Disappointing fluking 7/4

[baetis]

tolvo:

I'm not an expert on Raritan Bay fluking by any any means since most of my fluking is done out of NY. I was a different boat on Monday, so I assume a lot of the conditions were similar to what you experienced.

At one point the guy fishing next to me caught 3 keepers in a row and a handful of shorts while I had nothing. The big difference in rigs at that time was that he was using red and pink color combos, and I was using white and chartreuse. When I switched to pink the hits started coming.

When the drift sped up I put a bigger bucktail on and the hits stopped. The entire time I used a 4 oz bucktail I had nothing. Switched back to a lighter jig, and even though I had trouble maintaining contact withe bottom, when I was on the bottom I had life.

My recommendation, FWIW, would be to keep an eye on those guys who are catching fish and switch it up if need be. Some days color and size don't matter, other days the fish can be picky. I'd also recommend donating some money to Berkeley to make sure you have a big variety of color choices for those days the fish are keyed into a certain color. Good luck.

[tolvo]

Originally Posted by baetis

tolvo:

I'm not an expert on Raritan Bay fluking by any any means since most of my fluking is done out of NY. I was a different boat on Monday, so I assume a lot of the conditions were similar to what you experienced.

At one point the guy fishing next to me caught 3 keepers in a row and a handful of shorts while I had nothing. The big difference in rigs at that time was that he was using red and pink color combos, and I was using white and chartreuse. When I switched to pink the hits started coming.

When the drift sped up I put a bigger bucktail on and the hits stopped. The entire time I used a 4 oz bucktail I had nothing. Switched back to a lighter jig, and even though I had trouble maintaining contact withe bottom, when I was on the bottom I had life.

My recommendation, FWIW, would be to keep an eye on those guys who are catching fish and switch it up if need be. Some days color and size don't matter, other days the fish can be picky. I'd also recommend donating some money to Berkeley to make sure you have a big variety of color choices for those days the fish are keyed into a certain color. Good luck.

yes I did see someone else further up the port side reeling in fluke with pink gulp hanging out of its mouth. Thanks for all the advice as well!

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