How do I catch redfish and flounder?

Question

I live in Savannah Ga and fish off of a dock.

Answer 1

1st. Chum your area with a good homemade chum.

Super-Easy Chum
1. 1 small bag of DRY dogfood/catfood "Fish/Salmon" flavor.
2. 1 large Pkg of Fish food/Brine shrimp from a Walmart, K-mart, Target, store.
3. 1 Small bottle of Pogey/Menhaden oil. (not mandatory)

Mix all of this together with mud from your fishing area. Make "mud-chum" balls and distribute them at LOW Tide.

Chum attracts baitfish, crabs & shrimp. Baitfish, crab, & shrimp attract GAMEFISH like Reds, Spec Trout, Flounder, Sheephead, Etc. If you keep your fishing area "chummed-up" consistantly gamefish will get accustomed to hanging around your dock. (FYI: You can freeze chum in golfball- sized balls and have it ready at a moments notice.)


Once you do this, use live bait (like finger mullet or shrimp), on a "float-rig". Cast it out and wait for a bite.(This rig works good for Spec Trout & Reds.)

While your waiting, rig another fishing rod with a Chartruese-colored 1/4 OZ jighead and bait it with a live shrimp or finger mullet. Cast it out and slowly reel it in, bumping it along the bottom.(This rig works good for Flounder.)

Most Gamefish love "moving/live" bait. If you use dead bait on a bottom-rig you are going to get alot of strikes from "trash fish" and "dinks". (Trash fish & Dinks are Saltwater Cats, Sailor Choice, Toad fish, Grunts, Croaker, Etc.)

Your other option is lures and artificial bait. They work excellent in certain applications. 1/8-1/4 OZ green/chartruese Jigheads work well with saltwater Berkley "Gulp" products such as "Minnow Grubs" and curly-tailed grubs. Sometimes Berkley "Gulp" can work BETTER than "live bait"!

Here's a scenario:

You chum your dock-area early in the morning, at low tide, and come back and start fishing in an hour.

During that hour you go to the baitstore and pick up some live shrimp and prepare your float rig and Jighead rig.

Start fishing.

If you start chumming 3 days a week you will notice an increase in fish activity near/around your dock.

Hope this helps ya? Good luck!

PS: I grew up fishing in and around Jacksonville, FLA. I went Red & Trout fishing many times in Brunswick, GA. And spent many St. Patties "imbibing" in your home-town, Savannah. They make great jazz/blues in your city, (& excellent mixed drinks too!) lol

Answer 2

Easy. Floudner is my favortie fish. The chumming answer is good but its a bit of work.

Buy a flounder rig from bass pro or other bait shop. 59 cents each. put one weight on the bottom ( I use 2-4 oz depending on tide and current )

Attach two hooks.

There are alot of different baits for flounder but my absolute favorite are minnows and squid. I bait the top hook with a minnow through the eyes or topfin and the bottom with a peice of squid.

Here comes the good part. Cast right off the pier or boat. ( nothing wrong with chumming like the other guy said, it does have the tendancy to bring in more fish but will also bring in blues and such as well which is great if you dont mind )

Anyways the best technique is to let the line go till you feel it hit the bottom. Then bounce the bait off the bottom. Just raise the pole up and down and the flounders wont be able to resist! Goodluck ( im going flounder fishing this week myself! cant wait!)

Answer 3

Just moved to savannah and was wondering where some good easy spots to get to and catch reds,trout, and flounder. I grew up on the east coast of Florida and have fished all my life, just wanted to know if it's different up here and some pointers

Answer 4

Menhaden Oil Chum