Guidebook to the East Coast's top summer flounder haunts.
By
Saltwater Sportsman Staff
Updated: April 26, 2013
Bucktail Fans: Many artificial lures will fool fluke, but it’s hard to beat a bucktail/grub combination.
Delaware anglers can drift top/bottom rigs lanced with killies and bluefish/sea-robin strip baits, bumping lone 2- to 4-ounce bucktails tipped with large live killies.
Camo: Fluke possess a highly developed camouflage system, making them excellent ambush predators.
Tease Them: Over/under rigs featuring bucktail teaser rigs tipped with a strip bait often prove deadly when fished close to the bottom.
Use the Calamari: It’s hard to beat whole, rigged squid for bait. Drifting with squid seems to be the best technique.
New Jersey anglers can bounce 3- to 5-ounce bucktails and 1-ounce bucktail teaser combo, tipped with fluke belly; sliding snell two-hook fish-finder rig lanced with 8- to 10-inch fluke belly, mackerel or sea-robin strip baits too.
Bring Plenty: Fishing around structure means you will definitely lose some bucktails.
