![]() One particular trip comes to mind when dad and I were fishing a tournament on Lake Guntersville. I’ve fished with the original Fluke now for at least 15 years and caught lots of fish with it. This is one of those fun baits to review because I’ve had a ton of time with it. Instead, the Fluke rigged on a scrounger has a nice top-to-bottom flash and sends a shivering quiver down the spine of the bait all the way to the tail that dances with a constant twitch and flick as the bait is reeled. If you go with something like a little paddle tail swimbait instead, the action of the Scrounger head actually fights the action of the paddle tail and you don’t end up with a very effective presentation. This is key when looking for a bait to fish on a Scrounger. That’s where a Fluke is perfect.Ī Fluke is narrow, not too long and doesn’t have much action on its own. ![]() But it takes the right soft plastic to get the most out of a Scrounger. It has a lot of action but intentionally not near as much as a vibrating jig or spinnerbait does. It kind of has a finesse ChatterBait vibe to it. A Scrounger, for those who don’t know, is a jighead with a rubbery bill that rocks back and forth as it’s reeled in on a steady retrieve. ![]() I love to throw a Fluke on a 1/4-ounce Scrounger head. But there are just as many or more things the Fluke can do that the Salty Super Fluke can’t. You can do this with a Fluke, but you’ll need spinning gear and it’s not as effective in my opinion. These traits make these two baits distinctly different.įor instance, I love to fish a Salty Super Fluke rigged weightless and weedless like a floating worm during the spawn. ![]() The original Zoom Fluke is only 4 inches long, has a narrower profile and doesn’t have the split in the belly. The Salty Super Fluke is thicker, with a split in the belly and is 5 1/4 inches long. Nowadays, regardless of the manufacturer of any given soft-plastic jerkbait, people typically refer to it as a Fluke, much like many anglers call all vibrating jigs ChatterBaits.īut the Original Zoom Fluke is a good bit different than its larger cousin, the Salty Super Fluke. The Salty Super Fluke is the bait most anglers think of when they hear the term “Fluke” and the bait that set the standard for a whole genre of soft-plastic fishing lures. The bait I’ve always referred to as a Fluke is the actually the Zoom Salty Super Fluke. ![]()
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