Weekend Fluke

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Well, as mentioned in my engine woes post, I went fluke fishing Saturday and Sunday off of Misquamicut, RI. On Saturday I took my limit (5) of keepers (20") and my buddy had 4. He brought some newbie with him and his lack of experience showed as he netted ZERO keepers and only a few fish total. I had to show him how to hold the rod properly.

Sunday was a different story.....fishing was awful. draggers are up and down the beach. I lost my net....it sank to the bottom. No net didn't matter much as there were few fish worth netting. The one chance we had to save the day was a solid 24" fluke that we had next to the boat. With no net aI tried several times to grab it but on the 4th try it shook the jog and took off. I nearly cried......so frustrating. Later we developed a technique of using my drift sock to scoop up the fish....in the end, no keepers. The first time I have not brought a single fish home.

Here is a pic of the 2 nicest from Saturday. The biggest was close to 6 lbs.