Fluke Fishing Report for May 27 by John Kleban

Posted on May 27, 2013 by VHFC

It looked like it finally would be a nice day so my wife and I headed south in the bay. A neighbor said he heard reports of anglers catching up to 30 Fluke per day. Another neighbor said he tried the middle grounds with no luck, but also heard glowing reports of Fluke south of the Fish factory. The day started out OK, except the creek was at a dead low tide. We needed to stay in the middle of the creek to avoid running aground. The next eye opener was at the middle grounds. The south side of the channel was less then a foot in places. On the return trip we hugged the north side of the channel and there was plenty of water. The next problem was the tide was rising and bringing in cold water (the water temperature was 55.2 to a high of 56). There was no wind till around 11:00AM, but the current was a strong 1+ mile an hour for a very nice drift. The wind was blowing pretty hard around noon, so we left at 12:30 PM. I was high hook with 1 Sand Shark and a 8″ and 17″ Fluke. Diane caught one 20+” fat Fluke (3.1 lbs). At the weight-in station she let the person know that she caught the ONLY keeper. Oh well we have an nice fish dinner

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