Okracoke, NC

I'll be down there the last week in August with a rented boat for the week.
I have 71/2 foot rod with 15# and 12# test line. What should I use for
catching dinner hook, lure,and bait wise. I am not an avid fisherman but do
enjoy it and did catch some flounder on rented poles last year so bought
some poles for this trip. Any help would be much appreciated.
Steve

Steve wrote; "I am not an avid fisherman but do enjoy it and did catch some
flounder on rented poles last year so bought
some poles for this trip. Any help would be much appreciated."

Not sure about that area but any bait used for speckle trout (spotted sea
trout) or redfish works well in Louisiana. Look for flounder at spots where
the tide empties into bayous or bays. They tend to sit just below a ledge
and wait for bait to pass over the edge. They like to hit the bait to kill
it and then come back to eat it as it falls. If you get hits but unable to
set the hook, just let the bait settle back down and see if it will take it
again. This should be a general rule to follow when fishing if you could
not set the hook.

My preferred methods of catching flounder are Carolina rigged with live bait
or some type of artificial bait. Color depends on water conditions.
However, they can be caught under a cork or by free lining with artificial
lure on a jig head ( just throwing out and retrieving without a cork).

Sarge