MI Fluke Report 09/18 - NJFishing.com Your Best Online Source for Fishing Information in New Jersey

Skolmann · #1 09-19-2022, 10:12 AM

Originally was planning on fishing the beach from 5:30 PM until dark looking for false albacore, bonito & spanish mackerel but something came up that I needed to attend to during those hours so instead I opted to get in maybe my final shot at fluke this season. Arrived @ 2:30 just as the incoming tide was ending. Caught a pair of plump 16+” fluke on 2 out of my first 3 casts on live bait. Then nothing for the next 45 minutes. Tide was slow to turn (& even when it did there wasn’t much movement) so I decided to switch to a 3/8 ounce jighead/GULP Jerk Shad combo. Immediately put another fat 16+” er up and over. Few casts later had a nice 18.25”er that was followed by a micro which was followed up with a 17.3” slot keeper. Ended with another micro. Saw 4 other keepers (to 20”s) and 1 other slot brought up in the 2 hours I was there. Might give it one last chance for some fluke romance next Saturday.

Gerry Zagorski · #2 09-19-2022, 12:34 PM

Hell yah Doc. Can't beat that for a few hours of fishing!!

Duffman · #3 09-20-2022, 08:00 AM

Finding that the flatties have been thicker this season? From postage stamps to decent fish they all seem beefy.

Had a 23” last week that I didn’t weigh but swear coulda hit 5 lbs. dark side fillet was 1” thick. And stomach was completely empty.

Skolmann · #4 09-20-2022, 10:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Duffman

Finding that the flatties have been thicker this season? From postage stamps to decent fish they all seem beefy.

Had a 23” last week that I didn’t weigh but swear coulda hit 5 lbs. dark side fillet was 1” thick. And stomach was completely empty.

I’ve been fishing the same area for the last 5+ years and have noticed that by mid/late August the fluke put on the feed bag & seemingly overnight get thick & plump. Even 10-12” fluke have some shoulders to them. Only ‘skinny’ fluke I caught the other day were the 2 micros.