demonfish

Nothing beats fluking. Size doesnt bother me as much as the short season. Sept. & oct. were the best month on the north fork. My tricks include finding the nastiest bottom. Thats were the big boys live. My baits are locally caught. I try to get about 200 pounds of squid in the spring. I leave alot of it whole. The rest I clean and pre cut strips. I soak the strips in a brine of kosher salt and water. I dump the salt in until the water can no longer hold it in solution. I leave some natural color and the rest I dye pink, green and pale yellow. I've been using food dye but I might switch to RIT dye this year. My rigs are the basic three way, bucktails, chrome balls and daisy chain. On the three way I use alot of the sliding hook set ups. I lose alot of rigs, so I tie them myself, the parts are cheap at the shows.

OffTheHookSupply

Some new B2 Squid Rigs I made today.

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flukeyou

great info old timer!!

PG

Deamonfish

What type of structure are you refering to here " My tricks include finding the nastiest bottom. Thats were the big boys live "


PG

demonfish

Wrecks and rock piles are good. Boulder fields are the best.

OffTheHookSupply

There are a couple of spots we fish right outside of Northport Bay the total opposite side of the CG Station that holds some very nice fish at times.

It is a very lightly fished area due to the large amount of rubble.

You will lose a lot of rigs in this area but the rewards are worth it.

Some of my biggest Fluke have come from there.

It's not paved with fish, but there are very nice fish to be had.

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demonfish

Exactly the hunt for big fluke often goes fishless and you come home with alot less rigs than you left with. The plus side is when a trophy 10 plus pounder hits. Thats the way I fluke fish. The last two years has been spent perfecting it out of the yak. I hope this year it pays off.

PG

Deamon fiesh

thanks for the reply.

So the same rock piles I drift eels for stripers will also hold fluke.

PG

OffTheHookSupply

Absolutely. The Stripers you are in search of are feeding on the Fluke that are around these area.

More structure=more places for a predator such as the Fluke to ambush their prey.

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demonfish

I love big fluke. I think catching them is harder than catching a bass over forty pounds. Like I said my experience with them is that they are not laying on the sandy bottom with the three and four pounders. These fish are holed up in some nasty rock structure waiting for the baitfish to tumble through the rips. Its costly chasing these fish unless you tie your own rigs. Kyacking seems to work real well on the North Fork of Long Island for this. Our boulders are as huge as cars and you cant get a boat into them. Fishing off the beach is O.K. but you'll break off in the rocks. Fishing bait or jigging out of the yak works great.