Flounder Fishing in Swansea

Very reliable around estuary sand; peeler crab, rag or lug on running ledger; work the streamy gullies.

Common in the estuary channel; ragworm/madder or small crab baits on a running ledger, best on the flooding tide.

Reliable year-round; best on small crab, rag or maddie on a running ledger near slack water.

Reliable over mud/sand; ragworm, maddies or small crab. Best around slack/flood edges and channels.

Common in the bay; target low-water gutters and the first push of flood with lugworm, rag or small crab.

Common in the estuary influence; fish rag, maddie or small crab on a running ledger; good from late autumn through spring.

Takes rag/lug near any freshwater influence; short-range casts can score, especially on the flood.

Often close in, especially after rain/colour; worm baits and shorter casts can outfish long-range.

Classic harbour flatfish; ragworm or lug on a simple running leger; target edges of channels on the ebb/flood turn.

Can show close in, especially after rougher weather; lugworm and small strips of fish bait score.

Shows through cooler months; try lug/rag near any freshwater influence and on the flooding tide; shorter casts can work.

Often close in on smaller baits (rag/maddy); can show in cooler months and after a bit of colour in the water.

Can show near the estuary influence; lug/rag or small fish strip; try the first of the flood in coloured water.

Often inside/near harbour influence; ragworm or small fish baits, fish into slack water and around tide turns.

Occasional inshore on smaller tides; rag/lug baits and a slow retrieve can help on the sandier runs.

Scattered in mixed ground and the bay’s softer patches; rag/lug on light gear works on smaller tides.