[ThomCat]

Originally Posted by toonoc

Where's the Flukemeister???

No affiliation, but I like the off-the-shelf Thom Cat fluke rigs, good hardware and line, well made. Favorite is the glow-baby squid skirt with squid or mummie or belly strip, and a 2-3-4 ounce bucktail or marios jig with squid, or just a bank sinker, off the 3-way swivel.

Thanks for the endorsement, toonoc, them things been the last meal of a pretty good number of "Mud Marlin." These fish have the temperment of a bluefish, a flat bluefish. They will eat anything they can get their jaws around. I've caught them on all the baits mentioned above as well as eels, plugs, chunks, worms and crabs. I don't think flouro is necessary as you could use telephone wire and it wouldn't disuade a hungry fluke. Color and flash are definately a factor though, as these fish are sight feeders. Bigger baits will absolutely catch bigger fish. There is a sequence in Mike Laptew's "Stripers Gone Wild" that will give you an idea of their explosiveness. Any other questions on gear or whatever, you can contact me at thomcatfluke.net