Outdoors: Flounder surge falls at wrong time

I'm willing to bet if you polled Maryland fishermen a majority wouldn't have a clue the state's flounder season closed last Sunday. And just when the fishing was getting good.

I spoke with Capt. Harry Nield of Annapolis who runs a charter boat out of Deal Island on weekends and he said it was another banner year for flounder on Tangier Sound. A report from Buzz's Marina (St. Mary's County) indicated that during the past two weeks the flatfish have come on strong around St. Jerome's Creek. I've also heard several reports that both Thomas Point and Bloody Point continue to offer good flounder action. On the...