Flounder Fishing in West Sussex

A reliable autumn to spring target over the harbour-side sand and mud; use worm or ragworm baits.

A reliable estuary target from autumn through spring; use worm baits on clean or lightly muddy ground.

A dependable autumn-to-spring target over muddy ground; use ragworm, lugworm or small crab baits.

A reliable mudflat species from autumn to spring; use lugworm, ragworm or worm-and-mussel baits on light running rigs.

A dependable autumn-to-spring estuary fish; fish worm baits over the muddy margins and gutters.

A dependable autumn-to-spring target over the silty sand; worm baits fished on a light flowing trace work well.

Common over clean sand and mixed ground; use worm, ragworm or small crab baits on flowing tides.

A reliable cooler-water target over the cleaner sand; fish worm baits close to the groynes and channels.

Fish worm baits over the sandier patches on a flooding tide, particularly in autumn and winter.

A regular colder-month and estuary-influenced catch; use ragworm or lugworm on light flowing rigs.

A reliable harbour-mouth target from autumn to spring; fish worm baits over sand on a gentle flowing tide.

A reliable autumn to spring target over muddy patches; use small worm or crab baits on light running rigs.

A reliable cooler-month option; use ragworm or lugworm on light flowing rigs near the harbour mouth.

A reliable estuary flatfish from autumn to spring; use ragworm or lugworm on light flowing traces.

Best from autumn to spring on worm baits fished in shallow, sandy channels.

A useful cooler-month flatfish, often taken on worm baits fished close in on a flooding tide.

Occasional over mixed sand-and-shingle ground, particularly in cooler months; worm strips and ragworm work well.

Most reliable in cooler months and around tidal channels; lugworm, ragworm and small crab baits work.

Fish the softer sandy patches and any drainage channels, often on flood tides with worm baits.

Occasional catch from sandy gullies, especially in cooler months; use small worm baits.

Can show over the sandy patches, particularly in cooler months; worm and small fish-strip cocktails work well.

More likely through the cooler months and around mixed sand; small ragworm or lugworm baits work well.

Possible over cleaner ground, especially in autumn and winter; use ragworm or lugworm.

A winter and spring possibility on worm baits, especially where finer sand lies between shingle patches.

An occasional sandy-ground catch in cooler months; fish worm baits slowly on the bottom.