Teach me how to catch flounder

The only thing I've ever caught them on(on purpose anyway) is with gulp mullets on a 1/8 jig head, all chartreuse but I've caught on white too. Usually find them in areas where they can settle to the bottom and wait to ambush passing bait with the tide, mouths of canals, etc etc. For presentation I just drag/lightly hop the gulp along the bottom and wait for a bite. Flounder don't move a ton so if you get to a spot looking for them make a few fan cast and if you don't get any hits odds are they aren't there, move somewhere else. If you miss a hit, cast back in the same general area because they typically won't go far.

The biggest piece of advise is when you do feel a hit don't set the hook. Put the rod tip down, I sometimes release the reel to free line, and count to 30. They'll bite the tail, settle to the bottom, then eat it. I've reeled them in before where they were just holding on to the body of the bait, not even on the hook.

All good advice. Bull minnows, finger mullet, and live shrimp are the best baits you can use. Absolutely don't set the hook immediately if you think one is on the other end. A tip that I've read and used before; if you think one is on your bait, tighten up your line and lightly pick it like a guitar string. That vibration can agitate the fish into going ahead and trying to eat it rather than just chewing on the wrong end. Use a net too. They have tough mouths and are notorious for throwing the hook right at the boat.

The good thing about catching flounder on a rod and reel is when you find one you'll usually find more. In addition to bottlenecks, jetties and piers/docks are a good place to catch them. One of my most productive ways of catching them is dropping a bait straight down off the side of a pier and just slowly walking the length of the pier and bumping the bait along the bottom

Bright pink gulp grubs has been productive to me.

Drag a chartreuse gulp swimming mullet on the bottom in marsh drains

I don't target them on rod/reel except in the surf in orange beach but another tip I've heard is to use something with flavor on it - otherwise they may spit it out. Once a flounder hits your bait and settles back to the bottom, there is no guarantee the hook is in his mouth (short strike). By using gulp or tipping the hook for your plastic with dead shrimp you will have better odds of hooking the fish because they will take another bite that hopefully puts the hook in their mouth.

Almost any lure that you can fish off the bottom will catch flounder. A Jighead with gulp probably works best. Vudu shrimp is another good one.

I caught more a few years back when I used more live bait, especially minnows. I'd usually catch them on accident with minnows or shrimp around broken marsh grass. I've caught a few on vudu.

Bend hook at 90degree thank me later