[Broad Bill]

Flip side to your question is a ripping current will push bait fish to the bottom, disorient them and in many cases put fish on a feeding binge. The issue, like Capt. Ron and others harp on, is you need to adjust to heavier tackle, rod, bucktail etc to stay as vertical as possible or your presentation won't work. Perfect example, years ago was fishing the cape and when the full moon tides was roaring we were slaying cod and pollock. As soon as the tide slowed, you could see on the finder the balled up schools of sand eels dispersed and the bite died. As soon as the tide turned and picked back up, sand eels balled up again on the bottom and it was lights out fishing. When heavy currents push bait down to fluke, they feed but noodle rods won't get the job done. Adjust your rod, weight of your jig, cast up current and work the bucktail back even if it's only for 30 seconds but believe me a hard current is a good thing for fluke fishing as long as you adjust your presentation to accommodate the faster drift. If it's a hard south, all bets are off. The bite will turn off like someone flipped a switch