True May is "usually" good. But we are talking about this year- 2012.
The winter is mild and the water temps are not staying down like many years. Barring a long chill I can see fluke bite on in mid April.
This winter is not average- it's warmer. How many 50 degree days in February "usually" happens.
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Originally Posted by Chris G
From someone who works on a headboat who fluke fishes throughout the summer I voted #5.
First, the season is just about right. The 1st week of May is kinda sorta just around the time you can bet on it getting warmer & warmer each day. Furthermore, Sepetember is a completely unpredictable month. You can get hit with NE'er after NE'er and have a few fishable days inbetween. By the 1st week in October just about all interest for fluke is gone just about regardless of the weather. The interest may not be gone to a few people on this website, but as a general whole the interest is gone (imo).
5 keeper fluke @ 17.5" is a pretty realistic & acceptable number in my eyes. How many times have we heard guys bitch & moan about throwing back that fish that was 17.9999999? How many fish to we go through to find that 18"? In my eyes, even a 1/2 inch difference in the size limit compensates the smaller bag limit. 5 fish is 10 fillets. That's a good amount, or a reasonable amount of meat anyways.
I always thought the best regs would be 6 @ 16.5" but.... thats just my opinion.
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