Fluke help

[Skipnoid]

I'm new to the salt water ... trying to catch some fluke and having limited sucess around Brenton Reef. Picked up a few keepers drifting fluike rigs w/squid strips in 40-60 feet of water, but the last few trips have been dead. Fishing from a 24' boat docked in Warwick. Any suggestions where to go, time of day, tides, etc to help me get into them would be greatly appreciated. The fishing reports I've read say the fluking is great, so I must be dong something wrong

[Pete_G]

I'm admittedly not a fluke fisherman by any means, but I do talk to a couple of commercial fisherman who target fluke around now most days at the dock.

Despite the postive reports, they aren't too impressed with the fluke fishing either.

[Tony G]

Fluke fishin In NJ seems to be totally dependent on water temps..
South winds bring coler water here an cool down the bite.I would bet it is similar there in RI.When temps drop fish up in the bay on a outgoing for the best bite.they sill gotta eat.when they have the big tourney's someone always gets em.Live bait rules for good fish this time of yr.Snappers, Peanuts, mullet.Hole squid rigged up also,for better fish.

[nofish]

I thought fluke might favor areas with soft bottoms and not rocky structure like the reef?