Thank you Fluke "wonder rig"

[briansnat]

I used 1/0 octopus hook

[bulletbob]

Originally Posted by briansnat

I used 1/0 octopus hook

Good idea.. The #4 hook is simply no good for big fluke... bob

[reason162]

Originally Posted by briansnat

I used 1/0 octopus hook

That's a porgy hook, and small porgies at that. A keeper fluke will take a 6/0 hook all day with no issues whatsoever.

[Blackfish Bobby]

It works.
Smilin Bill jigs with hook cut off work real well. Green and white.

[briansnat]

Originally Posted by reason162

That's a porgy hook, and small porgies at that. A keeper fluke will take a 6/0 hook all day with no issues whatsoever.

But will a killie? I can't imagine one providing very much movement attached to a 6/0

[bulletbob]

Originally Posted by briansnat

But will a killie? I can't imagine one providing very much movement attached to a 6/0

You are correct of course, but its a trade off.. That #4 is simply too small for fluke fishing .. Yes you will catch some, and you did great your first time with the rig... However using porgy/flounder hooks for fluke is going to lose you a lot of nice fish over time.. Killies catch fluke as well as anything else, but tend to catch a lot of shorts... Thats fine as I personally consider the "wonder rig" more for rivers and shallow bay areas, maybe big tidal creeks that hold smaller fluke.
Using a #4 hook on big deep water fluke will make for a lot of problems, and a a lot of gut hooked fluke... bob

[reason162]

Originally Posted by briansnat

But will a killie? I can't imagine one providing very much movement attached to a 6/0

I'd go 3/0 with a killie. I also wouldn't wait 20 seconds or anything ridiculous like that to set the hook. Another name for the "wonder rig" is the "gut-ripper rig."