Best Fluke Bait Ever

[bigal427]

I 'll take strips of Mackerel over killies any day bay or ocean

[reason162]

Originally Posted by Blackfish Doug

That's the problem we changed the way the fish eat. I like to know how much money the people who sell Gulp & Spro bucktails & gami hooks donate to the RFA & people who are fighting for our rights to fish.

what?

[Billfish715]

From the perspective of someone who has trapped killies since he was a kid, the sheer numbers of bait in that drainage was amazing. I've never seen so many in one spot ever. If you look at those images and think about their dollar value, you would be looking at a gold mine. However, kids who used to trap killies and sell them years ago, would probably be hassled by the bait police today. I'll continue to trap them and keep them in my homemade, wooden killie car and keep them on ice on every fluke trip we make. If you can't trap your own bait, buy some at one or more of the sponsors on this site. The quality of last year's killies was excellent. Never leave the dock without them.

[bulletbob]

Billfish.. Not sure if you do any sweetwater fishing, but if so, save some of the smaller ones and take them to a lake that has Crappies and Perch in late April/May.. The big Crappies go crazy for killies.. best Crappie and Yellow Perch bait of all time. Even though they don't live in fresh water lakes, the fish there love them.. bob

[Richieclip]

Originally Posted by Billfish715

From the perspective of someone who has trapped killies since he was a kid, the sheer numbers of bait in that drainage was amazing. I've never seen so many in one spot ever. If you look at those images and think about their dollar value, you would be looking at a gold mine. However, kids who used to trap killies and sell them years ago, would probably be hassled by the bait police today. I'll continue to trap them and keep them in my homemade, wooden killie car and keep them on ice on every fluke trip we make. If you can't trap your own bait, buy some at one or more of the sponsors on this site. The quality of last year's killies was excellent. Never leave the dock without them.

Man that brings back good memories . I used to trap and sell to capt'n Josh's b
&t in point Pleasnt . Made so much money and treated the whole neighborhood when te ice cream man came around

[RussH]

Originally Posted by Gerry Zagorski

Great pics....

Since we have an 18 inch minimum, a lot of people have changed their tactics to target larger fish and are fishing the ocean lumps. Most of them are no longer doing the squid and killie thing. One reason is you'd be snagged all the time on rough bottom... The other is that smaller baits attract smaller fish.

Which is of course why they MUST introduce slot fish. We need to stop culling those large breeders. A 2 fish @16" and 3@18 or something similar would take a lot of pressure off those deep ocean lumps that hold the most successful breeders. But I'm of course preaching to the choir.

[catsmeow]

Grew up in South River in the 50's. Remember catching killies at a place we called Minnie Bridge which was a big pipe in a creek off Whitehead Avenue with a hook and bread. Also remember catching so many in an umbrella net behind Dairy Queen on the causway could hardly lift the net. Always remember our big adventure one bikes to Fred's on 35 to buy blood worms to fish for small striper in the South River. Well still fishing killies for fluke off Sandy Hook on my boat. Last few years using Pete's Jumbo Maryland killies. Size makes for fewer small fluke. Will be a bait dragger till I'm pushing up daisys at Sacred Heart cemetery in Hillsborough. See all you flukers out on the water...... Walt

[Joey Dah Fish]

You can conserve more and have less casualties when to buck tail. But that's none of my business

[Capt Sal]

Originally Posted by Joey Dah Fish

You can conserve more and have less casualties when to buck tail. But that's none of my business

Bucktailing is not for everyone. My dad was one of the best fluke fisherman i ever saw and he would never bucktail. He said he came fishing to relax not work. Drifting and dreaming is relaxing. I will do both but not bucktail all day.I have been fishing Raritan Bay for well over 55 years and killies are my choice.Killie and a swimming mullet gulp is a killer in Raritan Bay.A plain killie with a gold hook works well also. I do catch my own killies and that cuts down on the cost. As far as gulp baits go i have this to say. When i ran a party boat the Jack Pot out of sewaren i watched guys loose 50 bucks in gulps and bucktails and tip the mate two bucks! Go figure??

[torchee]

Ever notice the different species of killies???
The tiger striped ones get zero bites!!!

But the plain ones work fine.