Get the nets ready, a 13-pound doormat fluke was caught by an ocean-going fishermen on Tuesday. The big fluke was the first doormat of the season to be reported to the Asbury Park Press. It was ...

If New Jersey doesn’t bring its summer flounder limits in line with federal regulations, the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission said it may result in a moratorium on fluke fishing. When ...

Fluke fishing is picking up as ocean temperatures rise, with catches reported in the surf, bays, and rivers. Surf fishermen are catching sizable fluke, some weighing 5 to 6 pounds, using Gulp baits ...

New Jersey officials asked a federal commission this week to consider an alternative set of flounder measures, just weeks before the opening of the fluke season. Recreational fishing advocates and ...

Fluke fishing brings back a flood of memories for me. My grandfather’s 1972 tri-hull bowrider was much better suited for water skiing than for fishing, but as a kid, I didn’t understand that or care.

If you’re a saltwater angler living on the Mid-Atlantic Coast through New England, you understand the draw of flounder. Commonly referred to as “fluke” in the Northeast, these flatfish are the most ...

BARNEGAT LIGHT, New Jersey (AP) — Federal fishing regulators say they’ve closed a New Jersey fishery that targets a popular species of flatfish through the end of the year. The National Oceanic and ...