What is wrong???
 

Went out on the OE yesterday. Caught this nice fluke!! However, there were about 40 people on board and only about 10 keepers!! Something is going on with the fluke.. Any ideas???

Re: What is wrong???
 

Fluke fishing hasn't been the best this year but this recent cold snap and 3 days of NE winds probably didn't help much either...

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Fluke fishing here in NJ has been terrible this year. Want to catch some real slobs??? fish boats going out to Nantucket. KIlling them out there. Why...? Who knows. Cleaner water, colder water it's anyone's guess but they sure as hell aren't here. Friend of mine fished for two days (15th and 16th) and hammered the fish. Throwing back 5-6 lb. fish. Pool winner was 14 lbs. His srew caught fish 9-12 lbs.....NJ fluke fishing su***!

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An acquaintance fished on a charter boat this week out of Point, well known to everyone on this board. 14 guys, 42 keepers. Go figure. Fishing's like that.

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i think this is what happens when new york keeps spewing out filthy sewage into the rivers and getting away with it !! seems like we are the only state that gets our beaches shut down for bacteria !

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capt john your right fluking sucks

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Hey Joe.... Stop using blackfish rigs for fluke and you will catch more.
The other reason is the fish are right in your back yard in Raritan Bay.
With a 3 fish limit I need more guys in the boat !!!! Send me your number and maybe we can hook up for some light tackle fun. Leave those pool cue sticks home !!:eek:

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Fish are here .and have been for months .
Draggers never had to go 5 miles from Port for their daily limit .and actually did so good they filled their quota early and had their season shut down until September .

SE heave has kept the bottom water way colder than it should be .
Heave came in the second week of may and is still here the end of July .

Even the fish we are catching aren't fighting like they should .
Coming up like a wet dish towel

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Isn't the water cold in Nantucket?

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Yes and they are in the deep 100 feet is very common...but those fish behave so much differently up there... they are fatter given their size, they are not shy like the fluke can be sometimes down here. Once you find the biomass up there it is absolutely lights out. Unlike anything I have experienced. There must be so much competition down there to eat that they are much more willing to commit.