Best summer flounder (fluke) lakes in Maryland
7 Maryland waters list summer flounder (fluke) (official records or labelled estimates), 7 mapped with survey or official-chart depth data. Ranked below by size and depth-data quality, leading with the waters in our reviewed search catalog — open any water to see exactly where to fish it: depth contours, scored spots with plain-English reasons, seasonal windows and bait picks. The northeast's doormat ambusher — flat on the sand along channel edges, eating anything drifted past on a moving tide.
- Chincoteague Bay — 21 ft · Survey depth data · real survey depth contours · Striped Bass, Red Drum (Redfish), Spotted Seatrout, Summer Flounder (Fluke)Why #1: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 6 public access sites
- Tangier Sound — 116 ft · Survey depth data · 90% measured · real survey depth contours · Striped Bass, Red Drum (Redfish), Spotted Seatrout, Summer Flounder (Fluke)Why #2: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 3 public access sites
- Isle of Wight Bay — 24 ft · Survey depth data · real survey depth contours · Striped Bass, Summer Flounder (Fluke), Bluefish, Tautog (Blackfish)Why #3: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 2 public access sites
- Assawoman Bay — 7 ft · Survey depth data · real survey depth contours · Striped Bass, Summer Flounder (Fluke), BluefishWhy #4: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 6 public access sites
- Tar Bay — 15 ft · Survey depth data · 99% measured · real survey depth contours · Striped Bass, Red Drum (Redfish), Summer Flounder (Fluke), BluefishWhy #5: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 1 public access site
- Somers Cove — 13 ft · Survey depth data · 89% measured · real survey depth contours · Striped Bass, Red Drum (Redfish), Summer Flounder (Fluke), BluefishWhy #6: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 1 public access site
- Whitewood Cove — 8 ft · Survey depth data · 100% measured · real survey depth contours · Striped Bass, Red Drum (Redfish), Summer Flounder (Fluke), BluefishWhy #7: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 1 public access site
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How to use this ranking
The order is a map-planning ranking, not a claim about today's fish population. It favors larger mapped waters and gives survey-backed contours a three-times data-quality boost. Agency population surveys, current regulations, access and recent conditions should make the final decision.
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When to fish summer flounder (fluke) in Maryland
- Spring 5–25 ft — Fish move in from the ocean through inlets — drift bucktails along back-bay channel edges as water warms.
- Summer 8–35 ft — The classic drift: bucktail + strip bait bounced along sand next to structure, channel edges and lumps.
- Fall 12–45 ft — Fish stack at inlet mouths and deep channels before sliding offshore — the biggest fish of the year eat now.
- Winter 20–60 ft — Most fish winter offshore; a few holdovers sit in the deepest bay holes — a slow bottom rig on mild afternoons.
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