Bucktailwillie

A beautiful morning it was today BUT fish did not want to cooperate. Went right to where I had then yesterday in the rain and it was Slowww. Picked up 3 shorts but nothing legal. Tried several other spots and managed 1 more short. they would pick bait up but spit it out.they are probably waiting for me to leave. On way home made a stop thinking there might be a weakfish around and low and behold I landed a 19″er. Probably would have put me on top of the board for annual tourney but this sweetheart was full of eggs so stuck a tag in her and let her go,Made a couple more passes but nothing elese so called it a day

 Will be back on the water with reports 5/24 and Fluke SEMINIAR IS Sat 26th  9am   Whale Creek Marina .Fish will probably bite good once I leave so go get them them

It was ugly this morning, got to dock and decided to go back for another cup of coffee. Returned to dock,tide was perfect for what I wanted to do but rain all around. Decided I wouldn’t melt in rain and took off.Plan was to work a little gully in the bay. Only 3-4 ft deep but last year it was hot in May. Got to the spot and it is pouring down rain and wind is howling right off the ocean making it tough to stay in the gully. First drift picked up a 19″er  than 4 of 17″ followed by another of 18″  than 4 more shorts of 16-17″. By now I’m soaked and tide dropping so I had to get out of that spot. But it was a good couple of hours. This is an area that you can only get to on high tide but it is a productive spot and even on weekends there never is any company.  The scented pork rind was still producing along with the green  swimming minnow on 3/8 oz bucktail.

I hope to fish tomorrow and than I will be off the water for 7 days ,expect to be back 5/24 . There are plenty of nice fluke to be caught but you may have to experiment with colors and areas . The fluke seem to be moving around on the tides

BUCKTAIL WILLIE will be putting on a Fluke Seminar  again this year at  WHALE CREEK MARINA  9AM  Sat May 26th.. Seminar will cover in-shore fluke fishing , baits, lures,  rig combinations , colors, what to look for in locations. Whale Marina web site should have details  —–Whale Creek Marina.Com

left dock in a little off and on drizzle but light winds , made a couple of passes for bass but saw nothing caught nothing so headed to fluke grounds , 3 long drifts I had 8 fluke but nothing legal than nothing.Made another move and picked up 2 more shorts. Scented pork rind on a new penny Gulp shrimp was doing the job. first day I didn’t catch any on the chartreuse .You couldn’t ask for a better drift but fish just were not interested.  Worked the tide all the way down and start of incoming .  Looks like some weather moving in

Left dock before daybreak and a beautiful  day break it was .Decided to go right to Fluke grounds before the crowd and maanged to pick up 4 shorts than nothing . The crowd was arriving so left on a scouting mission and managed to find 4 more shorts and 1- 18″er  before calling it a day. Fluke really haven’t spread out much but fluke grounds are getting fished hard but with the wind coming up could be tricky out there

Chratruese swimming minnow and scented pork rind was doing the trick

Left dock around 5:30 this morning with a plan to hit a couple of Weakfish holes but found no one home,switched to fluke and it was a tough bite. Bait was getting picked up but spit out.Managed to get 4 fluke and all shorts. Bottom of the tide I looked around for bass,they also were missing.Seems like cold front that came through has given everything lock jaw.. I would not be surprised to hear of a bite on top of the tide  in the bright sun if wind isn’t too strong but I called it a day

Left dock this morning around 5:30 in a little rain but I could see it was about to stop and clear. However once clear the wind was going to come up. Decided to try a couple of spots for trout but nothing so switched to fluke. bite was slow ,probably due to all the rain we had yesterday and last night but did manage to get 7 including 1-20″ before wind came up with incoming tide making a decent drift almost impossible. With wind building I headed home and back at dock by 8:15. Wind will blow today as front goes through but should clean water up and hopefully wind will lie down by morning. 

Hot bait this morning was a scented pork rind in combination with a new penny Gulp shrimp

Another miserable morning on the water,wind died down a little but still 15mph plus with a steady rain.Left dock in d own pour looking for bass on first of incoming tide with no success. Headed to fluke grounds where wind against the tide made drifting almost impossible. Managed to pick up 3 short fluke all caught on a scented pork rind.I am now soaked and decided to call it a morning and headed home

 Tomorrow looks worse, dry but winds forecasted 25-30mph so doubt if I will get out

When I go to dock today wind was howling 15-20mph on dead low tide. Had a strong feeling once tide started in wind would get stronger so turn on weather station.forecast ws 20-25 mph with higher gust. Thought maybe I could hit a couple of close in spots for bass on start of tide. NOT TO BE -wind just wouldn’t allow you to fish so called it a day.

Tomorrow looks worse

Today was on of those days where sun rose and moon set within 30 minutes of each and usually with clear skies a beautiful site but sunrise only lasted about 1o minutes and clouds rolled in, Fishing was SLOW , real slow ,tried for bass burnt some gas looking without success,Headed to fluke grounds but there was no bite. Another real high tide last night from the super moon and the fluke are probably full with bait . Once tide started to roll out I pick up 3 shorts than nothing so headed home making one more stop where I managed to pick up a 22″ fluke and than headed to dock,

Weather outlook for next couple of days is not all that promising so we shall just wait and see, for sure we have to get away from these high tides before there will be a good bite

The 2nd day of fluke season was an ugly morning,with a stiff easterly wind pushing in the tide hard. Zach was with me and after a few close in stops headed across the bay where we found the drift much too fast. Picked up 2 short fluke and it was uncomfortable fishing so we headed home making one more unsuccessful stop on way in. As long as wind is easterly fluke fishing will be tough in my area  but we shall see what tomorrow brings