All About Flounder and Fluke
Wednesday March 28, 2007
Call them flounder or call them fluke - actually they are two different fish - but whatever you call them, lots of flounder anglers are getting their gear ready for this next season of fishing. Just how do you fish for flounder? What are the best baits? And where can I find these good eating flatfish? Find out these things and more.
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summer flounder/fluke same fish,in every article I read.
You say there two differnt fish. Never heard that one before. Whats the differnce?
The flounder family is made up of many species of fish. In the United States, East Coast varieties include gray sole (also called witch flounder), winter flounder (also called blackback), American plaice (also called dab or sand dab), yellowtail flounder (also called dab or rusty flounder), summer flounder (also called fluke), and southern flounder. West Coast varieties include petrale sole, sand sole, English sole, Rex sole, Pacific sand dab, Dover sole (not to be confused with the English fish of the same name), and California flounder.
Stick your finger in it’s mouth,if it comes out bleeding it’s a fluke(summer flounder)if not,it’s a flounder(winter flounder) if you don’t like that idea…It the mouth is on the side of the left eye,fluke…on the side of the right eye,flounder.