This lens has information on summer flounder, an important fish to recreational and commercial fishing along much of the USA east coast.
Summer Flounder
Flounder Up Close
This allows the flounder to lie on one side, burying in the sand where it can ambush its prey.
photo credit: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/Department of Commerce
Flounder Fishing in Virginia USA
On the coast of Virginia, especially, the Delmarva Peninsula, flounder fishing is a spring ritual for many anglers. Locals and transient fishermen alike converge on the inshore waterways each spring for the opening weeks of flounder fishing.
The action typically begins around Machipongo, Quimby and Wachapreague and within days spreads north to Chincoteague and eventually into Maryland and Delaware. The first fish may come in March but April sees the main thrust of fish. The surge of incoming fish can continue into May.
The early spring action involves several key factors that can make or break the anglers success. Water temperature seems to play a critical role in influencing the fish to become active. My rule of thumb is to look for water temps around 55 degrees. This is only a guide and many fish have been caught in colder water. Water temperature is very complicated and surface temperature is not always an indicator of the situation at other depths. Tide is also a big factor and the tide-water temperature relationship is a key factor.
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Fishing For Flounder
in Maryland and Virginia Waters
Flounder Recipes
For flounder and other seafood recipes see Fresh Seafood Recipes.
The Summer Flounder Rebuilding Plan
In a 2007 letter to W. Peter Jensen, chairman of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission, then head of NMFS William T. Hogarth wrote "I urge you to consider new approaches for 2008 that will better ensure that the recreational targets will not be exceeded."
Hogarth noted that the Marine Recreational Fishery Statistics Survey indicated that all but two East Coast states exceeded their 2007 targets by the end of August.
He went on to warn that "if the measures implemented by the states to manage the 2008 recreational fishery are not effective to constraining harvest within the recreational harvest limit, NMFS is prepared to close the summer flounder recreational fishery in the Exclusive Economic Zone."
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