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Fluke: 'As good as it gets'

“The offshore fluke boat made its maiden voyage of the 2008 season, and the fishing was as good as it gets,” says Frank Blount, skipper of the Frances Fleet.

“There were quite a few limits both days with nearly everyone going home with at least a few keeper fluke. Both Friday and Saturday featured so many 4- to 6-pound fluke, the crew said they were commonplace with a few anglers scoring full limits of fish over 4 pounds.

“Peter Tu had a full limit of 4- to 6-pound fluke Friday while Connie Tu had four keepers, all jumbo, to 8 pounds. Bobby Conger had the biggest fish of the day with a 9-pound doormat. Ron Donhan and his buddy Leon combined for 14 keepers with Ron's limit all in the 4- to 6-pound range.

“Saturday's trip saw Barry Capella limit out on the fluke while Kim from New York had the day's largest a 10-pound slab to top off his full limit of big fish. There were a half dozen jumbo fluke over 7 pounds as well on Saturday. There was a nice sprinkling of sea bass on Saturday's trip, with the largest around 3 pounds.

“Mylar flies, Spro jigs and whole squid all were good producers but on Saturday white spinner bait rigs were deadly.”

Squid fishing was excellent last night, he said.

Posted by Tom Meade  at 9:02 AM | Permalink