The local decline in southern flounder is part of a trend across the Gulf and southern Atlantic, with a myriad of factors driving it.

Braving torrential rain and gale-force wind, Reef Hodgson from Carisbrooke took part in the Christmas Flounder and Bass ... beating 39 adult anglers to claim the coveted prize.

Winter flounder—a.k.a. lemon sole when it’s big, and blackback flounder when it’s not—takes its name from the fact that it swims inshore to warmer waters during the winter months.