How to hunt Fluke

[Diver Dave 69]

I was wondering the best way to catch fluke. Any methods known would be helpfull.
Thanks :huh:

 

[oly5050user]

I was wondering the best way to catch fluke. Any methods known would be helpfull.
Thanks :huh:

I sometimes just stick them with my bc knife..you can also use a simple pole spear maybe a 3 or 4' one..

 

[crlavoie]

I was wondering the best way to catch fluke. Any methods known would be helpfull.
Thanks :huh:

Fluke is what we in Boston call a flounder, right(floundah is more accurate I guess)? If so, my buddy just opens his catch bag in front of them and gives them a little poke. They swim right in every time... now weapons necessary.

 

[redacted]

Many years ago I used to stick them with an ice pick while snorkeling. But didn't get to bring the bacon home very often. As I recall, I usually had to flush them before I would see them. But they didn't go far so it was easy to watch them settle back and easily slip up behind them. A gig on a short pole should work well.

 

[Wayward Son]

I mostly use a pole spear. Something in the 5 to 7 ft range, size isn't terribly important for this. The hard part is seeing the critters, if they aren't out moving around they can blend in like you won't believe.

I prefer a tip with a flopper rather than a paralyzer as this allows me to poke through the fish. I keep a short 1/8 inch braided nylon line with a brass snap clip tied to the butt. For ascending & descending this allows me to clip the pole off so I'm hands free, if I have no fish. Once a fish is on, I just slide it up the pole, off the butt onto the line & for the 1st fish, snap the clip back to the line between the fish & the pole. That fish is now the stopper on my stringer, as I poke more fish I just slide them back onto the line & against the next fish.

Saves a lot of time, I don't have to mess around with a seperate string.

Paralyzer tips work well, but you do have to get the fish on a stringer & off the head before you can poke another fish.

 

[Hawkeyegregg]

I take lots of flounder and fluke - yes they are different, put your finger in a fluke's mouth and it will come out bloody not so for other flounder - I use a pole spear with a flopper barb. I've heard about the swim into the bag trick but if I've got another one in the bag or some lobster I would worry about losing them in the process.

 

[Diver Dave 69]

Thanks everyone for the info. Very helpful.