every two years?

[Chrisper4694]

my friend is telling me fluking will suck this year because it was good this past year...I told him i don't believe it and even if it does suck i'm blaming his drifting skills!

do the fish species go good and bad on and off rotating every other year? let the discussion begin!

[frugalfisherman]

I fluke 3 times a week. It was better 2013 ( not just for me but all the regulars on the boats I was on) than 2014 so if your theory is correct this year will be better.

[Reelron]

I fluke 3 times a week. It was better 2013 ( not just for me but all the regulars on the boats I was on) than 2014 so if your theory is correct this year will be better.

I agree, fluking sucked for me last year so I guess 2015 will be better for me? I usually blame it on the captain too.

[jmurr711]

last year sucked fpor me too only went one time only had like 1 or 2 over my limit & not as much short action. I blamed the massive snow amounts & salt dumping into the bays so this year gonna suck too

[Joey Dah Fish]

Maybe you guys just suck at fluking :eek::eek::eek:

[torchee]

The bay was terrible last year.

[Duffman]

The bay was terrible last year.

which bay?

[Chrisper4694]

Maybe my standards are lower than yours but we primarily fished the bay last year (raritan) and between two of us we boated 4-6 pounders every weekend for over a month with a boat limit of keepers one day and many days of 70+ shorts. I thought it was great.

[Duffman]

Maybe my standards are lower than yours.

Which responder is "yours"?

Unsure what ya meant by "bay" in your first post.

Most guys hated on the "back" last year. Personally I thought it was tough going but scratched out some nice catches.

[Fisherman120]

Fluking out Front at the Reef down to Belmar IMO was definitley much slower then past years. Fish were caught, but many slower days and not as many keepers. I still had a good year but I don't believe most did.

[SaltLife1980]

2013 was better then 2014 for me.. Had bigger fish in 2013..

[Reel Class]

Fluking was good last year?

...Easily the slowest year we had since 2010!

[torchee]

I fish raritan bay from kayak at least 2 times - week. Rent a skiff and fish the hook-navy pier once a week. Easily slowest year for me in a long time.

But my range is limited on kayak, even though I launch from many locations from Staten Island to the hook.

Days there weren't even shorts, especially mid to end season

[torchee]

The bay has been strange since sandy

[Chrisper4694]

well this is all i needed to hear to disprove the 'every other year' theory. If so many guys had a good year 2013 and a bad year 2014, but we had a slow 2013 and had a great 2014 then maybe it's the 'spots' maybe the fluke congregate in different ways every other year and people just perceive it as bad fishing.

[Capt. Debbie]

I fished Raraitan Bay nearly every weekend while on the tow boat. And yes 2014 was much poorer all around than 2013. Even the junk fish were in short supply.

Funny these THEORIES..... we cant even agree what's a good or bad year after the year is done.

[hammer4reel]

We had an awesome year in 2014.
caught fish North and south. . seemed big schools of bait kept fish packed into a smaller area.
had tons of sand eels south, and lots of squid north.
short drifts staying on those pockets of fish put constant limits in the boat

[Capt. Lou]

I sailed limited fluke trips last season due to chasing cod all over east coast all summer.
However those trips for me at least produced a nice supply of bigger fluke, I agree overall numbers down but not complaining . I'll take another year like 2014 !:cool

[Gerry Zagorski]

Agreed that Raritan Bay was not the same post Sandy.... 2 or 3 big dredges sitting off of Keansburg for most of the spring and summer pumping sand up on the bay beaches... I wonder if that had something to do with it??

East of the Naval weapons peer and out in the ocean fishing was better. Was it better then 2013? I think the size of the fish were but not the quantity. And it also seemed that the Sea Robins were no place to be found... Not sure what's up with that...

[CadiShackFishing]

I thought 2014 was the year of the "Flukeasurus"? LOL

[Gerry Zagorski]

I thought 2014 was the year of the "Flukeasurus"? LOL

You are feeding the beast ;)

[Chrisper4694]

Oh god what have I started!?

[HighHook94]

Last summer i fished all over the place (SH bay, Shark and Manasquan rivers in the yak, and RB in the yak) and the numbers were definitely there at SH and Shark River, but not a lot of keepers. At sandy hook, I'd catch 50+ fluke per day with 2 keepers if i was lucky. But the majority of my fish were between 17 and 17.5 inches, so i wasn't getting dinks. The year before i was getting many more keepers, but the size limit was 17.5 so that's probably why. As for Raritan Bay, that place hasn't been the same since Sandy. I got a few 5+ pound fluke there last summer, but that's about it. I'd either catch a beast or nothing. Granted i was fishing in a kayak so my range was limited, so i'd stick near the keyport sailboats. Hopefully this upcoming summer is better than last, already getting cabin fever lol

[Chrisper4694]

let's show some pics from the last 2 years...make sure you label them 2013 or 2014

[Joey Dah Fish]

Flukasaraus :d

[hammer4reel]

let's show some pics from the last 2 years...make sure you label them 2013 or 2014


tons of pics on my Blog page, 2014 was definetly an awesome year of fluking .
2013 was good but not anything like last year.

cant wait to see what 2015 brings

[Blackfish Doug]

I don't believe in that one year to other year stuff all it has to with is conditions.
Wind against tide, too much wind to fast a drift & water temps all play a big thing. I did not do good with the numbers last year but what I did do good with was the size of the fish. Being with the right boat & Capt. helps as well. Last year it was a very cool summer a lot of north east winds not common for summer fishing. I think that's why the offshore Tuna was good because of it. I also remember seeing blue inshore water at a stretch in the early part of the season last year as well. I think this bad weather we had this winter is good for us. Less people fishing both recs & commercial boats tied to the docks is good.
Last year we had a lot of snow but fishing conditions were better for the boats that ventured offshore. So I'm positive for the comming year but let us all pray for the good conditions & good luck to all.