Flukin tips

[Skolmann]

What's everone's go to Fluking outfit?

Depends on location & what technique I'm using.

In general I perfer a 7' conventional rod.

[Skolmann]

Usually 4 setups. 1 light bucktail rod, 1 heavy bucktail rod, 1 heavy bait rod and 1 light.

Just ask Skolmann what he brings 

Something like 22 rods of different weights and a 122lb suitcase of assorted tackle..

If you got it, flaunt it. 

[gottog]

Love to bucktail for fluke.  Sometimes adding a "teaser" above the bucktail can be deadly.  They can vary from just adding a plain hook on a dropper about a foot above the bucktail to softplastics to anything you can imagine.

Some of my favorites:

[mboy]

Gulp Shrimp as my teaser in the back bay above a bucktail.

Ocean I will either use a gulp shrimp or a swimming minnow/pogey, etc. Something gulp and big.

[PeggyLee]

Cool!

[Reel Class]

Who uses clams for fluke? 

What GT said, bucktailing is the most fun, sporting, and non-boring method of catching fluke.

[gottog]

Hey Capt Allen
Looking forward to fishing with you and your new sponsor in June

Hopefully we buck em up real good

[Reel Class]

yoooooooooo Mike I hope so... Water temps need to climb a good 10-15 degrees from where they are RIGHT NOW for some good fishing to take place.. 

[Skolmann]

Used a variation of the standard bucktail rig yesterday that produced decent fluke for both myself and my son yesterday.

Snelled a 1/0 Gamakatsu hook at the end of a 36" piece of #20 mono leader. 2/3's of the way up I tied a 3" dropper loop. I next cut 1 of the legs of the dropper loop (which gave me @ 6"s of line). To this I tied on a Spro bucktail.

I tipped the 1/0 hook with 2 spearing and tipped the Spro with either a strip bait or 4" GULP swimming minnow.

Equal number of bites on the Spro & baited hook.

[Luna Sea 5]

I usually use a 3-way with the same kinda set up.  Do you find it any different putting the spro directly on the line from the drop loop.  I find that a large 3-way swivel keeps the 2 lines a good distance from each other to prevent tangling.

[Skolmann]

Had no trouble with the Spro & hook tangling.

I actually wanted the Spro & baited to be close together. They probably were about 10"s apart when the rig was tied.

[Reel Class]

3 way is not necessary...

Running line is braid, figure you have a shock leader of about 8' of 30# mono.

Rig consists of 24" of mono, dropper has teaser, bottom hook bucktail is tied direct to the terminal end, and the rig itself is connected to the shock leader with a 80# barrel swivel.

I've never seen that rig tangle in the 10 years I've been fishing it, and I fish it a lot 

[DarthBaiter]

In the summer when the flukw start regurgatating crabs, Gulp Alive crab patterns work wonders. I put a jig with the usual bait and strip on it on the bottom and put a 6" dropper loop about a foot and ahalf above the jig. On this I just loop on a 3/0 gammi octo and put a Gulp crab on it. 

[Hunter 2]

good stuff here!

[ped579]

 

[shkbilly]

I've used pre-tied bucktails and teasers before with some luck. I plan to start tying my own this season. One thing I picked up on eBay were hand tied squid lures like GotTog posted.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&item=350216527919

How would I go about fishing these?

[gottog]

Those rigs appear to be regular bait rigs.  Add a strip, quid, spearing whatever to it and drag it along.  Need a decent drift since it has a spinner blade to impart the right action to it.

[beachwalker]

When fishing on a party boat if the person next to you misses a hookup let some line out the Fluke might take another shot at the bait and your bait will be right in its face. Also use circle hooks since most of the Fluke will be under the 18 inch mark its easier to release them unharmed. 

[squanlocal]

In the summer when the flukw start regurgatating crabs, Gulp Alive crab patterns work wonders. I put a jig with the usual bait and strip on it on the bottom and put a 6" dropper loop about a foot and ahalf above the jig. On this I just loop on a 3/0 gammi octo and put a Gulp crab on it. 

Same goes with the shrimpies. 

[barry]

I did very well this year with a hi/low rig . 6" top hook leader and 18-24" bottom hook leader. I used Gulp swimming mullets in white and a killie on both.