What is the best bate for catching big fluke?

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.

1. What time of day is best for fluke fishing?
2. What kind of bottom Do fluke like?
3. Where do Fluke hang out?
4. What color Gulp is best for fluke?
5. What color gulp do you use for fluke?
6. What temperature do fluke like?
7. Where is the best fluke fishing?

What time of day is best for fluke fishing?

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 kind of bottom Do fluke like?

“Flounder like moving water around coves, estuaries and inlets that present fairly deep centers and shallow fringes. A sand or gravel bottom is ideal, but they'll also feed over mud and grassy areas as well as mussel beds and creeks that empty into deeper water.

Where do Fluke hang out?

When flounder migrate to shallow waters, they stay on sandy or muddy sea bottoms so they can hide better from both predators and prey. They also tend to flock and hide where there could be breaks in the current, like rocks, reefs, sandbars, drop-offs, docks, bridges, and even mouths of creeks.

What color Gulp is best for fluke?

Under most conditions and in most locations, chartreuse or white is a good starting point when dropping for fluke. Captain Jeff had similar thoughts of colors for dirty water. “If the water is off-colored from a storm, I find that bright green, orange, or even glow can put more fish in the box.

What color gulp do you use for fluke?

White Gulp and chartreuse Gulp are the most popular colors used for fluke baits.

What temperature do fluke like?

More About Fluke Fishing

Nice! Fluke bite best when the water temperature is above 60 degrees, and it helps if the water is clear. You can catch fluke on flat sandy bottoms, but they seem to bunch up on bumps and along channel edges. Using your fish finder find such bottom features and set your drifts to go over them.

Where is the best fluke fishing?

Montauk, New York. As the location of the current world-record catch, perhaps Montauk is the granddaddy of all fluke spots. The waters off the eastern tip of Long Island have structure and baitfish populations that attract huge numbers of 3- to 10-pound fluke, with occasional fish weighing in the teens.