Wanna blow your mind? Rig the fluke SIDEWAYS! The bait will actually glide on it's side farther than rigging the conventional way and look like a dying bait fish. Also don't throw away your torn up flukes till you try this first! Rig your torn up baits WACKY style with a small circle hook and short twitch it then let it die... You can thank me later 😅

@myronwilborn6561

Жыл бұрын

Going to try this

@brianrodgers409

Жыл бұрын

I do this after I've caught a few and my hole where the point of the hook gets too blowed out.

@MrArcher0

Жыл бұрын

@@brianrodgers409 take a lighter to your torn baits till the start to melt then pinch them with needle nose pliers or a glove to mend the tare. The will work on most but not all soft plastic baits.

@zaneoverfelt4104

Жыл бұрын

That's cool ah I thought I was the only one to ever try this it's definitely not something I do a lot but I was throwing a fluke Texas rigged and my brother was throwing a wacky rig with senkos and I broke off my last hook so I tied a wacky hook on and put a fluke on it just to see if it would work and sure enough I ended up catching 4 bass that way to end my day off it was cool ah and they were samckin it hard ah for some reason

@cyrus7210

11 ай бұрын

I read this about 10min. from launching the kayak. So I tried it.... and buddy you're right. So thanks right now! Gotta go try this action out so I'm gone. Try it out y'all what that fluke does is pretty cool and unpredictable. It looks realistic as can be.

So true! If you hook it straight, it has the best action of any lure out there but if you hook it crooked it just spins, twists up your line and looks dumb. 😄

@Flukemaster

Жыл бұрын

Exactly

I was about to argue with keeping the eye out of the bait...then I remembered I'm talking to the master of flukes 😅

This is great information. I always thought that the Texas rig had the hook come out then back in. Your set up looks so much better

Thanks for the tips pops!! Center of the fluke!!

@Flukemaster

Жыл бұрын

Glad to help

A fluke is very versatile in different ways of fishing it.

It also helps to throw a bass assassin fluke. Zoom flukes are good for trailers and c rigs. Weightless, you can't beat the bass assassin!

Caught tones of bass and my PB speckled trout on a ZOOM Fluke in (white ice) color. I’ll continue to use em !

With the stubble he looks like a happier, fatter Arthur Morgan! 😂 Lenny my boi!!

A straight fluke is a happy fluke.

@Flukemaster

Жыл бұрын

Exactly

I always offset hook it. Same for floating worms and a lot of stuff. Catch more fish with my tips. More action more simulation of a dying fish.

You got me to fishing flukes with an offset round bend hook, instead of an EWG. Years ago watching your channel got me rigging them that way...

Thank you!

I like the traditional way, but I like the banjo style with the fluke also. And sometimes I just reel it in traditional style and tap my rod with my index finger at the same time.

Run the hook down the back with hook point facing down you will increase your hookups

Can't say I've ever tried keeping the hook eye out (from being burried) in the fluke - might have to give it a whirl - a time and a place for everything I typically always use a 3/0 gamagatsu if i want the zoom fluke to stall/suspend/twitch in place & for largemouth thanks to a guide in Texas, keep the staight hook (technically offset like in the video) burried (so much more versatile with any kind lf weeds/sticks/cover)

Use the fluke upside down sometimes. Clear open water weightless on a 5/0 ewg. They smoke it.

Or use better flukes. Use the 6th sense flush---best fluke ive ever used (im not affiliated or sponsored by them) but it has a split fin on top where the hook tip rests, split down underside to go in, and side fins and a sideways fin on tail. The flush does something no other fluke does except maybe the dolive fluke style bait--- that is, as it falls, it stays perfectly horizontal, and it shimmys just like a senko does. So it can be fished where u just let it fall and shimmy, or you can fish it like a soft jerkbait, and when you pause between jerks, it shimmys.

Love your choice of hook! Too many lost fish on a EWG hook

@jerrodmccormick05

5 ай бұрын

If you get a good hook set it doesn’t matter I’ve caught hundreds of fish on a ewg and barley lose any and I only lose them if I get a bad hook set

@ericklemm1652

21 күн бұрын

EWG is great for smallies in open water, for largemouth in cover the ways he's doing it is best (never tried the eye of the hook exposed though)

I love fishing a jighead fluke for stripe and hybrid

You can even let it sink to the bottom and pull it up a few inches and let it set. It's what I call dead sticking

I like going a bit deeper so i can bury my knot in the fluke head. But center is important regardless, especially runniny flouro, mono, or poly. Itll line twist if not rig centered

Great video thanks 😊

Make sure to really set the hook! I would use a hook, with a larger gap for more surface area, for when the fish bites. 🤷🏼‍♂️

Have you tried split rings on the eye of the hook, for even more twitching action? I’ve had great luck with it, and a limetreuse color fluke.

old Bass Assassin setup, awesome

Can someone explain why having the eye out of the bait is better?

Thanks, Go Dawgs!!!!

Use ewg hooks for a wider glide and a faster sink

I stuff the eye in the bait and it gives it's type of action that makes it pop out the water like a feeding bait fish.

@Flukemaster

Жыл бұрын

I get a lot more bites when it's not popping out of the water.

@Snagmaster30lb

Жыл бұрын

@@Flukemaster I mainly do this at ponds.

@nunyaBizznizfoo

Жыл бұрын

I've tried both ways on my donkey rig and my experience is better when flukes stay mid column or bottom. I've had them come up like feeding baitfish and nathan.

@Snagmaster30lb

Жыл бұрын

@@nunyaBizznizfoo I do it when I'm fishing shallow banks.

Great tips

I litterally fish this same bait for so many years. Just caught a 25 inch brown trout in a shit creek with a identical white one. I used to rig mine the same way but eventually switched to the screw in hooks a few years back. Also recently started fishing them deep with weighted hooks and have had success.

@MrArcher0

10 ай бұрын

You ever fish a drop shot rig with a fluke? Tie your hook onto your like but leave an 18+ inch tag line. Pinch two to 3 small split shot to the bottom of the tag line and rig the fluke as normal or on it’s side. Fishing it this way keeps the bait within striking distance off the bottom . And most times if the weights get hung they just pull off the line and you get to keep your rig.

Do you throw it bare? Or a bullet or some weight? Can’t use anything to light where I’m at to much wind.

@MrArcher0

Жыл бұрын

Drop shot if your fishing deep or use a nail weight in the body. But fishing shallow just the hook is all you need.

Thanks for sharing 👍

Thank you sir!!!!

@Flukemaster

Жыл бұрын

Most welcome!

Thank you! What size hook are you using?

@mauricioalvarez7862

19 күн бұрын

I agree I want to know!

What sizi is that hook? Nice

Been doin it wrong for years man Thank you

Hey did you guys get through those tornados and storms ok? I thought ur close to eufaula

Don’t forget to dip it in the color stuff

@Flukemaster

Жыл бұрын

JJ's Magic bro. It's the best

@fishingafterdark

Жыл бұрын

​@@Flukemasterwhat makes JJs better than spike it just wondering whats the big difference.

Do you ever use non-slip loop knot for flukes or crankbaits or is it too much action? Thanks and love your channel

@brycealthoff8092

Жыл бұрын

I’ve done that before and it does work. With crankbaits I always use a loop knot if they don’t have a split ring or a snap. Give it a shot and let the fish tell you wether it’s right or wrong

My first boat was named ‘Fluken Crazy’ the fluke was my favorite bait but I don’t fish much anymore. 😢

@Flukemaster

Ай бұрын

That's cool. Mine was named "The Other Woman" but my wife made me change it. So then it was called "The Office"

I drop the eye right bellow the bait so the hook sits further back and ive had better luck. Its also more weedless and catches less debris from the topwater.

@GCutYT

11 ай бұрын

same I was confused when he said keep it out

Just hook and the fluke no weight??

I'm just the opposite. I like nothing but line coming out of my fluke. Otherwise it'll catch vegetation

The tip of my fluke is always bent and part of the hook is sticking out. Always caught fish with it but it isnt oretty like yours. Nor is it weedless.

I noticed the video cut. Didn’t get it on the first time, eh? That’s ok, most people don’t haha.

Hey, so I was watching this on the water and was curious. Why do you use the swivel? To prevent line twists?

@Flukemaster

3 күн бұрын

That and to give it a little more weight so I can work it faster without it coming to the surface.

Wow a Texas rig

I've thrown pieces of tail and caught monsters on good days. Other days it didn't matter what I did.

I'm a master of the fluke on lake of the Ozarks in July first part of August when it looks like it's raining at night on the lake but it's all small shad same color same hook Texas rigged minus any weights, but I found it better to completely cover the fluke all the way past the knot. FYI I LIVED HERE MY WHOLE LIFE AND I'VE HELPED B.A.S.S. PROS RUN THE TOURNEY HERE

Boy look like Kevin Spacey

Go Dawgs!

What size hooks would you recommend to use on a fluke

@Flukemaster

Жыл бұрын

4/0 Offset Round Bend Hook

I thought that too but just depends on where you are fishing if you are in a lake that's getting fished a lot then yeah id rig it as perfect as you can but I've fished over 100 ponds in kansas and missouri and now I've realized it doesn't matter how ya rig something if you are fishing a pond they will take anything.

Go Dawgs!!!!!

SPOT ON ADVICE!!! From an average fisherman & mistake maker 😆

Thank You so much. I screw that up all the time.

go Dawgs

I'm the real fluke master.

Where was this video at 20 years ago when I was trying to figure this out.?? I would get SO Mad 🤬🤬🤬 rigging these things getting twisted line and cussing. Of course now after rigging thousands of these I can do it perfect where you get the dart left/right with every snap of the line.

I need an explanation on where you buy a full pack of straight flukes! I have had to buy 5-6 packs to make one full pack that weren't all kinked up 😂

@Flukemaster

Жыл бұрын

You should watch this video. kzread.info/dash/bejne/mGZnkshvqqffdbw.html

@shadygraves

11 ай бұрын

Just lay 'em in the sun.

Go DAWGS!!

What does keeping the eye of the hook out of the fluke do? Does that effect the action somehow?

@Flukemaster

Жыл бұрын

If the line is into the fluke it deadens the action a lot.

@ch33kz

Жыл бұрын

@@Flukemaster OK, I'm gonna have to change that, thanks for sharing that video and for the quick response. Love your channel. ✌️

👏👍🙂 ❤

Not named fluke master for no reason

A fluke is a flounder. So, what's your game?

Thank you….I’ll try it an let yano

@Flukemaster

Жыл бұрын

Best of luck!

Do you like an ewg or straight shank better ?

@Flukemaster

Жыл бұрын

Offset Round Bend

@hunterm._.

Жыл бұрын

Thank you mr fluke master! Is there any reason in particular you like one over the other?

@micahhwilliams

2 ай бұрын

@@Flukemasterthis tip has helped me drastically increase my hook:land ratio with a fluke!!! Thank you!! 4/0 offset round bend!!

I’ve caught multiple huge bass with the eye in the hook , sooo don’t know what this dude is talking about

@Flukemaster

11 ай бұрын

You’d have to watch the whole video on my channel to understand why. It’s to achieve a specific action

Thank you so much And Go Dawgs

Just wacky rig it

Been trying to reach you. Did you sale all your spinning rods. I want a med heavy. 7foot or bigger

@Flukemaster

Жыл бұрын

I still have a lot of spinning rods left. I might have one or to Med Heavy ones.

@randallrandolph4977

Жыл бұрын

@@Flukemaster I don’t know how else to hook up with ya

@Flukemaster

Жыл бұрын

Facebook messenger is best.

Crooked 😆

Say is your name Freddy? Austin asking.

Love this bait, same color too, slay them pigs

I have to disagree with going in with the hook at a DOWNWARD angle. Always go straight in with no angle at all. When rigged 'Tex-posed', if you put the hook in at a DOWNWARD angle, the hook point comes out the back at an UPWARD angle, making it more prone to snagging. When you put the hook straight in, the hook point rides perfectly parallel to the fluke's back, making it not only more weedless, but also more natural in the water. I've been throwing flukes since 1988; you're wrong on this one!

Hook it on the side. Better action.

WAR EAGLE

Absolutely, if the hook is crooked, the fish will not bite.

Or just buy hooks with screw locks and boom problem solved

Should i not put these on jigs? Also wish me luck cuz shits hard! 😂

@Flukemaster

Жыл бұрын

Nope. You can do anything with a fluke. This is just the way I do it when covering a lot of water.

and stay away from the damn EWG hooks with flukes!

Way to go Capt. Obvious...😂

@Flukemaster

Жыл бұрын

I'm glad you assume everyone knows this.

They make the hook at an angle because that’s the natural way someone would hook it

@Flukemaster

Жыл бұрын

Some hooks are a little different and need to be hook straight down and then out. For example the EWG.

It’s not that important just go fishing 😂

wrong wrong wrong

Your good I’m just a lil better nice try

Make enough room to stuff your ring inside the lure.. you a rookie g...

I'm sorry, I've absolutely torn up bass on a fluke, regardless of how it's hooked. Collect you click bait views elsewhere. I didn't know this guy was fishing the circuit...🙄🙄

anyone know the weight of the lure? i have basically given up on these artificial lures because jigging is virtually impossible where i live

THERES ABSOLUTELY NO OTHER hook, THAT PERFECTLY HOLDS ANY PLASTIC BAIT, NOR HOLDS ANY PAPERMOUTH FISH BETTER THAN THE TRAPPER TACKLE HOOK…ABSOLUTELY NONE💗💪🏾🎣💯❗️❗️❗️ YOU’RE TEACHING A GREAT LESSON SIR🎣💗💪🏾💯❗️❗️❗️ And Yep❗️ I’m Subbing💗💯❗️

Still waiting on the tip lol

duh