Zoom Super Fluke Set Up

[trupp30]

What set up do you guys use when fishing flukes:

     Rod size

     Reel type

     Hook size, type

     Line size

Also, what colors and techniques do you find work the best.

Thanks for you help.

 

[iabass8]

68mxf

curado 51e

4/0-5/0 ewg sometimes adding a 1/16 or 1/8 oz tungesten weight if i want to go deeper in grass instead of over it but more times than not i fish it weightless

12# fluoro. i've used braid and it worked fine but just prefer fluoro. either or works fine.

 

pearl white, baby bass, watermelon red are my favorites. there really is no wrong way to fish a fluke. throw it over grass, weeds, into school fishing, shallow, deep. twitch, twitch, pause. most strikes come on the pause. 

 

make sure it's rigged on the hook perfectly straight. it will walk the dog better.

[buzzfrog]

when I went to get my fluke and small plastic setup, I went all out academy to test there products. So I have the mettle, 6 gear ratio, with a 6'10 rod MHF, with 30 lb braid, I do weightless, with a bullet weight, and the bell type late on the hook with this setup. If am I using a it on a big jig head I have a big H 7 ft rod, but mainly the way I fish it is with light stuff. hook size depends on size of bait, I usually do 4/0 to 5/0  EWG owner twist lock.

[Kevin22]

I fish mine as subsurface/topwater. For subsurface (less than a foot under the surface) I use a 6'4 ML Fast baitcaster, 8lb line, a 4/0 EWG hook, and a 4.5-5" fluke. I use this in open water. For fishing them as topwater, I use a 7' M Fast baitcaster with 14# mono, a 4/0 WORM HOOK, and a 4.5-5" fluke. 

 

For the topwater, I am making the bait jump out of the water and walk around on the surface. I use it mostly in pads or when I see bass chasing bluegills in weeds. 

[Grantman83]

High speed reel, dobyns champion 683c, 15lb invizx and a 4/0 EWG hook

[Comfortably Numb]

4/0 Twistlock hooks work great and baits last longer.

[Mike L]

4/0 skip gap hook with a nail weight.

 

 

Mike

[BassAddict1911]

I would tell you if I could, but this is something I really need confidence in...:/

[Stingray23]

I use a 6'10" med/fast spinning rod with 8-10lb Invizx fluoro on my spinning reel. I use a 3/0-4/0 gamakatsu EWG hook and fish the fluke weightless and with a fast, erratic retrieve. My favorite colors are pearl white, albino, chartruese pearl, glimmer blue, disco violet,white ice, pearl/chartruese tail.

[KMS64]

5' 6" Pistol Grip Med Rod

Shimano Bantam

Trilene XL #14

4/0 Round Bend or 4/0 EWG

Watermelon Red, Green Pumpkin

I fish them around grass

[hookset on 3]

68mxf

curado 51e

4/0-5/0 ewg sometimes adding a 1/16 or 1/8 oz tungesten weight if i want to go deeper in grass instead of over it but more times than not i fish it weightless

12# fluoro. i've used braid and it worked fine but just prefer fluoro. either or works fine.

 

pearl white, baby bass, watermelon red are my favorites. there really is no wrong way to fish a fluke. throw it over grass, weeds, into school fishing, shallow, deep. twitch, twitch, pause. most strikes come on the pause. 

 

make sure it's rigged on the hook perfectly straight. it will walk the dog better.

 

 

Good Stuff, iabass8!  Take the necessary time to rig it straight.  This can't be overstated enough.

[Bankbeater]

6'-6" MH rod. 

Revo-s reel

15# Fluoro.

weightless.  I have tried with 1/16 weight, but IMO, it cuts down on the action

[Mike L]

6'-6" MH rod. 

Revo-s reel

15# Fluoro.

weightless.  I have tried with 1/16 weight, but IMO, it cuts down on the action

 

Try an internal nail weight..

Haven't nosed weighted one since.

 

 

Mike

[Revival]

Try an internal nail weight..

Haven't nosed weighted one since.

 

 

Mike

 

Where do you insert the nail weight?  This is what i might need as i have given up on my flukes trying to fish them weightless.

[Mike L]

Where do you insert the nail weight?  This is what i might need as i have given up on my flukes trying to fish them weightless.

 

In the back, just below where the hook point rest's on top for a horizontal fall or just past the nose for a more verticle one.

I use either ribbed finishing nail's or the packaged short ones.

 

Go slow when you put it in, theres not a lot of room.

 

 

 

Mike

[Drewski73]

Right now in Houston its 100 every day, and I fish shallow community ponds. I go stealth fluking.

 

7'6" M spinning rod

12lb braid-8lb invisix leader connected via swivel

Zoom Super Fluke Jr in Disco Violet or Baby Bass

Gamakatsu 1/0 EWG

 

My bigger flukes stopped drawing strikes weeks ago. I love the presentation, so I adapted until I caught fish. This is whats been working for me lately.

[Felix77]

6'6" MHF Spinning Setup

12lb Invizx FC

3/0 Skip Gap hook

[Felix77]

Good Stuff, iabass8!  Take the necessary time to rig it straight.  This can't be overstated enough.

 

x2 on this.  Rigging it straight is the key.  It will spiral otherwise.  Not a very natural baitfish when that is happening.

 

Also ... don't underestimate the power of a slow and steady reeling presentation.  Reel it slowly so it stays close to the bottom.  Pause it from time to time.  It's KILLER!

 

 

I was able to make this work for me up north.  Now I can't stop fishing the fluke.

[EvanT123]

6'8 m/f spinning rod 10lb braid 3/0 ewg or 6'6 mh/f bait caster depending on what's already tied on either rod.

[Jay Ell Gee]

6'10 M/XF St. Croix Legend Xtreme

Shimano Chronarch 50e

20lb PowerPro SuperSlick or 12lb Yo-Zuri Hybrid

Gamakatsu 4/0 Or 5/0 EWG

Never had a fish hit it as a topwater, but I prefer to let them fall near structure and slowly twitch it under water.

[SPEEDBEAD.]

7' St. Croix LTB "Tube" spinning rod,, medium

Abu Revo Premier 20

8lb 100% Trilene

4/0 Gammy EWG

[buzzfrog]

I skip small flukes on spinning gear aswell

[Jay Ell Gee]

I skip small flukes on spinning gear aswell

I skip only with a spinning reel, as I'm not talented enough to skip with a baitcaster.

That setup is a 6'8 M/XF St. Croix Mojo Bass Wacky Rod, a 2500 Shimano Sahara and 20lb PowerPro.

[buzzfrog]

I skip only with a spinning reel, as I'm not talented enough to skip with a baitcaster.

That setup is a 6'8 M/XF St. Croix Mojo Bass Wacky Rod, a 2500 Shimano Sahara and 20lb PowerPro.

I can skip frog on BC gear 90% of the time but plastics are better IMO on spinning

[Teal]

I use two different rods for flukes...i like both equally

Powell Endurance 723 7'2 MH

Lews Tourney Pro

30lb Spider Wire Ultracast & 12lb Sunline Sniper leader

Powell Endurance 712 spinning 7'1 M

Shimano stradic 2500

8lb Sunline Sniper

4/0 EWG hooks