PG

Thanks for all the info. Now I ask.....

Drift speeds?

Are there certain drift speeds that are better then others?


Thanks

PG

Scup

Fluke are pretty aggressive animals. It is almost hard to ever drift too fast for them unless both a strong wind and a strong current are coming from the same direction and even then I am not too sure. Besides, a sea anchor can always take care of that situation. The worse scenario is when the wind and current are opposed each other. Then you end up more or less stationary over the bottom, in addition, the surface chop can then kick up as well. The only thing that can get you to move over the bottom in this situation is "power". If your ride is not too big an electric trolling motor could be of some help. Otherwise, you just might have to troll with your main engine and watch $$$$ being burned up in fuel. If you are lucky enough to find a lane of feeding fluke, and end up anchored directly over them, it is not impossible to catch even then especially if you have live bait. I do not normally target fluke, but many times I would reach the CT recreational limit while scup fishing. Scup keep me too busy to fool around fluking at the same time, but I will put out a dead stick rod with a big live killie on it. The scup will not touch it but fluke attracted to my chum pot will gladly woof it down. Dead bait, being stationary, and no chum, is a bad combination for fluke.

soundfish

A lot of good information here. It's going to be a good year fluking for me I plan to fish 2 or 3 days during the week and enjoy, fluke fishing is taking over my mind. Good luck to everyone. Ernie

Bob & Mag

Like Scup says the worse is wind and tide in different directions, it'll throw your drift way off. As for speeds, my favorite and most productive are from min. 1mph to 2.25mph. We've had wind tide push us up to 3 and I think it's too fast. When the tide slows, we usually switch off to bucktail jigs. 1/2 hour before/after a tide change and a light rod with a 1oz. bucktail can be deadly.
Our season here in CT won't open until Memorial Day weekend this year and it'll close Labor Day weekend, so I may just stay on the water for 3 months this summer. It, season, starts after the fish get here and ends before they leave. I've found early and late season is when they'll concentrate and be on the move to the east from our area. But once you find the bigger fish you can find them until they leave the area completely. Unfortunately that is usually mid to late September where we fish
WTG DEP

If nothing else we'll be trying a few new things this summer and expand on some things we learned last year... i.e. don't always look for big fish in the deeper water. And the fluke don't just lie around but hunt the reefs and rock piles aggressively.

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PG

Thanks for the info.

My fluking habits are going to change. Last few years it was " Lets take a few drifts over Long sand shoal and see what we get." We got squat.

This year I may have a chance at a few more fluke.

Scup

PG,

The greatest secret for catching fluke, is to get your boat over them. It does not matter much what you use or how fast you drift; if you are not over fish you will not catch anything. That is where this form comes in handy. There are a lot of charter boat captains out there that donate treads for us as to what is happening and where. Follow their advice as to fish movements, and you should do just fine.

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Can't wait to try these out on the fluke this year!

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PG

Scup
thanks for the advice.
I will keep watching the reports

PG