Finicky fluke!

[Steve]

Fish the western sound last two days for fluke few shorts no keepers very quiet!

 

[pequa1]

might be that time of year...

 

[JackPrintMD]

Go deep

 

[pequa1]

I always want to try fishing the flats in the backbay, just 4-6 feet deep, but I always end up in the channels along the houses, which are anywhere from 12 to 35 feet deep. Of course those are 5mph zones and I am in a kayak so...

 

[pequa1]

Odd thing: While some regulars in my neck of the woods will talk about the "action" but few keepers, my experience has been the opposite the last few years. I have nine keepers out of less than 30 total fluke off the kayak so far this year. Mind you, I am far from complaining and vastly prefer it this way, likening to deer hunting wherein I might just get to even see a deer maybe once in 8 or 9 days, buy why this ratio? (Bigger ones go for plastic and dressed bucktails? Little ones like dead spearing? Why ?)

 

[pequa1]

and of course I jinxed myself. Five fish this morning and was able to shake each one off the hook over the water, lol.