How To Catch Fluke/Flounder From the Surf (Long Beach Island NJ)  

Good job you guys ! Take it from an old timer surf fishing Sandy Hook and Sea Bright since 1969 , you hit the nail on all points. Thank you.

Got invited to friend's place on LBI next week so this vid is spot on for putting together my kit. Newbie in the surf. Thanks so much Dave and the Boys.

Thanks, finally a how to video for us who just visit now and then. Nice job.

Best Video Ever. Thanks for putting this together. The pace and detail were incredible. Thank you for putting it together.

Very helpful, thank you! Will be watching your catalog of past videos during the off season.

Bayside Dave the LBI Legend...You Rock Dave...

you guys are the best. Thanks so much ..new fisher person here and I've only been catching bass in ponds. Looking to surf fish soon this tutorial was great thank you.

Really nice video boys! I think this was the most comprehensive, detailed and easy-to-follow fishing tutorial I've seen so far on fluke surf fishing. Keep it up and catch em up!🐟🐟🐟🎣🎣🎣

Great video! I'm glad you guys got a little reward there for all your hard work!

I truly appreciate your video. I'm going to try and surf fish for my first time when visiting relatives in NJ. This will certainly help. Sending love from NE PA

For the teaser hook, Mustad 3400-BN. It is non-offset so the Gulp swims straight 👍🏻 Great vid!

This was fanTASTIC! So many videos hone in on a specific aspect. But this is by far the best end-to-end presentation I've run across. This is going to help me immensely. And where you are looks very similar to Plum Island in MA. I love the strategy of traveling light as well. Thanks, guys! You just earned a new subscriber!

Great informative video, you covered everything, thank you so much great job guys

great tool for fluke fishing. i definitely learned some new tricks Thanks

Good video on the surf fish there guys that's the best when you're showing the technique and the fish cooperate

Great tutorial ! 🐟

Yeah bayside Dave . Let’s go. Awesome catch Craig

Great info my friends I would love to get out there and try it!!

You can add a d ring to your surf belt and put the rod through the d ring and hold between your legs. You can get some electrical tape and tape around your rod to mark legal fish length.

Nice job and Thank you both!!!

Good stuff, thanks!

Great Video! Thanks guys !

JBO, Great content! I appreciate you sharing! I subscribed to your channel!

All good stuff guys, nice job.

Awesome video guys.. keep up the good work 👏

Super vid. Thanks guys !

Nice video - and remember they come in on the swing in the suds too, right and left.....

My old stomping grounds in the 70’s ! Caught some 6&7 pounders in the LBI surf ! We didn’t have plastics or gulp baits! The plastic was very stiff ! I got my fish on squid strips on castmasters! Metal spoons like Hopkins worked too !

Great video, fellas!

Great video, JBO.

I personally use a 7 or 8 footer with a hi lo rig and a 1oz sinker and a 3/0-4/0 hook and a 3 inch gulp shrimp and its a solid set up

gulp juice , what is that ? Also, i left a couple fish laying on the sand near the water and in a few minutes they were covered with these tiny insects or creatures of some type

Ty great video, you are very informative 👍 😊

Awesome video.

Great vid guys! Your rod are twice as heavy as I use!!

Great video thanks !

Good stuff thanks dave

Very educational!

Great video

great vid boys

Thank you very much for your time and effort to make such a great video . Now it will be my #1 guide for fluke fishing in NJ shore.👌subscribed.

Great video!

Use vacuum pipe to stick it to the sand, works for me as rod holder

My younger brother wants to get into surf fluke. Asked me my technique and what gear. Sent him this video.

Awesome video

I wanna try that one surf fishing 👌

nice job guys

Maybe a terrible question… but, could all this great advice apply to winter flounder beach fishing as well? Thanks from Massachusetts.

Cooooool baysiiiiiiide again :). Any chance to get your new logo sticker I love it !

As it pertains to the rig clip on the leader line, do you use the 50 or 75 pound rating? Newbie seeking an answer

nice and very useful

So, do you retrieve the chicken rig any differently than the bucktail rig? What do you put on each of the two hooks? What specific type of gulp?

I use the ugly stick bigwater combo medium with 20 lbs braid

No to gulp in a zip lock. Go with a small plastic container. Bags leak and get punctured.

In addition to my comments, I do have one question: does it matter whether the tide is coming in or going out for fluke? Thanks.

I only get 10 shore days a year, and our trip is coming up. The guides on my older surf combo busted last year and I picked up a cheap rod to get through the rest of the trip. I think it’s a 10’ Star rod, not sure the weight/action but it’s much smaller and lighter than the Penn. The Battle reel (6000?) from the combo is way too big for it- major wobble when reeling, so I ordered a Pursuit 3000 reel. (Super-tight budget this year as our flights alone cost considerably more than flights+car rental in years past). I’m hoping the 3000 will be more manageable for the rod, and I can use it as a lighter, more mobile set up for fluke in the suds. I’ll still chunk bunker/clams with the big combo, but I’m kinda tired of catching mostly dogfish and skates all the time and I’m looking to switch things up this year. If it turns out that the reel won’t work, can anyone recommend a budget 7-8’ medium rod that’ll work well (for a high/low rig with say a 1oz weight) and where to get it? I’ve always bought my gear from local shops but sadly, I’ll Walmart or Craigslist it to save the money this year. Any advice is greatly appreciated. Thanks!

Thanks

for that 6/0 hook what size gulp are you using? 5" Mullet?

Nice video. I never surf fished. I would like to try it. Do you need a beach tag to fish LBI?

I’m looking to start fluke fishing, I’m in Asbury park but will be fishing Belmar inlet, beaches and manasquan inlet looking for a fluke rod I own a penn battle 3 3000 already need a good rod for it

Thats what I do, only I may have a tipit of shrimp or cut bait. 🍻

What pack does bayside Dave use?

What's the preferred tide to fluke the beach? ty

You don't need to work up and down the beach. Check the beach at low water and look for the areas of gullies and troughs then fish there when the tide is flooding.

What weight bucktail ? Or weight ? Thanks

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Hi low rigs aren’t necessary and when u lose them they cost a lot of money, typically the fish hit the top ones and u never catch 2 at once. I recommend single jig head nothing above 1/4 ounce, 3/8 works the best especially from shore. And minimize the rig tie straight fluro to braid and light line is the best from shore. A slow twitch retrieve. This is the best shore fishing technique. Save your gear the fish don’t care.

Can you catch these in california?

Anyone here know any good beach location, south jersey shore near forescue beach?

Do not mix elastic soft plastic with gulp , it will destroy them all

Put 'em back

Pros know how to use conventional gear.....more control

Gulp....lol....like fisherman didn't catch Fluke and strippers before Gulp was invented .....two spearing...squid strip...or fluke strip...drag the bottom you'll catch plenty of fish....

You’re wrong about always being able to get parts for Penn reels

No disrespect bud.. but "cast out as far as you can"? No way.. thats wasted time fishing for fluke in the surf.. 99 percent of the time those fluke are right at your feet up to 50 feet out.. otherwise good stuff