[Skolmann]

Have done 2 pure fluke trips aboard party boats;

Trip #1: 3/4 day trip 0 keepers & 6 shorts

Trip #2: Magic hour trip 1 keeper and 4 shorts

Did 1 trip on a private boat 3 keepers & 7 shorts

Also fluke fished some on a bluefish trip since bluefishing was horrible; 1 keeper and 2 shorts.

Also caught 6 short fluke fishing the wall at Manasquan Inlet.

So overall I'd have to say the season is off to a poor start for me. I agree with what's already been said re; south wind, fresh water run-off etc. Two observations I have made are #1-I haven't caught anything (let alone have a bite) on GULP shrimp or Ghost Shrimp and at least for me they were almost automatic the first 2 months of last season. #2-All but 1 of my keepers (1 of my keepers came on a white bucktail with a salmon belly strip) came on a white Spro tipped with a 4" pink GULP swimming minnow. In years past the chartreuse was the good to color, with pink a far second choice