Fluke fishing

[ckonkol]

I'm finally making my 1st fluke trip of the season Monday and Tuesday. I'm a little late starting but the reports I'm getting are saying the fish are waiting for me. I'll be going up on the Frances Fleet. One of my friends went out today and got 12 keepers only retaining his limit and said there was an 11.5 pound fluke for the pool. Hope its good on Monday and Tuesday.

[ckonkol]

I'm leaving in a couple hours. I heard yesterday was a good day also slow in the morning and fishing picked up in the afternoon when the drift did and the pool was 11lbs again

[Anngler]

Good luck! Can't wait to hear your report and get some fluke for myself!

[ckonkol]

I just got home from my journey to Rhode Island for some fluke fishing. Eben, His daughter Jenna, My dad and I went up to fish the Frances Fleets Jumbo Fluke/Seabass trip for 2 days. Monday we sailed with 28 people. Capt. Rich decided to try some different spots a little further east to see what they yielded. At these spots we picked a few fluke. I tried my hand at jigging fluke for the 1st time using spro jigs. I had one good run off that felt like a really solid fish. My rod rod was bent so hard toward the bottom with a bit of drag being peeled. A few cranks later it was gone. I missed like 8 other bites. I would get the bite then they were gone. I switched back to the normal bait thing and put 3 fluke in the boat and a seabass. What made the day more frustrating was my dad who must have been hi hook on the boat every time I turned around he was hooked up to a fish. Our total for the day was 15 fluke and a seabass.

Today we sailed with 39 people. Capt Rich decided we would start a little short of where we finished up on Monday. Well this paid off. There were bent rods all over the boat. This spot held some really nice size fluke. I once again tried jigging and I can say I have never ever been so frustrated fluking before. I missed at least 10 fish but did get 1 keeper fluke another seabass and a blue. So I missed the best bite of the day screwing around jigging. I did put 2 more fluke in the boat later in the day. I also got the most unique catch, the catch of the day a 5 pound rock. Eben was hi hook between the 4 of us with 4 fluke and 5 bluefish. Jenna had 3 fluke including one that was 26inches weighing in at over 8 pounds. My dad ended the day with 3 fluke. We had the same total as Monday but our total catch weight was 10-15pounds heavier than Mondays. A great time was had by all and I look forward to going back up soon and catching some more fluke.

Day 1 catch
Catch of the day
Jenna's big fluke
Eben Jenna and Myself
Jenna and Myself