#Fluke fish how to

Catching Fluke at NightĬatching Fluke at night isn’t out of the picture either. There’s nothing more frustrating than trying to buy more of your favorites to find out everywhere is sold out. As the fluke season runs on you’ll find the your favorite colors are often not in stock or are in limited quantity. When it comes to gulp, make sure your inventory is stocked up early in the season. Catching fluke in dirty water tends to be easier with chartreuse and orange (Salmon). I pretty much stick with just a few key gulp colors and ride it out for better or worse. I like to go with a 1/4 – 1/2oz Magictail Round Head Big Eye Jig paired with a 4” Gulp Swimming Mullet or 4” Gulp Grub. Typically, I do not fish a teaser because it requires a larger jig (due to added drag in the water) to hold bottom. My rig of choice for shallow water drifting is typically just a single jig.

#Fluke fish how to

These saltwater units from Rhodan are a total game changer! How To Rig Up To Catch Fluke In The Bay In recent years trolling motors have exploded on the saltwater scene. Some guys use their engine while others opt for a tiller motor or trolling motor. Your ideal drift speed will change with the tide. Do not focus on a drift speed, but focus on your fishing lines and make sure your presentation is vertical. Bumping in and out of reverse while maintaining direction. Stay on the motor and power drift along those channel edges. That’s not all that bad, but if you want to go catching, you need to focus on those drifts and dial in on your target areas.

Drifting and dreaming aimlessly across the bay will lead to nothing more than a relaxing day in the sun. The key to increasing your catch in the bay is to make sure your baits are presented to the fluke in the direction they’re looking and feeding. The fluke will lay head into the current and pick off just about anything that swims or drifts by that they can fit in their mouth. The edge of a channel or sod bank can provide an excellent habitat for many marine species that fluke will feed on. Left to right, Captain Greg Cudnik, Sloane Endick, Max Bambara, Matt Sorrentino. This crew swept the 2021 6th Annual Fluke-A-Mania Tournament hosted by the Beach Haven Marlin and Tuna Club… First Place Mens, First Place Womens, Overall Largest! All fish were caught in the bay. Since there’s not a ton of structure in our bay this often means the fish are located on drop offs, ledges and edges. We also have an advantage locally as our bay will hold fish throughout the summer season. As the water warms they simply move from the shallows and shoals to the deeper areas with cooler water. Your water temp gauge is reading the surface which is drastically different from the bottom temperature where fluke live.” – Fish Head Greg Fluke Fishing the BayĮvery spring and summer there are tons of fluke in Barnegat Bay. Since they are on the bottom it’s even difficult to keep track and log water temperatures. You don’t mark schools of them on the sounder and you definitely don’t see bird diving alerting to an active school. “Finding and staying with a body of fluke is difficult. These access points to and from the back water are always important choke points in the summer flounders migration. For a large portion of the season quality fluke can be targeted at all of the major inlets or areas in close proximity. Late Summer and Fall large fluke are in the ocean on the wrecks, reefs and open bottom. Spring and early summer large fluke are found in the bays. While there is not one large biomass, there’s a common theme. They lay and wait for their opportunity to prey instead of actively hunting like many other species.įluke migrate east to west through the year. They like areas where current moves and flows to bring meals to them. My key is understanding how they feed and where they hide. Fluke are aggressive ambush predators. Here’s my keys to Catching Fluke In New Jersey! Swagmattic (Matt Sorrentino) – First Place Sweep 2019 Bass River Classic Well… Without a time machine we’re stuck fishing now!

Just ask any old salty dog and they will tell you about how much better fishing was in their day. Catching Fluke in New Jersey is not as easy as it use to be.