Water Temp for Fluke

[fish643]

Complicating the matter is that if you are fishing the Back Bays this time of year, you could have as much as an 8 degree difference between the Surface temperature and the temperature on the Bottom.

[Halibuttech]

up here in southern nova scotia, canada i tend to see the flounder show up when the temp is 50f. at the moment the temp is 42f and most of the flounder are off in deeper water. by the first of may they should start showing up on the coast and get ready for spawning season. the early flounder are very fat and full of eggs.

[Halibuttech]

the water temp is 49 and I figured it is time to check out the flounder to see if they have arrived into the coastal areas yet and they have started. today I caught 3 fish, 2 at 16" and one at 14" and they are nice and fat with lots of eggs in them. waiting for a few more weeks I will be able to catch my limit of 10 fish per day with ease. southern nova scotia is the place to fish for flounder with no problems from the dept of fisheries as I have never seen them while fishing.