The only way to describe tonight's "Magic Hours" charter with Elizabeth Dickerson and her sisters Laura and Susan was that we "kicked the cr** out of the Fluke" What a night!
First off let me say that Liz and her sisters are now "seasoned" veterans in the art of catching Fluke, which for some people is not an easy thing to do. I would now put these three against anybody I've had on my boat over the past few years.......they are that good!
Don't expect me to divulge the location of this body of fish but what I will say is that they were in a very tight "pack" about 200 yards long and once in it BANG.....FISH ON and once out of it you're in the Sahara Desert and nothing. A word of advice to all my fellow boaters........always mark the beginning of your drift with your GPS and the end of your drift and rake the place over and over again and stop these long unproductive drifts hoping for a hit. Tonight proved to me again that these fish huddle with each other so take that to the bank.
The ladies caught 41 Fluke over repeated drifts in a very tight area using Spearing/Squid and/or Peruvian Smelts/Squid combo dragging bait for 3-4 fish per drift catching both throwbacks and keepers that were fighting mad and fat, plump fish. The ladies were not experienced fisherpersons, but with about a half hours of instruction, they started to get the "touch" of Fluke fishing. What an outstanding Fluke season so far. All quality fish!
Were they real big fish, no, but it was a night of nonstop action while we were watching pod after pod of bunker finning by us and then being harassed by some really JUMBO Bluefish looking for a meal. Poor bunker didn't have a chance. What an outstanding evening ladies. Great fishing and wonderful people too.
Tight Lines,
Capt. John
