Flounder (fluke) Fishing with bucktails and Berkley Gulp. Underwater view in Long Island Sound. This supplements chapter 11 in my book, Fishing the Bucktail tinyurl.com/Fis...
Absolutely stunning video. What a treat I have to say. After 50 years of fishing (I'm 56) and wondering what exactly is going on below the surface and trying to picture it a million times, here it is. WOW! It alone has taught me so much. Technology is a wonderful thing when used for good. Keep up the incredible work John. That's coming from a former Television producer by the way. (I even produced a fishing show but all the action was on the surface 20 years ago unless you had a diver with a camera and even that was a major project.) - Jeff
This video completely changed my views on flounder fishing. Down here in TX we usually head hook and tail hook a large shrimp, usually with treble hooks. Then practically drag on the bottom for flounder. More often than not I've snag hooked flounder rather than mouth hook. Now I'm going to try this method, I had no idea they would chase their prey.
I love your videos, John! Very instructional for any angler. Bucktails with various trailers are my favorite way to to fish for Stripers and Flounder and with your videos you're able to see how the fish hunts and strikes the bait. Very cool! Keep them coming and keep on fishing!!
John, Great vids! This is the way we fish them on the eastern Shore of MD and VA! These shots re-enforce a tactic we use to miss less fish. When you feel them hit, drop that rod tip and let them chew on it for a few seconds. When the line pulls tight again and they are still there, set the hook. There are a lot of misses in this video. You can see the fish take the lure and chew his way up to the hook. Especially the bigger ones. Very nice quality and thanks for posting it!
Love this stuff. Can't stop watching it. That flounder at the beginning is really gettin' it. He's either the Carl Lewis of flatfish or he hasn't eaten in weeks.
Wow, I'm so surprised at how many times the fish fails to actually eat the bucktail. Got to be something wrong. There wouldn't be any Flounder if they were that poor at catching prey. Wonder if it's size or feel or what? That's the question I come up with. Also thanks for this excellent video. This could not have been easy to capture. Really well done.
I live in NC, I've been using your rig for quite sometime now tipped with live mud minnows and to my amazement this works quite well. A lot of the ol salts down here use the Carolina rig set up. They look at me with that "Damn Yankee" look every time I pull one over the pier rails lol.....Although I have noticed that their rigs bring in the doormats and all of my flounder are undersized so I guess their way you can expect a bigger flounder than with this rig. Anyways, Great videos please keep them coming! Tight lines......
I really enjoy your videos, they are very informative. I do have one suggestion though. If you could do a split screen of the underwater action along with you fishing. That would show rod action and bait presentation together. I think that would be really helpful. Thanks for taking the time to put together these videos. It is nice to have uncommon knowledge so freely shared.
John, fluke bug caught me early this year so I'm reviewing all your excellent videos. If you're taking requests, maybe this year you can try some single jig + 6" gulp grubs and see if you can cull the bigger fish. I've found big mantis shrimp in keeper-size fluke, and esp early season before baitfish forage comes around the big grubs tend to score nice fish for me.
Wow, another great video John, God bless and happy fishing, keep the informative videos coming, I have subscribed, thanks again, by the way, I'm in Texas
I'm not sure why anyone would do that. If you watch my numerous fluke jigging videos, you'll see us hooking up easily by setting the hook as soon as weight is felt. The underwater video shows that if you miss them, they'll just keep coming at it.
Hey John, love your videos...Started vertical jigging with spro bucktails this summer...2 flounders at 4 pounds each off cape may...want to start making my own...any advice on where to get a kit and supplies...I'm addicted now haha
Fantastic book. Neat to see the video work too I'm wondering what your camera rig that was used to film this was, I assume it's a GoPro, but curious about how you rigged it up to film the bait this way. Thanks!
what kind of contraption are you using for the camera. I'm a big flounder fisherman down in south jersey shore and always wanna see this myself. the water has been extremely clear
Great video!!!! I go fishing in long beach island new jersey in a bay and their not that many flounder that bite on my spering and the ones that do are like 12 inches... what would be a good color bucktail and gulp mullet be to get more flounder were theirs not that many?
Hi John Where are you off Long Island fishingI just bought a Hobie PA 14 and hope to get out the next fluke season I am in Long Island near Long Beach in Smithtown Thanks John
Hi John, after 8 years of watching this vid when it first came out I find myself watching it again and trying to learn from it. Can you please share how you set up the camera to capture the video? I would like to do the same to see how my fishing is under the water. Thanks!
I would like to just know how exactly your filming this...I'm assuming your using a go pro but do you just it hanging in the water with a rope or something
so my grandfather taught me how to flounder fish and he always told me once you get a nibble or a bite, to give the line slack, count to 20, then reel in the slack and if you still feel him there set the hook. what would you recommend?
+trayse_jordan If we're taliking summer flounder, AKA fluke, as shown in this video, please watch this and it will answer your question ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-tmaxcwpHCFo.html
wow, i thought flounder would only hit a bait if you dropped it on their nose, i had no idea they would folllow a bait at all, much less for this long! also, im sure plenty surf fishermen will agree how scary it is to wade out into the surf a little then step on a flounder, feel it go crazy, then swim away.
hi John, i have been fishing out of my rec kayak and want to purchase a fishing kayak. i mostly fish n. shore LI bays and sound. what do you suggest as a good all around fishing kayak? thanks
Your videos are awesome. How did you film that? Anyway, I tried some of your tips for fluke. I was in Sandy Hook NJ. Not a darn bite. I ended up getting snappers and called it a day. Please tell me you do not REALLY catch THESE MANY FISH in a row.If so, there must be an abundance of fish in your area; or, you must truly be "the man", especially with all the stripers you get. Thanks for the videos. Although I didn't catch anything, I still think the videos are very helpful. Thumbs up!
