Summer flounder
Paralichthys dentatus
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- Peak months
- Typical depth
- Typical size
- Males can grow up to 24 inches and females may reach upwards of 36 inches.
- Catch minimum
- National record
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Recorded profile
- habitat summary
- Inshore and offshore waters on or close to the ocean floor buried in sandy substrate. Found in waters of the Atlantic Ocean from Nova Scotia to the east coast of Florida, but not in the Gulf of Mexico.
- diet
- Feeds primarily on small fish and crustaceans (shrimp, crabs) Ability to camouflage by changing colors to match their surrounding habitat and avoid predators.
- preferred bait
- killifish; finger mullet; shrimp
- preferred lures
- bucktails; scented plastics
- techniques
- Carolina rig or jig along inlet/beach structure
- peak months
- Not recorded
States with a source record
Connecticut · Delaware · Florida · Georgia · Massachusetts · Maryland · Maine · North Carolina · New Hampshire · New Jersey · New York · Rhode Island · South Carolina · Virginia · Vermont
Source evidence by state
- Connecticut — Summer Flounder · seed: portal.ct.gov · portal.ct.gov
- Delaware — Summer Flounder · seed: dnrec.delaware.gov · dnrec.delaware.gov
- Florida — Summer Flounder · enriched: myfwc.com · www.floridasportsman.com · myfwc.com
- Georgia — Summer Flounder · seed: georgiawildlife.com · georgiawildlife.com · georgiawildlife.com
- Massachusetts — Summer Flounder · seed: www.mass.gov · www.mass.gov · www.mass.gov
- Maryland — Summer Flounder · seed: dnr.maryland.gov · dnr.maryland.gov · dnr.maryland.gov
- Maine — Summer Flounder · seed: www.maine.gov · www.maine.gov
- North Carolina — Summer Flounder · seed: www.ncwildlife.gov · auth1.dpr.ncparks.gov · www.deq.nc.gov · www.ncwildlife.gov
- New Hampshire — Summer Flounder · seed: www.wildlife.nh.gov · www.wildlife.nh.gov
- New Jersey — Summer Flounder · seed: dep.nj.gov · dep.nj.gov · dep.nj.gov
- New York — Summer Flounder · seed: dec.ny.gov · dec.ny.gov · dec.ny.gov · dec.ny.gov · dec.ny.gov
- Rhode Island — Summer Flounder · seed: dem.ri.gov · dem.ri.gov
- South Carolina — Summer Flounder · seed: www.dnr.sc.gov · www.dnr.sc.gov · www.dnr.sc.gov · www.dnr.sc.gov
- Virginia — Summer Flounder · seed: dwr.virginia.gov · mrc.virginia.gov
- Vermont — Summer Flounder · seed: vtfishandwildlife.com · vtfishandwildlife.com
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