I would prefer to use live bait. It seems like the fish around here like live bait instead of artificial

here in texas the flounder really start moving around late october early november...we use live shrimp and finger mullet they seem to work pretty good...if you want to try artificial try smaller baits like a red and white curly tail...I have also caught several on DOA shrimp...good luck fishing...

You might want to try a grub with a peice of cut bait as a teaser, seems to work ok also, Denny

follow simple rule-match the bait to the fish. Catfish are bottom feeders-if you fish the bottom, you will catch them. Fish on or near (16-24 inches) from the surface for trout. Popping cork with live bait or jig underneath. True story==I arrived at Horn Island one day and began fishing next to a young kid using live shrimp. He wasn't catching anything. I tossed out a jig and pulled a flounder in on almost every cast. 20 minutes later I had my limit and gave him my bait. That bait was Chartreuse Berkley Gulp swim minnow with a 1/4 ounce red jig head. Fish it different ways until you find the fish. I caught 2 nice Pompano off Horn last week on the same bait.