I love using them since the first time i used them i was hooked,my son told me i needed one of them on every rod i had because that was all i wanted to throw.Then my brother got me hooked on a rattle trap,but the fluke would still be second or third on my favorite baits to throw.Don't give up on them because they do catch fish and a lot of them.God Bless

As others have said wait till it warms a little where you're at, then rig it different ways...

Nose hook it, add a nail weight toward the nose or back for a different look.

I'm sure you'll find out what they want in a hurry.

Mike

This is what I'm thinking....

Electronics tell me fish are in the area plus I've caught numbers at two of the three locations I'm talking about...one of which landed me a 5.3lb PB of the year on a black and blue jig...so they're there they just won't bite a fluke...well a white fluke anyway...Like I said water is in the upper 50's right now. I'm up north, northern Ma to be specific. I'm going to try a new color what do you guys think...

 

I think that  ----> unweighted is NOT THE ONLY way to rig a fluke

I have a bag of white flukes and haven't caught a fish on em yet. Ive had success with other colors so maybe just switch it up to watermelon red or baby bass.

I think that  ----> unweighted is NOT THE ONLY way to rig a fluke

 

I've rarely used a weighted fluke... I guess I've not delved much into it and if I need some weight I just slap em' on a 5/0 hook. What's your take on weighted? When you throw em? What kind of weight you using? How heavy? etc...

Western MA here and I can tell you that my flukes will not be coming out until at least the spawn starts, which is a ways away at this point. Water temps in this part of the state are barely breaking 50 degrees right now. When it starts getting upwards of 58 - 60 degrees, then I'll bring out the flukes. Suspending jerk baits are a much better options right now, as they do not sink and provide minimal "action" during the presentation, which, it seems to me, the fish like much better.

X2 We killed them last weekend on jerkbaits, but profile had to be right, neutral or slow sink buoyancy, and slooooow with looong pauses. In a few weeks throw some in Bubble Gum color (seems to work in the Spring for some reason) and later Albino Shad, white etc.

I've rarely used a weighted fluke... I guess I've not delved much into it and if I need some weight I just slap em' on a 5/0 hook. What's your take on weighted? When you throw em? What kind of weight you using? How heavy? etc...

deadly on scounger heads, regular jighead and shakeyhead jighead, weighted hook ( 1/32 oz ), split shot and C-rigged full or nose hooked, live bait rigged weighted with either a split shot above de hook or with a nail weight.

Buddy of mine Texas rigs them and drags them on bottom. Lots of people call him the Fluke Dragger. He has caught a Texas Share Lunker of 13.5 using this technique on falcon. I have seen him catch 8 and 9 on Lake Austin.

Buddy of mine Texas rigs them and drags them on bottom. Lots of people call him the Fluke Dragger. He has caught a Texas Share Lunker of 13.5 using this technique on falcon. I have seen him catch 8 and 9 on Lake Austin.

 

God gosh almighty!