7/3/2023 0 Comments Fluke baitWith a nice slow drag, the hook being positioned on the back of the bait will pull it forward while the weight in the Fluke’s nose keeps it down. A Neko rig with a shad profile and something the fish aren’t used to seeing. Take a wacky tool and put an o-ring about a third of the way up from the nose of the bait and then skin hook the bait while running a whacky hook through the o-ring and there you have it. By taking a nail weight and sliding it into the nose of the Fluke you ensure the bait will stay nose down and kick up a little mud on the bottom. So Neko rigging a Fluke makes sense right away. It’s again an effort to find the perfect middle ground between power and finesse while presenting a fish with something they’re not used to seeing.Ī Fluke isn’t often found 15 feet deep, but the baitfish it’s made to imitate are certainly prevalent there. I was recently introduced to this setup by Ben Adrien as he was using it to bat cleanup on a ledge. This a new way of rigging a Fluke for me that I’m not that experienced with but was quite intrigued by. Now, if two fish eat the baits then the fish have some opportunity to pull the baits away from each other without gaining leverage to pull off. Instead it’s better to take two regular swivels, tie a Fluke and leader to each with varying lengths and then slide the swivel of the shorter leader up your mainline before tying the other swivel to your main line. Inevitably however, this leads to some pretty nasty line twists and, because the baits are stuck at a fixed distance from one another, you create a situation where a fish will likely pull off in a scenario where two bass eat the baits. With the three-way swivel, you tie your mainline to one ring on the swivel and then two leaders of varying lengths to the others, each with a fluke on the end. This can be done with a three-way swivel, though that presents issues that an alternate way of rigging will solve. If you’re having a hard time drawing a fish’s attention with one Fluke, adding a second will often do the trick. There’s often a plethora of the real deal around so the bass have a lot to choose from and compare your offering to. If one Fluke is good, two Flukes are great, right? Schooling fish can be quite challenging to catch.
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