Fluke sucks this season

[yumasdad]

Water temps were way down (low 60's) just north of IBSP this w/e. Tons of speering in the wash but did not see one fluke caught or anything for that matter. No birds, no blues boiling just a flat day.

Possibly the FLUKE are moving up the rivers following the bait looking for warmer water?

[frugalfisherman]

Caught a 7.2 in June. Won me free fishing for a year. Everything else was by-catch.

[Capt. Debbie]

Was Ocean side of the Hook yesterday in the swelter. Ripping 2.5 knot outgoing tide. 8 ounces in 30-35 feet of water.

One keeper, a 6 inch sea robin, and a 30" sand shark and cooked doing that over 4 hours.

Last year I saw no sea robins. This was my first since 2013

[ChumDumpster]

3 limits on one trip and no pics?! Hmmmmmmm

[jmurr711]

maybe everyone kept to many breeders in the past thats what the excuse is when anything else has a down year. it will be good in August like every other year

[ChumDumpster]

At least I'm not the only one going through this lol..stripers can't come back soon enough!

[tuna john]

worst season I have ever seen in cape may, fishing the og site 11 etc. some trips shorts are active but keepers are far an few between, and from most i hear the same thing

[pectoralfin]

The powers that be,NMFS, will say we over caught our quota and reduce the limit. Fluke fishing is tough this year. Remember the year after Sandy, they said we over caught our quota by 47%. BS

[Joey Dah Fish]

It's normal for July some good days some not so good days.

[HDMarc]

With temps on the rise, hopefully so will be the fluke fishing. Screwy weather patterns over the last few years with brutally cold winters and delayed warm water temps have put a dent in the early summer fluking, but it'll come around.