Best Colors for Bass Fishing When it comes to fluke fishing my favorite color is watermelon red flake, especially in clear water situations. Other great colors include white pearl, electric shad, and gray.
What Colour are flukes?
Adult flukes are pale brown or greyish-brown in colour and when mature vary from 15 to 40 millimetres (mm) in length and up to 12mm in width. The flukes live in the bile ducts of the host where they lay large numbers of eggs.
Do fluke see color?
In fact, the aforementioned study found that a fluke’s eyes are most sensitive to the green portion of the color spectrum, so rack up another vote for chartreuse.
What is the best bait for fluke?
squid
When it comes to bait, the favorite choice for fishing fluke among anglers universally is squid, either fresh or frozen. Depending on your preference, you may want to cut it into strips or use the whole squid. Other popular choices for fishing fluke are sand eels, killifish, fluke belly, and even minnows.
What color Gulp is best for flounder?
There is no way a flounder will leave its hiding place and swim up 5 feet to hit that lure. The best lure to catch a flounder around a dock is the Gulp Swimming Mullet. I like the white ones with a red 1/8 ounce jig head. Just cast the bait to the dock or under it if you are a precision caster.
How big can fluke get?
There are more than 10,000 species of flukes. They occur worldwide and range in size from about 5 millimetres (0.2 inch) to several centimetres; most do not exceed 100 millimetres (4 inches) in length.
How do you rig a fluke?
You simply take a hook and run the point through the nose of the Fluke until the point emerges where the slit of the belly starts. Pull the nose of the Fluke up the hook shaft to cover the eye of the hook and then run the hook point up through the belly.
What month is best fluke fishing?
Most of the action occurring from May to late July is in water from 2 to 10 feet since fluke position themselves at good ambush locations throughout the backwaters. In the backwaters, the slack period through the first two hours of the ebb current usually has cleaner, warmer water, and this is when the fishing is best.
What time of day is best for fluke?
The best time of day to catch flounder inshore is at max high tide when previously dry sand bars are submerged and flounder move into these areas to feed. Offshore, the best time of day to catch flounder is early morning and late afternoon in and around wrecks and reef areas.
What water temperature do fluke like?
between 58 and 72 degrees
Water Temperature
Based on my experience, back bay fluke fishing is best when water temperatures are between 58 and 72 degrees, with 68 degrees being the sweet spot.
How long should a fluke rig be?
➤Tangle Free Rig
The full rig length measures about 40 inches. Use a sinker, fluke ball or bucktail as a weight with this rig. For bait, try a squid strip or squid and spearing combo on the bottom hook and a 4-inch Berkley Gulp!
Do you use a swivel with a fluke?
Use a No. 4 to No. 10 size brass swivel, or a Sampo X5R or X6R swivel. Because the weight of the swivel and the hook slowly takes the Super Fluke down when you stop twitching it, vary the size for a slower or faster drop.
Will flounder bite spoons?
Flounder will readily hit spoons too. BUT they tend to hold onto them for a shorter time so you had better be ready to set the hook quickly. They tend to hold onto soft lures a smidge longer than the hard ones.
Where do fluke go in winter?
In the spring months fluke leave their winter stay in the deep ocean waters, where spawning occurs, to move into the inshore waters along beaches, inlets, bays, estuaries, canals, and creeks where they will stay until autumn or even early winter.
Can you catch fluke at night?
Fluke are mostly daytime feeders but they will feed at night. Most reports of fluke feeding during the night are in areas of more shallow water. Folks commonly catch them around lights at docks and in other areas where they may be some nearby light source.
Can humans get fluke worms?
Clonorchis is a liver fluke parasite that humans can get by eating raw or undercooked fish, crabs, or crayfish from areas where the parasite is found. Found across parts of Asia, Clonorchis is also known as the Chinese or oriental liver fluke. Liver flukes infect the liver, gallbladder, and bile duct in humans.
What kind of rod do you use for fluke fishing?
The optimal rod is 6’6″ to 7′ feet long with a fast to extra-fast action and capable of handling lure weights up to 1 ounce. Most anglers prefer to use 20lb fused line as opposed to 30lb fused line because the slightly decreased line diameter can provide additional casting distance when flipping small bucktails.
What hooks to use for super flukes?
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Zoom Super Fluke: The super fluke works best on a 4/0 Gamakatsu EWG Superline Hook. The heavier superline hook acts as a keel and keeps the bait from jumping out of the water too often.
Are flukes good for bass?
Flukes are another one of my favorite soft-plastic baits. They mimic baitfish extremely well and can be utilized in many different situations for put more bass in the boat.
Is fluke better in the morning or afternoon?
Unlike many fishes which are active primarily in the lower light conditions of morning and evening, fluke are readily taken all day long.
Is fluke fishing better on incoming or outgoing tide?
They feed as they prowl from deep to shallow and back to the deep. A falling tide is the ideal time to fish creek mouths or the fingers of deeper channels as they empty from coastal marshes serving up a buffet table of snacks for fluke. The incoming is not usually as productive, but the dropping tide is exceptional.