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dead stiking fluke
« on: December 06, 2010, 04:11:23 PM »
why does every one warn me not to dead stick for fluke


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Re: dead stiking fluke
« Reply #1 on: December 06, 2010, 04:24:56 PM »
Dead sticking for fluke with live bait(snappers,spots,peanut bunker,killies,mullet) can be deadly. Especially in the rivers and bays from docks bulkheads etc... With large numbers of juvenile fluke inside it is boring. My favorite way is to bucktail/jig. You're holding the rod and feel every bite and are more involved in fishing. Every technique works ,you decide what you like. ;D


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Re: dead stiking fluke
« Reply #2 on: December 06, 2010, 04:47:41 PM »
you will miss the subtle bites if you do not have the rod in your hand?

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Re: dead stiking fluke
« Reply #3 on: December 06, 2010, 05:16:35 PM »
why does every one warn me not to dead stick for fluke

You will cover more ground, thus bringing the bait to the fluke rather than waiting for them to find it.  Although fluke will hunt, they are primarily ambush feeders that wait, hidden on the bottom, for a baitfish to swim by.

In the surf, make sure you fish the bait or lure right up onto the sand, as fluke often hold in that first cut tight to the beach.
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Re: dead stiking fluke
« Reply #4 on: December 06, 2010, 05:42:19 PM »
what would be the best bait to dead stick with??

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Re: dead stiking fluke
« Reply #5 on: December 06, 2010, 06:17:52 PM »
The biggest reason I would tell you not to deadstick for fluke is if you were fishing a very rocky area (Shrewsbury, Snake, etc). Deadsticking in rocks would be a death knell on your rigs.

Deadsticking will produce fish. You may not have as much a catch as someone tending their pole, but you can have a decent day of it.

Any bait will work while deadsticking. Most notably a strip baits.
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Re: dead stiking fluke
« Reply #6 on: December 06, 2010, 06:19:44 PM »
I like live mullet for deadsticking from shore.Hook them behind the dorsil fin close to the tail.Fish a bait runner reel and leave it open so that the fish can take line.Have taken lots of nice fluke in this manner. Bad news, fluke won't be back till next year. ;D


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Re: dead stiking fluke
« Reply #7 on: December 06, 2010, 06:46:17 PM »
I will dead stick a pole over familiar sandy bottom if Im fishing off the boat alone. I use a squid and Killie or Squid and spearing combo on a 3' leader attached to a sinker and snap swivel. This is called dragging bait.Then I will hold on to my other rod with a bucktail jig with a teaser hooked attached 2' to 3' above and twitch it every few seconds. Sometimes the deadstick rod produces as much as the rod Im holding.  t^
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Re: dead stiking fluke
« Reply #8 on: December 06, 2010, 07:36:40 PM »
Fluke fishing is a funny thing. Things will work one day and not work the next.

I'll almost always dead stick one rod and sometimes it goes off more than the one I'm holding. Other days, not so much.

Just experiment and let the fish tell you what they want on a given day.


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Re: dead stiking fluke
« Reply #9 on: December 06, 2010, 07:54:27 PM »
You're asking about fishing the surf, right?

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Re: dead stiking fluke
« Reply #10 on: December 06, 2010, 07:57:11 PM »
thats why i poster here

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Re: dead stiking fluke
« Reply #11 on: December 06, 2010, 08:02:27 PM »
Dolt...silly me, never looked at what area this was posted in.

Surf is a different animal. From the boat, you will get movement from the boat, thus, deadsticking will work. From the surf, you have to make the bait move so it crosses the path of a fluke lying in wait for his meal.

Sorry for not paying more attention.  rgmn rgmn rgmn
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Re: dead stiking fluke
« Reply #12 on: December 06, 2010, 08:33:27 PM »
Don't pay any attention to me. rgmn rgmn

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Re: dead stiking fluke
« Reply #13 on: December 06, 2010, 08:35:58 PM »
sorry 00ps. i like the idea

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Re: dead stiking fluke
« Reply #14 on: December 07, 2010, 10:38:21 AM »
Dolt...silly me, never looked at what area this was posted in.

Surf is a different animal. From the boat, you will get movement from the boat, thus, deadsticking will work. From the surf, you have to make the bait move so it crosses the path of a fluke lying in wait for his meal.

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Sorry for not paying more attention.  rgmn rgmn rgmn
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Re: dead stiking fluke
« Reply #15 on: January 25, 2011, 04:54:42 PM »
In august, catch small blues (under 6 inches) and through them back in with a bait rig w/fish finder.

The problem, the fluke get gut hooked a lot.

Much more fun walking the beach.

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Re: dead stiking fluke
« Reply #16 on: January 25, 2011, 05:26:55 PM »
I'm with you! I love walking the beach in the summer,especially early AM. I usually throw bucktails/gulp with a gulp teaser. In fact can't come soon enough for me, Come on spring  ;D

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Re: dead stiking fluke
« Reply #17 on: January 29, 2011, 02:40:55 PM »
No worries, do you have a picture of your rig set up for walking for fluke?

I love doing this, when it's hot, I can pull a dozen fluke between two jetti's Most are small though. But fun. cfzd

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Re: dead stiking fluke
« Reply #18 on: February 07, 2011, 05:12:01 PM »
Sorry, I was away for awhile. A hi/lo rig with top hook about 3' up and a 1-2oz sinker is all you need. Dropper loops for the hooks about 4-6". The swimming mullets 4" is what I use in white/chartruse/pink. You can use a bucktail instead of a sinker , then I use only 1 high hook. Hope this helps  ;D

 

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