Rate how your 2017 Fluke season has been

[hammer4reel]

Seems many mixed feelings on the current fluke season .

So how would you rate yours .

For me its been a great season. With nice quality fish

Edited August 28, 2017 by hammer4reel

[nmc02]

I fished tbe Raritan, horrible all year. Out front it is ok, IF you find them. I guess to each their own. I would rather catch bluefish...at least they fight. I never saw the fun in fluke fishing.

Edited August 29, 2017 by nmc02

[rocky]

I have yet to fluke fish on my big boat yet this year. The little boat has seen a lot of crabbing though. Hopefully Thursdays weather will be a good day to get out and catch the last of the sea bass and some fluke for all that crab meat stuffing. 

 

PS any intel would be appreciated, I am heading out of SR.

Edited August 28, 2017 by rocky

[JHbowhunter]

I need to get out one last time to have enough body of evidence to accurately comment

[ASFTAX]

I have been down seven or eight times and always seem to get a limit at least but just over finally a week ago got a 25 in but all in all a lot of fish but not many big ones a lot of my friends go to the reef and they have been doing well out there 10 lb Plus

[ASFTAX]

I've been out seven or eight times in Raritan Bay and have managed to get a limit just over the 18-inch mark finally got a 25 in last week some friends of mine have been going out to the refund at Charter and get 8 to 12 lbs pretty regularly

[SPEARFISH]

I have had really good days and really bad days.  Mostly due to the conditions when I get a chance to go.

[Thunderhawk]

I would rate the season overall as Fair.

 

Poor in the first half......hammered at a lot of my "old" spots that typically produced.

 

That sent me into search mode and lead to a Good second half of the season.

 

The silver lining is that I probably wouldn't have found the "new" spots if the first half wasn't Poor.

[vdep217]

I had a decent season. I've noticed guys that are saying bad season won't run to find the fish. They dusty on the sane spots that have produced in the past. Storms change the way under water structure is you need to adapt and mid to find fish. Wich seems most here have

[smittty]

welp dan.....  I guess I could rate mine  but I would probably get you all wet from my tears just thinking about it

[1957Buck]

Gave up Fluke plus Health issues kept me off the Beaches and Shorelines,

Forget about 2 fish on a Head Boat for Only $80 for a 1/2 DAY  

11-year-old Grandson Picked all summer from Jettys at Deal Casino Beach Club. 75% shorts but told me today a 12LB one was taken there. Hand Scale no Photos.  Seems bigger ones working shoreline after Snappers now up to 14"  

The photo is him at Ocean Grove Jettys.

[ithaca10]

Fished Raritan Bay only have had better times.

[hammer4reel]

We did 15 trips in July and August.

 

12-trips we had over a boat limit (ORL)

1 after work trip had 11/15

1 trip just a few keepers

1 trip was a SKUNK

 

Most of our keepers were well over the 18" minimum.

Average fish daily were 20-22"

[Buck154]

My year was fair cause I didn't get out much. Limited out a few trips with a few guys. My biggest this year was 7.5 lb but we won the big fish for Fluke Masters with a 8.3 lber.

[rossbowhunter]

worse ever......