab on a running ledger into the tide, especially dusk and overcast spells.

Reliable over mud/sand; rag/lug or small strips on a running ledger; best from low water into early flood.

Best on lug/rag or small strips on the ebb/flood run; work the deeper channel edges and soft mud.

Primary target; fish the channel edge on small worm baits, best from mid-flood to high water and first ebb.

Best bread-and-butter fish on lug/mad rag/strip baits; work the flooding tide along muddy edges and creek mouths.

Reliable on rag/lug or small strips; keep leads light and fish into the channel edge on the flooding tide.

Common in the inner bay and gutters; take rag/lug or small strips, especially around low water and early flood.

Common on sandy/muddy edges; small rag, maddies or crab on a running leger, especially on the ebb.

Common over sand/mud on smaller tides; ragworm, lug or small fish strips; keep gear light enough to hold bottom without snagging.

Reliable in the bay; rag or lug on a 2-hook flapper, especially on the first of the flood into coloured water.

Reliable over mud/sand edges; ledger with lug/rag or small crab, especially around slack water.

Reliable in the estuary; target the softer ground at mid–high water with rag/lug-style baits; keep leads light if possible.

Reliable in the softer edges; rag/lug, maddie or small crab baits on a short snood works well over clean mud/sand.

Often closer in around the gentler slope and near any freshwater influence after rain; ragworm, lug or small crab.

More likely near the estuary end; rag/lug or maddie-type baits on a rising tide, especially after rain/colour in water.

Ledger ragworm/lug on sandy-silty patches and channel edges; steady on the ebb when bait is held near bottom.

More likely near any streamy patches after rain; rag, lug or small crab baits in the shallows.

Running ledger with rag/strip baits on the softer ground; often best over HW as they push in.