Fluke rig feedback - Page 4

demonfish · 03-27-2008, 01:52 AM

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 · 03-28-2008, 04:58 PM

Some new B2 Squid Rigs I made today.

flukeyou · 04-04-2008, 01:56 PM

great info old timer!!

PG · 04-04-2008, 02:25 PM

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 · 04-04-2008, 02:32 PM

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

OffTheHookSupply · 04-04-2008, 03:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by demonfish

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

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.

demonfish · 04-04-2008, 04:10 PM

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 · 04-05-2008, 06:24 AM

Deamon fiesh

thanks for the reply.

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

PG

OffTheHookSupply · 04-05-2008, 07:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PG

Deamon fiesh

thanks for the reply.

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

PG

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.

demonfish · 04-05-2008, 01:18 PM

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.

03-27-2008, 01:52 AM	#31
demonfish NBS Member User Gallery Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Mattituck, NY Posts: 225	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. __________________ Behind the obstensible government sits enthroned an invisible government owing no allegiance and aknowledging no responsibilty to the people. Teddy Roosevelt

04-04-2008, 01:56 PM	#33
flukeyou NBS Member User Gallery Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: new haven Posts: 15	info great info old timer!!

04-04-2008, 02:32 PM	#35
demonfish NBS Member User Gallery Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Mattituck, NY Posts: 225	Wrecks and rock piles are good. Boulder fields are the best. __________________ Behind the obstensible government sits enthroned an invisible government owing no allegiance and aknowledging no responsibilty to the people. Teddy Roosevelt

04-04-2008, 04:10 PM	#37
demonfish NBS Member User Gallery Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Mattituck, NY Posts: 225	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. __________________ Behind the obstensible government sits enthroned an invisible government owing no allegiance and aknowledging no responsibilty to the people. Teddy Roosevelt

04-05-2008, 01:18 PM	#40
demonfish NBS Member User Gallery Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Mattituck, NY Posts: 225	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. __________________ Behind the obstensible government sits enthroned an invisible government owing no allegiance and aknowledging no responsibilty to the people. Teddy Roosevelt

04-04-2008, 02:25 PM	#34
PG NBS Member User Gallery Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Westbrook Posts: 102	Deamonfish What type of structure are you refering to here " My tricks include finding the nastiest bottom. Thats were the big boys live " PG

04-05-2008, 06:24 AM	#38
PG NBS Member User Gallery Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Westbrook Posts: 102	Deamon fiesh thanks for the reply. So the same rock piles I drift eels for stripers will also hold fluke. PG

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