After lots of wind and rain, the skies finally cleared, and Wednesday 6/11 was fishable. Fellow member Alan Goracy and I ventured off for a day of Fluke fishing. We left my dock at 5:30 and we were drifting in Double Creek by 6:15.
Unfortunately, the incoming tide brought in lots of weed making fishing all but impossible. We then tried High Bar, and I could not believe my screen until I looked over the side and saw masses of slimy weed as far down as I could see! We then tried the new channel that runs parallel to the dike without a touch – unbelievable.
We moved to Oyster Creek and finally had two decent shorts and added two more shorts near the BI buoy. We then moved to the Rutgers buoy between BB and BI but by then, the wind had totally died. I engaged the trolling motor and almost immediately Alan had an 18″ keeper. Shortly after that, I had an almost 21″ fluke. We continued until my battery was near dead. We caught 12 fish with two keepers. Not the best catching but a welcome day on the water after all this ugly weather.
