Fluke
AdvancedIntermediateFresh & salt
A flat-sided soft plastic jerk shad rigged weedless on a wide-gap hook with no added weight, darting erratically side to side on a twitch-pause retrieve. A saltwater striper and inshore staple that also does serious work on freshwater bass.
Profile
- Depth: 3/10
- Speed: 5/10
- Murky Water: 4/10
- Snag Resist.: 7/10
- Castability: 6/10
- Noise: 2/10
Conditions
RetrieveSteady
DepthSurface
WaterAny
CoverLight Cover
Works well for
Recommended Knots
Technique tips
- Twitch it sharply and pause — the erratic dart-and-glide on the fall is what triggers reaction strikes.
- Rig it weedless through grass edges and structure — the wide-gap hook shrugs off light cover without a weight to drag it down.
- Fish it just under the surface over bait schools — its baitfish profile shines when fish are keyed on shad or sand eels up top.
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