When do the Flatties Clear off?

Am I right in saying that Flounders move off to breed some time early in the new year... If so, Whens the latest you can viably fish for them?

i have caught them in every month of the year from our coasts

err had them at the weekend theres plenty of them about on east strand have fished there twce both in december and had them both times :D

February onwards with me the bigger ones head offshore, get small ones all year round.

i have done some reading up on flatties in the past couple of weeks Summer flounder move out in September-October time but are replaced buy winter flounder witch are normally smaller there are 4 different types of flounder. i had a 28cm dab last week dab they stay most of the year place seem to take a 3-4 month brake but there are flatfish most of the year Drew and There are more than 400 species of flatfish try this link to find out more

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flatfish

I've had flounder all year round.

Jude

you are right in saying that they move off but an exact date i couldnt tell you, ive never really caught a big flounder or place during the winter which might suggest that the mature ones move off. i would how ever say that they usually return back to the shore in wicklow and Dublin around March and early April. the poor bastards do be starvin aswell ive often caught them and they would be like a bag of bones at this time of year.