First Time Fishing A Fluke. Advice Wanted

[Tugmaster]

I'm getting ready to try Flukes for the first time. I fish a lot of soft plastic worms. Purple being the most productive for me by far. I went to Dicks and got a bag of Super Flukes in "Smokin Purple". When I fish worms I usually rig them Texas weightless. Can I fish flukes the same way? I'm sure I can rig the same way I rig a worm, Texas, Carolina, ect. Any tips or advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Todd

[mod479]

Sure can. Texas rigged and weightless makes for great side to side darting action...make sure you take your time rigging it straight as you can. Could also rig them TX on a keel weighted EWG hook to get them deeper. 

[OntarioFishingGuy]

Texas weightless, twitched under the surface. Occasionally stop the retrieve and let the bait sink, a lot of bites come that way. Good luck!

[JeziHogg]

Try nose hooking them, you'll be pleasantly surprised.

[Maxximus Redneckus]

What others have said and add pink

[Catch and Grease]

I've done good with them weightless, perfect action!

[ABW]

3/0 EWG rigged weightless.

 

I fish these very slowly. Cast it out and and I count to around 10 before I make any twitches. When I do twitch, its only small pops, I don't sent the bait flying through the water. After that I usually experiment with how many pops and the amount of time I pause.

[Jolly Green]

I fish them weightless most of the time on a 4/0 or 5/0 EWG hook. Fish it slowly, a few twitches at a time for that nice darting action, and make sure you don't short-change the fall; flukes have a subtle but deadly tail flutter action as they sink.  When I fish them in seams in the river, I rig them on a 1/16 oz. or 1/8 oz. keel weighted hook.  The belly weight combined with minor current makes them wobble around their long axis a little as they sink.  Loooooove flukes.

[hatrix]

I am a big fan of them in pearl so you can track it. I usually fish them as a subsurface almost topwater bait. I use a thin wire off set worm hook to make it weigh as little as possible. Work it somewhat fast but at the same time don't twitch it again if it is going to mess up its glide. Twitch it according to what it does if you can and not in some kind of cadence. When worked fast it will pop its nose up out of the water and that is deadly. It also super good over light mats of through pads if possible worked fast. I just try to watch it and make twitches according to what it is doing. They look sweet and dart all over but if you ever pay attention some jerks make it dart at weird angles and stuff. Like straight down for example. It still catches them but using visual cues to time your twitches will prevent a lot of it and works far better I think.

[Comfortably Numb]

I like a 4/0 Twistlock hooh so they last longer. As said rig it straight so it darts every which way and doesnt spin.

[F14A-B]

A lot of good answers, I might add using a swimming hornet / under spins ... I like the saltwater ones with 5/0 Gammys... It's another option that works....

[travis23]

What about using braid? I encountered some schooling activity over the weekend (best day EVER), and was basically waiting around every 15 to 20 minutes for the bass to surface again. Id throw a fluke past them but i kept thinking FC would be a better option? Everytime i wanted the fluke to sink a few feet under the surface the braid would immediately bring it back up.

[roadwarrior]

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[Preytorien]

Texas weightless, twitched under the surface. Occasionally stop the retrieve and let the bait sink, a lot of bites come that way. Good luck!

 

Yes, this. It's been killer for me this year.