1 hour ago, flatcreek said:

I know a Savannah River guy when I see one.I do the same 

LOL Guilty! I am a Hartwell guy but I sometimes fish Jocassee, Keowee and Russell. Don't go much further south than Russell though as the length of the trips start to surpass my old age travel tolerance. 

16 hours ago, Bazoo said:

I have gained so much confidence with the fluke fishing I've done in the pond I go to, that I've started fishing them everywhere else. Today I set out with my pole, and only a couple of lures, but fished the fluke the whole time.

 

One thing I'm not sure about is color. I've had some pretty good success on gold color called Houdini, junebug, and whitish/blueish, and baby bass. I guess my question is, if a fluke isn't working, is it going to make any difference if I change color, or should I change techniques with the fluke or lures altogether?

I carry 5 colors. Pearl, GP, KVD Magic, Pearl Blue, and Bubblegum. I throw pearl 98% of the time. I'll go to GP or KVD Magic if it's around the spawn or lake that doesn't have shad- maybe 1% of the time. Bubblegum gets used in certain colored water after pearl fails- maybe 0.9% of the time.  Pearl blue stays in the boat in case I get on a herring bite or something- maybe gets thrown 0.1% of the time. 

My confidence in flukes is 100% now I think. I pretty much fish them everywhere and I have success everywhere, well, except Freeman lake with has all the pressure. But I did catch one on a fluke there last year.

 

I'm thinking that this junebug colored fluke will work at Freeman. 1st, it'll imitate a bluegill, 2nd, this color isn't available in town. The other day I fished there a while with only a couple of lures in my pocket. Flukes, a crankbait, and a topwater. I didn't get anything, but I had confidence that the lack of bites was not from the flukes or my technique. I did have some bluegill nibbles.

 

I appreciate everyones support and suggestions in learning flukes.

I hope I’m not breaking any rules, but I watched this video recently and thought it was perfect for this thread. At about the 1 minute mark he explains exactly why I use the owner twist lock hook now instead of an EWG. 
 

 

Love flukes, but mostly use D Shads now. I learned this from a fellow fisherman over ten years ago. I take a 3/0 Trokar off-set worm hook, wrap some lead wire around it and insert. Keeps the fluke down to fish for suspended fish. Core Tackle now has a jig called the "Scamper" rig. Been fishing mine this way for years. Quit using EWG hooks years ago. Way to many missed fish.

I’ve really taken a liking to a caffeine shad and a 4/0 ewg. I fished them a few hours sat morning. Had great hook ups. And enjoyed the sink rate of the crew one shad a lot better than a zoom fluke. Bothe have a place and time for sure. But the caffeine shad was a lot easier to fish I felt. 

I just went “all in” on BKK hooks. I have the permalock and permalock weighted in 3/0, 4/0 and 5/0. I am excited to try them for flukes. Also have the titan rider and titan diver for swimbaits. 

I fish the super fluke weightless and I like the double fluke rig or donkey rig. just a pain securing to rod when not using. Also, you may want to try the Xzone Whiplash shad.