A good tactic is to rig two or three rods with different lures or colors of jigs and trailers and work along the edges of grassbeds, particularly over points and by the mouths of side creek junctions. If you hit a hotspot and hook multiple fish in a small stretch, you can always switch to casting to cover the area more thoroughly.

FLOUNDER
Certainly one of the most sought-after inshore saltwater fish, flounder is often pursued for its table fare consideration alone. But this flatfish has a lot of other great qualities. They are caught in good numbers throughout the summer and fall, can be caught in very shallow water at times and a variety of techniques will work on these fish.

And many anglers consider them the best-tasting fish of all inshore species.

The most popular method to catch flounder is by trolling live bait. By May, founder are following warming water and baitfish. These will draw the fish back into shallow inshore waters where they will present anglers with excellent fishing opportunities throughout the summer and fall.

Trolling the inlets around ledges, drops and humps is an excellent technique. Also, working across the mouths of creeks and even small ditch or drainage junctions will produce a lot of fish.

While many fishermen focus on the larger inlets and creeks because that is generally where most of the flounder reside, there is some excellent fishing up some of the smaller and secondary creeks.

The key here is to locate areas that have not been hammered by other flounder fishermen. These areas will not "reseed" with additional flounder as quickly as the larger inlets near the ocean. But if you can get into a mud and shell area that has several drainages flowing into it out of large flats, you'll have a lot of baitfish in the area. If you have plenty of baitfish, the flounder will come.

The biggest issue to recognize is that once you find a good spot and catch several flounder, you'll likely have to wait a few days before you can expect to score well again.

But if you find one such area, odds are good you can find others. Find half a dozen places like that and you can rotate your fishing posts and enjoy good fishing in some degree of solitude. But fishing the large inlet areas is certainly consistently productive.

Most flounder fishermen will use mudminnows or finger mullet as their live bait of choice.

There are some anglers who will fish jigheads with a mudminnow trailer and work from one small creek or drainage junction to another. They will cast around the target areas looking for flounder. Often, they can find a couple or more flounder in the area. If you're not into trolling, this is an enjoyable and effective alternative. And odds are good you'll also pick up redfish or spotted seatrout.

WHITING
The whiting is an often-overlooked inshore species, but it is actually very popular with some inshore anglers. For openers, the fish is abundant and doesn't quire sophisticated tackle or precise presentations to catch. They do put up a decent fight on light tackle and are excellent as table fare.

The fish are available in good numbers during the spring, summer and fall. In fact, a lot of shrimpers will double their pleasure when shrimping and target whiting on the same trip. When the shrimping is slow or after they have caught limits, anglers cast bottom rigs out baited with pieces of -- what else -- shrimp. The edges along channel drops or creeks junctions are all prime target whiting areas.