Few saltwater fishermen think about colors as much as fluke fishermen. With a myriad of colors to choose from, here’s where to start with picking out your rig and jig colors for a day of fluke fishing.
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Chartreuse: Eye-catching chartreuse is a great color on cloudy days or in stained water, outproducing natural shades when water visibility is low.
White/Pearl: From the 4-foot backwater flats to ocean reefs 100 feet down, white is a close match to a wide range of fluke forage, making it a good starting point for most fluke trips.
Glow: In stained water after a storm or big blow, a glow-in-the-dark color can still grab a fluke’s attention in tough conditions.
Green/Olive: A sand-eel-imitating shade can work very well over natural structure in deeper water, especially off Rhode Island and Cape Cod, where flatfish key in on these slender baitfish.
Pink/Pink Shine: In deeper water, where fluke regularly feed on squid, pink is a must-have color. A contrasting color combination of a white bucktail with a pink trailer is a deadly deep-water fluke combo from New Jersey to Nantucket Shoals.
Weirdest Color You Can Find: Above all, don’t forget to experiment! Some days, an off-the-wall color like blue or orange might be the top producer.
Doormat fluke are opportunistic feeders and regularly eat sea robins, black sea bass, and a wide variety of crabs and crustaceans. Matching some of these lesser-known forage species could be the key to the biggest fluke of the day.
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