This Bait Catches ALL the Fluke - Hard Jerkbaits for Flounder Fishing in the Surf!

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[@CookingandFishing]

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[@glennplomchok5125]

Really cool...will be doing some of this next time out!

[@thelinecook]

Hey Roger awesome video! I caught a decent keeper on a jerkbait on my last trip, It was so much fun! Also some schoolie bass on it as well. I’m testing a few baits out. I can’t wait to see what this season has to offer though. Keep up the great work!!

[@thegoods2240]

I've caught a million fluke from the beach, but always on bucktails or tins. This is a fantastic idea, weeds permitting!

[@CookingandFishing]

It's surprisingly weedless if you can work it with the current!

[@livenhfree]

Thank you for this. Very informative. Got a nice clean drop-off there. Does the tide matter? Vanford is nice. I have a Stradic which I'm quite happy with.

[@petes.elitefishing]

Great vid ordering mine now Nj shore fishing is what I do

[@CookingandFishing]

Excellent - good luck with it!

[@fishyfishyfreak]

@CookingandFishing when you use the jerkbait for fluke, do you ever catch bluefish? I recently tried these methods and caught a ton of bluefish as well as fluke. Do the hooks you use stand up to the bluefish? If not, what hooks would you recommend. I was using a megabass vision 110. I kept the stock hooks since they held to smallmouth bass in freshwater. The bluefish destroyed them though...

[@dayamanimahesh6633]

This is insane !!! It’s an art to trick a fish like that and you got that Roger! Keep surprising us with more stuff like this 🙏🏻

[@CookingandFishing]

Thanks Daya! More to come :)

[@rapodomillions]

Hey the link is broken for the Diawa tatula rod. Which one is it?

[@martinsmith2786]

I really appreciate the brevity of your videos. Others should emulate!

[@CookingandFishing]

Haha thank you...I try to make things flow - sometimes I actually succeed :)

[@joshgordon2484]

I cant find a lure named 78DD. Whats the name of the lure youre using, please?

[@miguelesp21]

Thanks for the video, very informative. Have you ever thrown bigger jerks like the kanata? I’m not sure if it’s the case with fluke but bigger baits usually produce bigger fish. Thanks

[@CookingandFishing]

It's not really the case for jerkbaits - I've thrown the Kanata a bunch in freshwater and I've caught fish but not really any size. For me, the drawing power of a jerkbait is 90% its action - that sharp cutting darting action, and I can't make the Kanata do any of it...it's a sluggish "pull bait," it doesn't want to stop on a dime, maybe if I fished gizzard shad fisheries I would throw it more but my biggest JB smallies and largemouths come on 110 and smaller sizes, baits that I can work perfectly with M-ML gear. With fluke I've found exactly the same thing - the crisper, livelier the action, the bigger bites I can generate...with a jerkbait, anyway.

[@dkusmc1]

Very informative video with the hard bait! Roger, I like your plier to remove those sharp hooks with an angle. Where can I get one??

[@CookingandFishing]

Rapala mag spring pliers - amzn.to/42PZ9pg - they work well, not the most precise jaws but like you said the angle makes them easy to use.

[@NikolasMarshall]

Awsome vid roger! Ill have to give the jerk air a try at some point. Also, is this footage from last year or this year? The water up front is probably freezing cold and I wouldn’t expect you to be targeting the surf this early.

[@CookingandFishing]

Thanks Nik! Archival footage but you'd be surprised...this year is warming up fast!

[@metranor]

Hi, Roger! Thank you for such an informative content! Can you explain why the most of your fluke sessions with jerkbaits you are using spinning reel instead of baitcaster? Is there any significant pros or it's just the matter of preference?

[@CookingandFishing]

On balance I probably end up using the baitcaster more for JB fluke, but out front...there are a couple reasons spinning gear gets the nod - more than half the cast is working the JB shallow, with upwards pops of the rod tip, and for that I find spinning gear gives me greater control over the action. The pointer 78DD which I prefer in the surf doesn't have a weight transfer, and with wind I find better casting distance with spinning gear. More chances of salt/sand spray out front and spinning reels are more forgiving to the odd grain of sand than baitcasting reels are. And finally my Steez 76MML AGS is just perfect for that Pointer 78 size jerkbaits, and it's fun to use.

[@vlcheish]

Do you find any difference on using this technique in the spring vs summer? In other words are the fluke more receptive to this in the summer vs spring..etc?

[@CookingandFishing]

Colder water = smaller strike zones, so you gotta get the bait within a foot or 2 of the bottom early season. Once the water is over 70F...they will come a long ways off the bottom to hit these jerkbaits - as long as you have the clarity.

[@williamwalker5326]

what is the hook clip on the rod shaft? I need a few.

[@CookingandFishing]

Fuji EZ Keeper

[@truthsower4560]

How's the Decoy Snap compared to the Tactical Angler's snap? Does it provide a good of an action to the lure as the Tactical Angle's snap?

[@CookingandFishing]

Same action, more secure. I've been playing around with the BKK fast snap - so far pretty impressed.

[@jonpflueger7214]

Reading your water, it looks relatively deeper water until the lip. I’m guessing northern NJ. I fish Cape May county,(not spot burning) where the beaches are much shallower. Very hard to find those conditions out front that far south. Suggestions?

[@CookingandFishing]

If you're looking to throw a jerkbait on the flatter southern beaches - try the regular Pointer 78, or any shallow diving jerkbait, and tune them to different float rates to find what works best for your depth/bottom contours. I've found that a slightly steeper diving angle + a slightly faster float rate = the most efficient way to cover the water column from land. From kayak/boat I would want a bait that suspends, since I'm working shallow to deep.

[@jonpflueger7214]

Thank you for responding.

[@dangareau]

@@CookingandFishing What about the Lucky Craft Wander 95? In Atlantic and Cape May counties

[@CookingandFishing]

@@dangareau nah just use the single jig in that case - baits like the wanderer/Duo Axcion the heavy sinking pencils don't do much for me, and I've tried a bunch.

[@glenthomasrealtor6223]

Awesome video, what lure are you using?

[@CookingandFishing]

I say it in the video and the specific baits are also linked in the description.

[@tonygruber]

When you say slowly float at the 1:43 second in the video. Is that a sink rate that you are referring to. Sinking rate of 4 to 6 inches per second?

[@CookingandFishing]

No, the float rate - you don't want these jerkbaits to sink.

[@tonygruber]

@@CookingandFishing Oh. After listening to another of your videos I had an "Ahh Hahh" moment. You don't want the jerkbait to float back to the surface too fast. You want to keep it in the strike zone longer. And you control that by changing out the hooks and the split rings?

[@CookingandFishing]

@@tonygruber Pretty much, you can also add weight with little clips but you can only lighten a bait so much by downsizing rings/hooks. Each bait has to be tuned individually if you care about these details.

[@ParkerChen86]

What type of hook and size you are using on the jerkbait? And is it an inline? And is there a split ring on it? I am interested in tryinf this jerbait. Your single jighead technique was a killer been using it for years now. Looking to try out this jerkbait.

[@CookingandFishing]

I have everything listed in the description - mostly Owner inline singles #2, but I will hang a belly treble if they're slapping at the bait - I've tested a few and the one I keep going back to is the gammy SP MH #6 or #7.

[@vsonic86]

I am super glad to see you. And thank you for sharing your knowledge about flounder. Is it possible to catch winter flounder using lure? If so, can you do one video? I also recently just got into jerk bait. Bought Megabass ito 110 for $26 ended up having fish straight the hooks and broke the lip of the lure. If you have to change the hooks on Megabass 110, 110 SW, and 110 lbo sw, what hook size should you replace so that it can sustain on saltwater without having to kill the lure action?

[@CookingandFishing]

Winter flounder is tough bc they have tiny mouths and they feed mostly on worms etc...I have caught them on gulp and keitech, but that's more of a "fluke" lol. On the Vision 110s you need to swap out all the trebles for Owner inline Singles - #1s, and #2 Decoy or Owner split rings. For what it's worth...I have over 25 110s and thankfully there are better jerkbaits for fluke, so I can save them for freshwater bass fishing.

[@vsonic86]

@@CookingandFishing you think there are better jerk than Megabass?

[@CookingandFishing]

@@vsonic86 There are hundreds of different jerkbaits on the market, it depends on so many factors but in freshwater it can vary from lake to lake - at one of my reservoirs the smallies murder the 110 jr +1 early after ice out, then really prefer the Duo 120 later in the prespawn. For fluke I've found the LC 78 DD to be the perfect action and size for out front, and other baits like the Zipbaits Kaira 80 to do exceptionally well in deeper bayside water...when I want a 110 sized JB the Jackall Rerange and Duo 120 has killed it for me. The MB 110? Not so much. But if you already have a few change the hooks to the Owner #1 singles and throw them - they catch fluke for sure.

[@vsonic86]

@@CookingandFishing does switching from a tremble hook to a inline hooks decrease chance to hook up?

[@CookingandFishing]

@@vsonic86 Not on baits with 3 hook hangers - I caught all these fish on inline singles - kzbin.info/www/bejne/roK1hYqZpbJmb7s kzbin.info/www/bejne/m6HQq3-chpitqqs

[@totalnoobfishing1753]

Which rod did you use for this outing?

[@CookingandFishing]

My 7'6 Steez MML AGS - but any of the 7'2 - 7'6M - ML rods I linked in the description will do. On the open beach I prefer a spinning setup, in the back bays/freshwater I'm throwing a jerkbait on baitcasting gear.

[@richieg8432]

As far as that YGK braid 22lb..do you know what diameter is in mm?

[@CookingandFishing]

Nope - I'm sure it's listed somewhere. I vaguely remember it being very similar dia to 8lb J braid x8.

[@dbax6800]

What part of the country do you do your fishing videos I am in NW Florida

[@CookingandFishing]

NE

[@dbax6800]

Ok, thanks for the reply. I have a lot of hard jerk baits. Have never used or caught flounder on one.I live on the Gulf Coast side west Florida .you really know your stuff .I'm not sure if your methods would work here in the much warmer and shallower waters. What do you think next to I go? I will give it a try.

[@CookingandFishing]

@@dbax6800 Pick a JB that will run between 6" and 5ft off the bottom, if there are flounder around you'll find one to eat it imo

[@dbax6800]

Ok, thanks. will give it a try. water clear any advice on a certain color that generally works best for clear water

[@CookingandFishing]

@@dbax6800 Full sun and chop - chromey/flashy colors, full sun and calm - translucent colors, low light/cloud cover - solid/opaque colors. That's if I had to choose. Most of the time fluke aren't that picky.

[@88jbc]

Did you bought the vanquish yet? Lol

[@CookingandFishing]

Not yet but soon - honestly if you see the model you want in stock you should grab it!

[@88jbc]

@Cooking and Fishing Yeah, luckily I got the chance to grabbed the 3000 xg before they were sold out. It's a pretty sweet reel so far.

[@CookingandFishing]

@@88jbc Yeah I suspect I will like it even more than my Stella - but hopefully I'll find out soon

[@YAYOSKAYAK]

I realize the clips do weigh down the jerk baits a bit causing it to suspend with the face down and not parallel. I still need more practice at this 👍🏽

[@CookingandFishing]

The clip takes the place of the split ring, which I remove. They are designed to suspend head down - that's how they reach and maintain depth quickly. Some shallower diving JBs will suspend flat, but I generally prefer a head down posture regardless.

[@YAYOSKAYAK]

@@CookingandFishing I looked at the ones you posted on the link. I was using the thick clips normally for Stripers poppers 😆. I have to switch it with small clips.

[@fishin4life]

I don’t approve of that measuring apparatus sir lol

[@fishin4life]

Ok the last one qualifies haha

[@CookingandFishing]

@@fishin4life 🤣

[@gregchilders7643]

I prefer to throw the jerkbait when the bluefish show up cause you will go through alot of gulp baits

[@CookingandFishing]

I'd rather go through gulp than $20+ jerkbaits lol

[@gregchilders7643]

@@CookingandFishing I hear ya I should have mentioned that I use cheaper (generic)jerkbaits in that situation. I have a good supply of the now discontinued megabait jerkbaits that I refuse to use if there are bluefish around

[@atomicanon]

Ur ruining the area ur fishing...the crowds for fluke suck now

[@MichaelP0418]

There are tons of shore lines to fish from for fluke. Not really sure why you feel this way

[@CookingandFishing]

@@MichaelP0418 It's not a completely unreasonable sentiment - there's an inherent conflict with posting videos...any video. All I can say is I try my best to protect the spots I fish, never naming the location and generally leaving out recognizable landmarks. For the most part people who can tell where I am are people already fishing those areas.