One thing that has helped me with the donkey rig is as soon as it hits the water jerk and twitch it real fast for the first 8-10 foot. Make it a topwater and look like they are already getting busted by another fish. Then pause it for 3-4 seconds. Be ready in the pause. Thanks for the videos and keep em coming.
Ive been doing that my last 3 trips with swimjigs and little swimbaits. I figured it out when I threw a bluegill back in and watched a bass instantly turn and destroy it and it made me think lol. Then I realized that's why most fish would swim up to it and follow it down stare at it and then I would start my retrieve and by then they lost interest. There is those random fish that will inhale it on the initial drop but it's rarer for me.
A tip I use is to run a pop rivet through the nose of the fluke (helps it sink a bit faster) and then I run my line through the pop rivet and then I use a treble hook in the belly cavity (bury one barb and then you have an exposed hook on each side). It can be used in open water or cover and has helped me with my hook up percentage.
I have flukes in the garage ,barn,truck,in boxes,on tables,in the bathroom, and the list goes on.Been a fan since they first came out.One of the fish catchiest baits ever made.
@@demonqb9 I use a 4/0 EWG hook, rig it on my jerkbait rod and throw it everywhere. It’s so versatile. Heavy cover, open water, shallow, whatever. I change up the cadence according to what they want that day. It’s a great bait, but I would eliminate a stick worm from your arsenal. There still days where they will only eat that. 🤘🏻🤘🏻
Yeah Tim, I love it when you get excited about a technique that you love, and you’ve got me fired up and toe tapping with this video.😜👍 I love this style, especially in clearer water when you can keep your eye on the darting flukes, they just look so realistic and enticing 😜🎣🙌 Happy Fall In Tennessee 🤩🎣👍
I know it’s a bit OCD but I use lead barbell eyes to weight the head I know I don’t need eyes on the bait it just looks cool . Got a bunch at a fly shop
I gotta say, I love the footage at the end detailing how to work each rig. A lot of the videos in these series for other techniques only discuss the equipment/baits involved.
Donkey rigs FTW! Landed multiple double hookups in the mornings at Lake El Salto as they chased bait in the coves. So much fun! Great tip on the bobber stop on the main line.
Great video Tim, one of my absolute favorite tips from y’all is the screw in CPS with the nose hook, I have adapted it to many other riggings. One tip from me is if you don’t have to Texas rig the flukes…don’t. What I mean is just run a straight shank 3/0 or 4/0 flipping hook that has aa keeper on it and you don’t miss near as many bass.
Thank you for this! Perfect timing! I just tried a pre-rigged option I got from someone, never used it before, and now I know how to adjust next time I'm out, as I can never get the bass to bite when they are chasing the bait fish, which seems to be every night lately.
I just found out last night what you are talking about I was throwing a chatter bait with a chartreuse with Yellow sparkle fluke for a trailer and mind you it was about 9pm texas time and dark with full moon but I caught my first bass on a chatter bait it was awesome. Now I'm going to start throwing the fluke up until winter sets in .love you guys have a blessed week be safe
I love flukes because I can take them and Senkos out on my paddle board with one rod and can can have multiple presentations with the same hook. I usually go ahead and put a wacky rig band on a couple Senkos before I leave the house and I'm set for a few hours of fishing. Both baits work well on braid to floro.
Hilarious that you guys toss this video up today, was absolutely destroying them this last weekend on a fluke, love fishing this time of the year, it's basically setting things to easy mode
@@ehronw7565 in SE Washington things aren't so bad, and depending on what part of Southern Oregon you are in, there are always rivers, and the higher mountain lakes to get to until the ice comes, K Falls reservoir comes to mind as a body of water likely still wet and not frozen, Prineville, Lake Billy Chinook...lots of options
I haven't tried those as they are a couple houra drive from here. I am fairly close to some of the mountain lakes like Lake of the Woods which is one of the few nearby that I can still fish. I just haven't had much experience or luck there yet. This is my first year with a boat so still figuring it out.
@@ehronw7565 Best medicine for that is time on the water, it's not always great, but you'll look back one day and realize that you learned a lot more about fishing for bass (and safe boating) on the days you did it wrong than the days you got it right, I haven't fished Lake of the Woods personally, but I bet that a fluke fished anywhere there is a flat with a drop off to deeper water would get you bit if you followed that drop-off, if there's any live, bright green grass don't pass it up either, otherwise you'll be looking for docks, brush piles, boulders, anything hard that the fish can use to relate to, cover under/next to, and ambush out of.
Another great way to fish the fluke is with small treble hook. With a small piece of plastic tube in the nose and run the line through the tube and the treble will have 1 hook in the bait and 2 hooks out. So when the fish bite, it slides up the line. Great video, thanks guys.
I always double up on the donkey rig during the shad spawn. The fluke works good. However the 10,000 fish Shimmer Shad is phenomenal. The down side is the shimmer shad is expensive and gets destroyed easily. The fluke is more durable for sure.
I definitely think the nose rig helps hook ups with aggressive spotted bass. I do the exact set up y’all do for the nose hook and the only issue I have is that I sling the fluke off even with the centering pin screw lock. Have y’all had this issue and if so have you found anything to help with that or is that just part of it?
I throw em around heavy cover in like 4-10 ft and let em fall like a senko and quick twitch them almost back to the surface on a 8 th oz belly weighted ewg superline.good luck,use min15lb fluoro
How about the swimming fluke do y’all ever use them for fishing above the grass it gives just that long little extra thump to get there attention through the grass???
I like how ppl are acting like these "new ways" to hook flukes isn't just the exact same thing the banjo Minnow was when it came out I haven't heard one mention of these different fluke techniques being similar if not identical to the banjo Minnow depending on weather you use those little screw things or just nose hook em it's literally the same concept I imagine that's why banjo has a patent on those hooks
Any tips for bass fishing with my dad in South Carolina? We use to catch them good now we can’t figure out what they are biting, we fish lakes with not a lot of grass but a lot of trees and things. If you have any tips please tell me.
What is your opinion of the Slug-go? As a kid, probably early 90's my neighbor was a big Bass Fisherman (the only one I knew as a kid), and he would get so pumped over them!!
The guy that taught me how to fish used a pink freaking fluke and would slay em he was the first one I seen toss a donkey rig. Anyone know why a bass eat pink in clear water 💁🏿♂️great vid Tim using a fluke tomorrow
I’ve never caught a fish on a fluke other than drop shotting I think it’s time I start because I’ve seen some people catch huge fish in small ponds I frequent with flukes
? Just an idea for all u tubers but you guys are the sticks......put a camera on a money pole stick it were the seat wld go in back angle it down it be a great unique view of your demonstrations. I dont think drone is feasible yet.....just a thought
hi. my parents own a boat and i was wondering what i should use for baits. my lakes are very deep up to 150 ft and there dirty water and. i havent had a bite since we owned our boat since april this year. and i want catch a bass realy bad id dont care what size it is. i was just wondering what type of baits i shou.d use
and i dont have much money. i dont get money alot. the chatterbait is the only lure ive had a bite with so i was wondering what kind of chatterbait i could use tactical. and what kind of other baits i should use
A great way to back up (or OUTFISH) your Fluke rig in the fall is with a super finesse swimbait. The Bobby Garland Slab Hunt'R Finesse Baitfish 2¼" in Live Minnow or Threadfin Shad color OR Lake Fork Tackle Baby Boot Tail Shad 2¼" in Magic Shad color (notice the SHAD theme?!?!), both fished on a custom ³/¹⁶oz ball head w/a #1 black nickel hook, single strand, 50lb fluoro weedguard, wire-not lead- bait keepers, and ultra-realistic eyes and paint, fished on 6 or 7lb test spinning tackle can be BOMBED 60 yards and dropped UNDER the feeding schoolers, down to where the fat girls lie and eat what the skinny boys kill and let fall to them. It's just a finesse tweak on the ORIGINAL swimbait- the Sassy Shad. Give these tiny CRAPPIE swimbaits a try beside your flukes this fall. This is a Coosa River Spotted bass secret. 🤫 You may just get yourself a hundred bass day!
I swear anytime of year is Tim and Matt's favorite time of year to fish. Ain't nothing wrong with that!
One thing that has helped me with the donkey rig is as soon as it hits the water jerk and twitch it real fast for the first 8-10 foot. Make it a topwater and look like they are already getting busted by another fish. Then pause it for 3-4 seconds. Be ready in the pause. Thanks for the videos and keep em coming.
Ive been doing that my last 3 trips with swimjigs and little swimbaits. I figured it out when I threw a bluegill back in and watched a bass instantly turn and destroy it and it made me think lol. Then I realized that's why most fish would swim up to it and follow it down stare at it and then I would start my retrieve and by then they lost interest. There is those random fish that will inhale it on the initial drop but it's rarer for me.
Caught my first PB on a white chatterbait casting it out and reeling it in as soon as it hit the water.
A tip I use is to run a pop rivet through the nose of the fluke (helps it sink a bit faster) and then I run my line through the pop rivet and then I use a treble hook in the belly cavity (bury one barb and then you have an exposed hook on each side). It can be used in open water or cover and has helped me with my hook up percentage.
I have flukes in the garage ,barn,truck,in boxes,on tables,in the bathroom, and the list goes on.Been a fan since they first came out.One of the fish catchiest baits ever made.
for those times when you want it to fall faster the strike king caffeine shad is heavier
The caffeine Shad is the best fluke I’ve ever used
Always have one ready to go in my yak. This bait has caught me so many fish in both fresh and saltwater.
Flukes are my confidence bait I love a weightless fluke. My favorite is the 6th sense Flush.
Same man. It’s my go to. It can be presented in so many different ways
the flush is money!
@@scottsinclair9525 Heck yeah it catches them all from dinks to tanks
How do you guys like to fish them most, im trying to steer away from senkos all the time just for a change of pace.
@@demonqb9 I use a 4/0 EWG hook, rig it on my jerkbait rod and throw it everywhere. It’s so versatile. Heavy cover, open water, shallow, whatever. I change up the cadence according to what they want that day. It’s a great bait, but I would eliminate a stick worm from your arsenal. There still days where they will only eat that. 🤘🏻🤘🏻
Flukes are great for catching snook and tarpon in Southeast Florida, too.
Yup..catch everything
I would like to see a dale hollow smallmouth trip with you and Matt.
Yes dude I agree
Yeah Tim, I love it when you get excited about a technique that you love, and you’ve got me fired up and toe tapping with this video.😜👍 I love this style, especially in clearer water when you can keep your eye on the darting flukes, they just look so realistic and enticing 😜🎣🙌
Happy Fall In Tennessee 🤩🎣👍
I know it’s a bit OCD but I use lead barbell eyes to weight the head I know I don’t need eyes on the bait it just looks cool . Got a bunch at a fly shop
A fluke is my confidence bait. I always have one tied on.
same
Same. Can be presented in many different ways, year round
Love the donkey rig and the nose hooked fluke. Been fishing these since last week here in TX. Thanks for all the good content. Always good.
I gotta say, I love the footage at the end detailing how to work each rig. A lot of the videos in these series for other techniques only discuss the equipment/baits involved.
How do these guys not have a TV show?
Best fishing channel....bar none.
Donkey rigs FTW! Landed multiple double hookups in the mornings at Lake El Salto as they chased bait in the coves. So much fun! Great tip on the bobber stop on the main line.
Great video Tim, one of my absolute favorite tips from y’all is the screw in CPS with the nose hook, I have adapted it to many other riggings.
One tip from me is if you don’t have to Texas rig the flukes…don’t. What I mean is just run a straight shank 3/0 or 4/0 flipping hook that has aa keeper on it and you don’t miss near as many bass.
Thank you for this! Perfect timing! I just tried a pre-rigged option I got from someone, never used it before, and now I know how to adjust next time I'm out, as I can never get the bass to bite when they are chasing the bait fish, which seems to be every night lately.
I just found out last night what you are talking about I was throwing a chatter bait with a chartreuse with Yellow sparkle fluke for a trailer and mind you it was about 9pm texas time and dark with full moon but I caught my first bass on a chatter bait it was awesome. Now I'm going to start throwing the fluke up until winter sets in .love you guys have a blessed week be safe
Can't believe I've never heard of the donkey rig. I'm definitely trying that next time I'm out!
same! goes to show that theres always something new to learn when it comes to fishing!
That nose hooked fluke is so great. Great video as always brother 👍 👌
Thanks to you Tim I caught my personal best with the fluke in my little pond out here in British Columbia
I love flukes because I can take them and Senkos out on my paddle board with one rod and can can have multiple presentations with the same hook. I usually go ahead and put a wacky rig band on a couple Senkos before I leave the house and I'm set for a few hours of fishing. Both baits work well on braid to floro.
TB: "today we're talking about all things flukes!"
Me: "now you're speaking my language"
Hilarious that you guys toss this video up today, was absolutely destroying them this last weekend on a fluke, love fishing this time of the year, it's basically setting things to easy mode
I'm jealous. Here in Southern Oregon all of our lakes are almost dry by this time of year so our bass fishing is pretty much done until late Spring.
@@ehronw7565 in SE Washington things aren't so bad, and depending on what part of Southern Oregon you are in, there are always rivers, and the higher mountain lakes to get to until the ice comes, K Falls reservoir comes to mind as a body of water likely still wet and not frozen, Prineville, Lake Billy Chinook...lots of options
I haven't tried those as they are a couple houra drive from here. I am fairly close to some of the mountain lakes like Lake of the Woods which is one of the few nearby that I can still fish. I just haven't had much experience or luck there yet. This is my first year with a boat so still figuring it out.
@@ehronw7565 Best medicine for that is time on the water, it's not always great, but you'll look back one day and realize that you learned a lot more about fishing for bass (and safe boating) on the days you did it wrong than the days you got it right, I haven't fished Lake of the Woods personally, but I bet that a fluke fished anywhere there is a flat with a drop off to deeper water would get you bit if you followed that drop-off, if there's any live, bright green grass don't pass it up either, otherwise you'll be looking for docks, brush piles, boulders, anything hard that the fish can use to relate to, cover under/next to, and ambush out of.
You might be right on the fluke. The docks there are great. Unfortunately, there is about 75 yards of 2ft or less water between my boat and the docks.
Just recently started using the Fluke and I have been catching good numbers with it on the Delta. Will be trying some of these tips! Thanks guys!
Excellent presentation! Thanks!!!!
Another great way to fish the fluke is with small treble hook. With a small piece of plastic tube in the nose and run the line through the tube and the treble will have 1 hook in the bait and 2 hooks out. So when the fish bite, it slides up the line. Great video, thanks guys.
I've thought about trying this, what do you use for the tube
@@zacharyallen671 you can use a coffee straw or take the straw off of a WD40 can.
The mag super fluke is the ticket for spring time.
Great timing for this topic.
Honestly this video has given me a few ideas
Love the switch in mindset for that moment after the bite 👌
It’s all about that bait, about that bait 🎶🎼
No trouble
Houston TX is little behind. Still 'summer' here. Cant wait for cooler weather
Gonna try!
Ive been catching them all week on flukes were i live in the northeast. This is perfect timing
Very interesting Tim
Excellent. I keep a Super Fluke tied on 9 months of the year.
Sweet bro thanks for the tips. Makes me wanna get them flukes sitting in the bottom of my bag a try.
Perfect vid for the beginning of fall
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I'll definitely have to give that a shot. It would be incredible to catch to fish at once
Nice video thanks
I fish a drop shot with a small swivel between braid and leader. The donkey rig gives me the idea to add the slider fluke above the drop shot swivel.
I was watching some of your top water videos and I went out yesterday and caught a 5 pounder smallie it was insane
Excellent
Great advice !
I always double up on the donkey rig during the shad spawn. The fluke works good. However the 10,000 fish Shimmer Shad is phenomenal. The down side is the shimmer shad is expensive and gets destroyed easily. The fluke is more durable for sure.
First time first comment!
Welcome to the club!
So sick!
🔥🔥Thank you Tim, I ordered everything and I’m heading out to do it today 👊👍
Never tried a donkey rig!!! Thanks
Awesome video brother ! Very informative as usual which is what keeps me coming back for more. Thank you
Third! But never had much luck on soft plastic jerkbaits. I love hard jerkbaits though.
Very informative video thanks guy
That 2 at one time technique can be helpful for those pro bass fishing tournaments.
Great video have to try this
Looks like a fun technique!
When you work overnight once and get to re up on fluke knowledge before sleep. Don't get to see these right as they are posted too often.
I definitely think the nose rig helps hook ups with aggressive spotted bass. I do the exact set up y’all do for the nose hook and the only issue I have is that I sling the fluke off even with the centering pin screw lock. Have y’all had this issue and if so have you found anything to help with that or is that just part of it?
Nice videos Tim.Thoughts on barrel swivel to avoid line twists ?>
I HAVE FOUND THE NEW DROP DEAD RIG IS AWESOME AS WELL FOR THE FLUKE
Another one 👍🏼
Flukes are staple for me, but I just picked up my first pack of 7” flukes. Anything different about how you fish them?
Nope. Exact same. Just a bigger bait
I throw em around heavy cover in like 4-10 ft and let em fall like a senko and quick twitch them almost back to the surface on a 8 th oz belly weighted ewg superline.good luck,use min15lb fluoro
I've been KILLING the past 3 days. Caught 5 fish ranging from 2.15 (3lbs) all the way to 6.5lbs. ALL FACTS here guys, #FISHTHEFLUKE #TIGHTLINES 😎💪🏾🎣
Donkey Rig is the truth. Just shot a good video on Ky Lake with it. And by shot I mean filming someone else lol
Wow nice tutorial. I would like to ask if this technique the donkey is effective in sea water specially in rocky or choral area?
How about the swimming fluke do y’all ever use them for fishing above the grass it gives just that long little extra thump to get there attention through the grass???
Had evening bite where it was worked really slow, light tics, nothing bit on hard tics.
All bit on slow, light tics.
I like how ppl are acting like these "new ways" to hook flukes isn't just the exact same thing the banjo Minnow was when it came out I haven't heard one mention of these different fluke techniques being similar if not identical to the banjo Minnow depending on weather you use those little screw things or just nose hook em it's literally the same concept I imagine that's why banjo has a patent on those hooks
Slaying pond bass with Weightless Flukes right now.
Any tips for bass fishing with my dad in South Carolina? We use to catch them good now we can’t figure out what they are biting, we fish lakes with not a lot of grass but a lot of trees and things. If you have any tips please tell me.
Can you guys do a how to catch stripers this fall?
Banjo Minnow style
Great Tips! What about weighted Swimbait hooks? I tend to use those quite a bit 👊🏻
Shh!lol..me too
What is your opinion of the Slug-go? As a kid, probably early 90's my neighbor was a big Bass Fisherman (the only one I knew as a kid), and he would get so pumped over them!!
I still love fishing the sluggo they are the OG flukes
Nose hook reminds me of the Banjo minnow
The guy that taught me how to fish used a pink freaking fluke and would slay em he was the first one I seen toss a donkey rig. Anyone know why a bass eat pink in clear water 💁🏿♂️great vid Tim using a fluke tomorrow
Fish are predators, and reaction based. You can throw anything in front of a fish and it will catch if presented the right way, at the given time.
I’ve never caught a fish on a fluke other than drop shotting
I think it’s time I start because I’ve seen some people catch huge fish in small ponds I frequent with flukes
What size center pin do you like to use on a Zoom SuperFluke for the open hook Fluke rig?
This is so sick you guys. Hooking the fluke through the nose just like a live bait, that shit is cool. Love all the techniques of using flukes
My always go to👊💪🇺🇸
? Just an idea for all u tubers but you guys are the sticks......put a camera on a money pole stick it were the seat wld go in back angle it down it be a great unique view of your demonstrations. I dont think drone is feasible yet.....just a thought
hi. my parents own a boat and i was wondering what i should use for baits. my lakes are very deep up to 150 ft and there dirty water and. i havent had a bite since we owned our boat since april this year. and i want catch a bass realy bad id dont care what size it is. i was just wondering what type of baits i shou.d use
What knot would you recommend to tie to the swivels on the donkey rig?
Do the nose hooked donkey rigs get tangled much???
and i dont have much money. i dont get money alot. the chatterbait is the only lure ive had a bite with so i was wondering what kind of chatterbait i could use tactical. and what kind of other baits i should use
do you use same size line on spinning as casting for donkey rig?
I thought a fluke was every time i catch a fish.
It was 102 degrees in Texas today. What’s Fall?
Castaic Lures, the Jerky-J in green shad 3" size, rig it with a 1/0 ewg hook and prepare to outfish everyone😉🤫
Tim, how long is your 10lb mono leader for Texas rigging?
What’s everyone’s technique to straightening baits that got bent up in pack
Cool
Donkey rig needs a better name. I do have the most fun with flukes though. Thanks Tim.
First time you guys showed us this it was double fluke rig aaand Matt caught 2 fish on it. 🤔😁
man do creeks ever get any love, its always lakes, ponds all that
Great. Now flukes will sell out EVERYWHERE!
Wonder if this works on rivers?
Of course it would
What colors for each body of water
All depends on the forage your lake has
Money 🔥
A great way to back up (or OUTFISH) your Fluke rig in the fall is with a super finesse swimbait. The Bobby Garland Slab Hunt'R Finesse Baitfish 2¼" in Live Minnow or Threadfin Shad color OR Lake Fork Tackle Baby Boot Tail Shad 2¼" in Magic Shad color (notice the SHAD theme?!?!), both fished on a custom ³/¹⁶oz ball head w/a #1 black nickel hook, single strand, 50lb fluoro weedguard, wire-not lead- bait keepers, and ultra-realistic eyes and paint, fished on 6 or 7lb test spinning tackle can be BOMBED 60 yards and dropped UNDER the feeding schoolers, down to where the fat girls lie and eat what the skinny boys kill and let fall to them. It's just a finesse tweak on the ORIGINAL swimbait- the Sassy Shad. Give these tiny CRAPPIE swimbaits a try beside your flukes this fall. This is a Coosa River Spotted bass secret. 🤫 You may just get yourself a hundred bass day!
Arizona hasn’t even started yet😂 not until it dips below 90 in January lol! That place ain’t worth a damn for fishing anytime of the year honestly.