Best Conditions For Fluke?

[gonefishin82]

I know the basic rigging (weightless t-rig), but am unsure of the

retrieve,

depth to fish

and when and where and how to fish it??

I fish in the pressured waters of southern cali and I don't hear many people fishing flukes. I have a few packs and would like to try them because I keep reading good things about them. I was also thinking of deep carolina rigging them in place of brush hogs but haven't tried yet. Good or bad idea?

School me on flukes!

Thanks

[backwater4]

I've had luck fishing them around submerged grass and weedlines. Let it sink and twitch slowly back. I've also done extremely well fishing deep with them on a carolina rig.

[J Francho]

I use it whenever there are large schools of bait, or if I see bass crashing bait. I work it fast at the surface during these times. Other times, almost deadsticking during a tough bite will work well - especially directly post spawn.

[Trinity Mealor]

I've had luck fishing them around submerged grass and weedlines. Let it sink and twitch slowly back. I've also done extremely well fishing deep with them on a carolina rig.

WE have tried them on a C-Rig with success, i need to do it more often!!

[Trinity Mealor]

I use it whenever there are large schools of bait, or if I see bass crashing bait. I work it fast at the surface during these times. Other times, almost deadsticking during a tough bite will work well - especially directly post spawn.

If you see them feeding on the surface and have a fluke tied on, you will almost certainly get a bite!!

[gonefishin82]

I will try deep c-rigging them next time.

[The Bassinator]

As for weather I have thrown them in the rain and sunshine and they work well. As with anything you will have to establish a retrieve just mix it up between rapid jerks and and slight twitches and you should be good. As for the where I fish them anywhere a reaction bait would be fished but since it is weedless it shines in shallow weedy water and in lilypads. I havent seen too much schooling action but I imagine a fluke is hard to beat if theyre chasing bait. If you wanna fish it deeper but still work it like a jerkbait add a swivel and it will stay down. Hope this helps

[Tsuprum]

Jerk, jerk, pause

Lift and let it die. Think of a dieing bait fish

[Avalonjohn44]

Best Conditions For Fluke?

Whenever the water isn't frozen.

I fish them all year. You can fish them fast, slow, weighted, un-weighted, two at a time, on a C-Rig, on drop shot, and yes, even on a shaky head.

[deep]

I have seen a fellow BR member kill them on a fluke when schooling bass are busting shad on the top.. Myself, I've never had much luck on it.

[BASSclary]

I like to tickle the weeds with a white super fluke on an overcast day.

[SirSnookalot]

I prefer fishing with exposed hooks but that is not always possible. When I use flukes for freshwater I work them on the surface or just barely under, I don't twitch them, I kind of move the bait with a slow forearm motion, the hits are usually on the pause. I employ the exact same retrieve for saltwater, fluke type baits are a mainstay there.

[NCbassmaster4Life]

I am a firm believer in the fluke....especially during a post spawn around points and submergerged structure....the bass get really aggressive during the post spawn and they prefer to go after baitfish and or something that will trigger the bite and a fluke is my go-to bait for post spawn. It's action is sick and it will produce bass when other lure won't.