Fishing on a medium fast spinning rod. I have a feeling my retrieve sucks and the bass seem to agree – i havent gotten any bites at all. Any feedback would be appreciated.
Posted by Beginning_Desk_9897
14 Comments
Vince-Fishes on
Well, we cannot see the lure at allđ€Ł
Ricks3rSt1cks on
For me flukes seems to work in 1 to 5is feet of water the best. It seems like youâre fishing a bit deeper there. That being said your retrieve looks fine. Maybe mix up the cadence (2 pops, 1 pop, then 3 pops etc..)
Agitated_Aerie8406 on
That looks to be a solid retrieve. One of the many available with hard or soft plastic jerkbaits. As long as it is moving, they see it. You just have to figure out which dance they want and give them a few different retrieves until they start hitting it.
slimpickinsfishin on
You should be moving the rod tip about 1/2 the distance your moving it because a small correction to you is a big movement on the fluke and unless fish are fired up it looks unnatural.
Mix in an erratic action not just popping and stopping try walking the dog like you would a top water.
IStealThyPancake on
NGL I was like bro, doesn’t matter how bad it is. Your retrieve isn’t bad enough to have a noose hanging right next to you ready to go depending on what the responses are?!? đ
Luc1d0 on
your too consistent and repetitive, finicky fish wont bite because it doesnt look natural.
I had the same problem the first time I ever tried fluke fishing.
the same twitch – twitch then pause for the same amount of time the entire retrieve.
try
twitch – twitch (long pause – count to 10 outloud)
twitch – twitch – 3-6 second pause – vary it
dart – 3 second pause
then start over.
my rule is you want 3 different twitch or dart actions followed by 3 different pause periods. switch it up.
once I started doing that my catch ratio went way up. I get probably 80% of my bites on the long pause.
Mellow_Yellow_Man on
I usually fish it a little faster, but this will work. Iâd mix up your number of twitches and length of pauses to make the retrieve less rhythmic and mechanical and cycle through pace until you get bit.
DrasticIndifference on
I only fish flukes on baitcasters, and deadstick with my index finger on the line at all times. When I move the bait, itâs only with drawing the rod tip up, and reeling when the tip falls to pick up slack. Finger on the line throughout. Fluke bites are subtle for me, and a spinning rod with tip jerks would make me lose most of my strikes. Not saying change anything if you do catch fish this way, simply sharing a three-decade method of consistent success that I was taught.
CochoFishingGa on
Smaller faster twitches and pause. Be the bait fish. Youâre hurt and dying and want to get the fishes attention. If slow isnât working go a little faster.
What color fluke/brand and lake are you on?
chitownphishead on
Not bad, but very robotic. Vary it up. Twitch up, to the side, bigger, smaller, varying your number of twitches and the length of your pause. I try to picture a dyng shad slowly sinking to the bottom and having the occasional death throws, sometimes even making it all the way to the surface before sinking back down almost to the bottom.
conqueefador69420 on
Cast.
Let sink depending on depth your fishing and cover.
Give it a little slack, and jerk the rod tip down, or to other side, pause.
Jerk jerk jerk, pause, jerk jerk, pause
Rinse and repeat.
Change it up. Let the fish tell you what they want the lure to do.
A fluke is essentially a soft plastic jerk bait.
Good luck!
Low_Density on
âSteverogersoutdoorsâ on YouTube has a bunch of short, great tutorials on different retrieves if youâre interested. With flukes I think the best actions come from jerking the bait on a slack line. So while youâre giving the bait jerks I would not be reeling at the same time. I would just reel to bring in my slack between jerks.
SmileRemarkable8876 on
Nobody here can answer without seeing your bait or the depth. What works one day might not work on another, there isn’t one standard way to fish them in all circumstances.Â
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Well, we cannot see the lure at allđ€Ł
For me flukes seems to work in 1 to 5is feet of water the best. It seems like youâre fishing a bit deeper there. That being said your retrieve looks fine. Maybe mix up the cadence (2 pops, 1 pop, then 3 pops etc..)
That looks to be a solid retrieve. One of the many available with hard or soft plastic jerkbaits. As long as it is moving, they see it. You just have to figure out which dance they want and give them a few different retrieves until they start hitting it.
You should be moving the rod tip about 1/2 the distance your moving it because a small correction to you is a big movement on the fluke and unless fish are fired up it looks unnatural.
Mix in an erratic action not just popping and stopping try walking the dog like you would a top water.
NGL I was like bro, doesn’t matter how bad it is. Your retrieve isn’t bad enough to have a noose hanging right next to you ready to go depending on what the responses are?!? đ
your too consistent and repetitive, finicky fish wont bite because it doesnt look natural.
I had the same problem the first time I ever tried fluke fishing.
the same twitch – twitch then pause for the same amount of time the entire retrieve.
try
twitch – twitch (long pause – count to 10 outloud)
twitch – twitch – 3-6 second pause – vary it
dart – 3 second pause
then start over.
my rule is you want 3 different twitch or dart actions followed by 3 different pause periods. switch it up.
once I started doing that my catch ratio went way up. I get probably 80% of my bites on the long pause.
I usually fish it a little faster, but this will work. Iâd mix up your number of twitches and length of pauses to make the retrieve less rhythmic and mechanical and cycle through pace until you get bit.
I only fish flukes on baitcasters, and deadstick with my index finger on the line at all times. When I move the bait, itâs only with drawing the rod tip up, and reeling when the tip falls to pick up slack. Finger on the line throughout. Fluke bites are subtle for me, and a spinning rod with tip jerks would make me lose most of my strikes. Not saying change anything if you do catch fish this way, simply sharing a three-decade method of consistent success that I was taught.
Smaller faster twitches and pause. Be the bait fish. Youâre hurt and dying and want to get the fishes attention. If slow isnât working go a little faster.
What color fluke/brand and lake are you on?
Not bad, but very robotic. Vary it up. Twitch up, to the side, bigger, smaller, varying your number of twitches and the length of your pause. I try to picture a dyng shad slowly sinking to the bottom and having the occasional death throws, sometimes even making it all the way to the surface before sinking back down almost to the bottom.
Cast.
Let sink depending on depth your fishing and cover.
Give it a little slack, and jerk the rod tip down, or to other side, pause.
Jerk jerk jerk, pause, jerk jerk, pause
Rinse and repeat.
Change it up. Let the fish tell you what they want the lure to do.
A fluke is essentially a soft plastic jerk bait.
Good luck!
âSteverogersoutdoorsâ on YouTube has a bunch of short, great tutorials on different retrieves if youâre interested. With flukes I think the best actions come from jerking the bait on a slack line. So while youâre giving the bait jerks I would not be reeling at the same time. I would just reel to bring in my slack between jerks.
Nobody here can answer without seeing your bait or the depth. What works one day might not work on another, there isn’t one standard way to fish them in all circumstances.Â
Are you catching fish with it?