06/27 Magic Hour Fluke Report

[Skolmann]

My son & joined another 22 +/- fares aboard the Misty Morn last evening. Started off fishing the channels edges of the Triangle. The end of the out going tide coupled with a brisk west wind made for a drift faster than I prefer. I started off using a 1.5 ounce glow Spro tipped with a 4" chartreuse GULP swimming minnow with a standout out tipped with a 3" new penny GULP shrimp as a teaser (stuck with this rig the entire trip). Very little action for myself and others bucktailing.3 keepers and a handful of shorts came up on the boat.

Moved to the west by buoy #53 but by now the tide had slackened and with that the wind dropped out so we had no drift.

Moved east to the #25. Tide just started to move in and by now the west wind had completed dropped out so we started a nice drift. Good action around the boat with mostly short fluke in the 15-16" class. I finally put 2 shorts in the boat with my third being a keeper. First few fish fell for the Spro then the more started hitting the GULP shrimp. Jason didn't get a touch on bait & switched over to BTing. He put a couple of shorts in the boat before landing a double header of cocktail bluefish.

Moved further to the east and had action with slightly bigger fish (17-17.5"s) for the most part. I was able to add another keeper to our cooler. Final tally for the boat was 7 keepers for the @ 24 fares. I tied for high hook with 2.

PS: We were out Wednesday evening as well & I fished the same rig, couldn't keep the fluke off the GULP shrimp as it was constantly being slammed. I ended that trip with 1 keeper out of the 6 boated by the 12 fares.

[IrishAyes]

Nice report.  For whatever reason I can't seem to get the gulp to work for me. 

[fishon42]

Nice detailed report, way to go... Joe - I LOVE gulp (swimming mullet chartreuse"

[stat4u]

Nice report.  For whatever reason I can't seem to get the gulp to work for me. 

Joe,

I'll have to take you up on your offer of a fluke trip one day soon and give you a gulp lesson I start and finsh most days with gulp. I have one big tupperware container with just about every gulp made in there together. Saves on space and the gulp containers LEAK. The new penny shrimp are deadly.

[stat4u]

Sorry skolmann for getting off subject...great report

[Reckless]

Nice report.  For whatever reason I can't seem to get the gulp to work for me. 

Same here!! See my report for today.

[Skolmann]

I ish GULP 75% of the time now. My favorites are;
 
-the 4" swimming minnow/mullet in chartreuse, white, glow, and pumpkinseed. For river, bay and inshore fluking.

-the 6" grubs in deeper water.

-the 3 or 4" new penny shrimp in the river & bay. As previously stated, very deadly.

-the belly strips for 'dragging bait" or tipping a bucktail.

I also apply the GULP spray in various scents (crab, shrimp, herring, bunker) to bucktails.

[Luna Sea 5]

sounds like a slow day..  Skol.. do you add any bait to the gulp..

[stat4u]

Last year I started to rig the shrimp up a little different. seems everyone hooks them from the mouth and then out the back...which catchs alot! But I started to think of what a scared shrimp looks like...and they go backwards with the tail under them. I cut a small notch on the bottom like you would if you were cutting a tree so the tail bends easy. start the hook in the middle of the back and out near the head so it travels backwards while drifting. Increased my keepers by ALOT! Give it try, you will be surprised at the keeper ratio

[Skolmann]

sounds like a slow day..  Skol.. do you add any bait to the gulp..

Nick, I used to add a bait strip but as of last year I fish the GULP 'naked'.