DOCK SKIPPING -ZONA SHOW DIRT Episode #18

[@JoseMartinez-dq4km]

Show dirt great series great channel great fisherman

[@ram_bam]

Mark, you are easily among my favorite fishing personalities. You have such a gregarious nature, and never fail to make me laugh. We're lucky to have ya!

[@user-ln9fd7be5p]

I’m liking the short tip vids. Keep them coming and I’ll watch them all.

[@MarkZonaFishing]

Thanks! Will do!

[@NellysfishingAdventures]

Mark dropping Fire over here 🔥

[@basskirkster]

We have boxes filled with 3 hook worms in all sorts of colors. They are called Chuck's Worms around the Northern Illinois area. A bunch of us would buy them by the dozens when we fished Kentucky Lake and Northern Wisconsin lakes. Bass, crappie and big bluegill will eat them up. Taught my daughters and son-in-law bass fishing with them. Great lures for sure. Love your shows and your always upbeat attitude about bass fishing :)

[@yoloomis]

Go clockwise....... BRILLIANT!!! Thanks

[@johnoglesby3419]

Mark, Great video i have been fortunate enough to enjoy a tourneyment day with you skipping docks. You still got it! Thanks Z keep um coming..

[@johnpetrea]

Thank You very much for the tips... Enjoy your show n videos

[@MarkZonaFishing]

Glad you like them!

[@joebee1459]

Favorite way to catch em, crackin em on a jig!

[@juststatinfactssv4989]

Give Seaweed some love for me. Awesome job on live last couple weeks, Tommy is really great at his job, you too. Always a good TIME .

[@mikegardiner3934]

Loved the story bout your dad giving you a great lesson. Made me lol. Somehow I just missed this Dirt vid. Shame on me!

[@keithwalker1780]

I don't go on the water without hitting some docks. It doesn't matter the time of year or the temperature I'm working some docks. Great video Z.

[@bryanventura157]

Zona grate show all the shows are the best.DIRT for all. Do a show on flourocarbon line.

[@andrewpiper4693]

Great show dirt Mark... always enjoy listening to your tips and tricks very informative..

[@MarkZonaFishing]

Thanks 👍

[@taylormarcel]

Love it mark!!!!! Keeep iitttttt uppppppp. 🔥 🔥 my dream to meet you some day 🙏

[@chadcrawford5490]

Love Show Dirt!

[@lucky7965]

Great tip regarding how smooth the cast should be.

[@charlessheid8362]

Z! i look forward to your vids every freakin' week! Lets hear some more of your naughty lil' tricks on how to pick up a few more hawgs on the ol' blade bait come late fall and winter. Maybe even breakdown how you go about pre-fishing for different types of tournaments. Keep it up sir and keep cracking there heads!

[@ryno5904]

You had me at Plow Junky. I always used the K & E Bass Stopper, purple with a fire tail. Caught so many bass on that thing. Love the “dirt”. Skipping is a must in your arsenal. If your fishing mangroves in Florida and you can’t skip you ain’t catching no Snook!

[@steventaylor5086]

Awesome tips Z. From The Vacuum, KY.

[@187bootleg]

Loved it!

[@micropterus5868]

Great video Z! I would love to see a Michigan smallmouth show filmed on a river of your choice!

[@west777s]

Love the show dirt Z!! Keep them coming please!

[@ermannodangelo1062]

Awesome video.

[@joevacanti6042]

Z, Love Show dirt. How about breaking down a new lake for Smallies. Like maybe St Lawrence River and maybe the lake.

[@andrewzellar777]

Epic video! You are a legend bro!! Love the videos man. Keep turning them out!

[@ryankuiper4544]

Love this video and one of the videos I learned the most from. Maybe do a show dirt on night time bass fishing for night tournaments.

[@jakerober1533]

Red eye shads, squarebills, deep cranking for northern largemouth. Love the dirt Z! I have been fishing the alpena area for years and been smashing them. A little tough right now because all the hot weather. Which most times doesnt go well with great lakes smallmouth. But spring was phenomenal and looking forward to getting some this fall!

[@joelarosee8355]

Love your tips and energy brother... Such a resource for any bass fisherman! If you are ever in the NW, you have to fish the Potholes Reservoir in Wa State.

[@josephanthony2855]

Skippin it 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@zgambler1]

dude you rock

[@HBeretta]

killed it!

[@tyiazzetto4454]

Daiwa tatula sv tw or the new tw103 are great for skipping!

[@erichildreth7562]

Hey great video and thanks for all of the tips on this! Your videos are really great and I always learn something new whenever I watch these!! Thank you Z!!! I bought some seaguar braid (gray) and it is great!!

[@MarkZonaFishing]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@dickiehoskins9835]

Great video man. I'm still trying to learn how to skip with a baitcast

[@JoeNajorFishing]

Bird’s nest! Every Time!

[@jessehirsch8666]

Docks and drops, the Michigan way!

[@williamrice4338]

Thank you so much for that video I am new at this thank you for the tip man

[@MarkZonaFishing]

Glad I could help

[@charlielanham3299]

Hey can you do a video of a side by side your bait underwater and how your working it above water so we can see what it looks like

[@bryonmullaney2832]

I’ve been skipping docks for yeeeeears and never thought about coming up on the dock to skip it depending on my hand cause I’m usually gauging current. Great thought cause they’re either there or they aren’t regardless of current...... thanks Z

[@victorsimonsen921]

my favorite was a sure hit pre rigged worm

[@davebernath802]

Great show dirt, show idea how to fish lake erie and st clair off shore.

[@ChipCooper87]

Hey Mark I would like to see a video of how to tell the feel of a bite on different lures.

[@murphroberts4891]

Many times you don't feel a thing, which is why good teachers forever stress watching your line. "How to tell the feel of a bite on different lures" is a lot to ask because you can get bit so many ways on any single lure. The most obvious worm bite is a distinct bump from a fish that inhales the worm from behind it. The problem is, the fish may take the worm from any of the other 359 degrees in the circle, not to mention from above or below. The most obvious moving bait bite is the one that tries to stop the forward momentum of the bait. But many strikes come from fish attacking from only a mildly tangental angle where it's likely to feel mild resistance, mushiness or weightlessness. You can't rely on someone telling you this stuff. You need to spend time on the water, presenting baits and setting the hook. You're going to lose some baits in stumps & things but you'll also learn when your lure ran into a stump compared to getting a bite. Last week I lost a 1 day old Thunder Cricket because some dumbass threw an office chair into the water where there had been nothing to hang up on the week before.

[@DouglasSubbs]

Thanks ZMan. docks is money. with spinner, anywhere i want to go. with baitcaster, zero confidence. practice practice practice is ion the future

[@keithhudson5000]

How tight or lose are breaks set to keep from backlashing.

[@TigerOutdoors]

How do you keep the spool from sticking and skipping under your thumb when skipping docks? I end up with over run and a little backlash. It is hard to beat dock fishing, I just have this one issue.

[@jbird6019]

Mark I'm new to skipping learning how to still do you have any how to skip cast videos

[@ericmcallister8247]

Question if you throw a bad cast at the dock do you still fish it or do you do a fast retrieve and cast again

[@bitenbass]

Hi zona!!! Good vid

[@jerridedmonson2689]

Enjoy all your videos. Watch all your shows on outdoor tv. I live close to Lake Tippecanoe in Indiana. It would be an honor to meet you someday. Your awesome my friend.

[@chrisboringfishing]

Awesome Dirt Z! I really need to practice my skipping. Let just say I’m terrible at it lol. As a topic, how about Carolina rigging for smallmouth? Usually if I get on a boat with a buddy to fish, it’s Lake Erie.

[@jwluciano]

Those are great dock skipping tips. Thanks Mark! You may have mentioned this, but perhaps I missed it. What length rod do you use for dock skipping? I like to skip with a 6'6" medium heavy or heavy action rod. Too long a rod makes it difficult to do the roll cast and makes it more difficult to be accurate in my opinion. I met you several years ago in Lexington, KY when you guys visited Backwaters bait and tackle shop. It was great meeting you in person. Love your Zona Live shows!

[@RedneckViking]

Why do you skip a 1/2 over 3/8 ths etc . I'm guessing the added weight and inertia with the rod loading up ?

[@lazaropenalver9262]

What if you are a co angler and right handed and you boater is a lefty. You out of luck when it comes to skipping left handed? Any advice on how a co angler can exceed?

[@antonymiller1017]

What real do you use? 6:3-1 or higher?

[@kls2020]

Great video on skipping docks . Could you put together another video on skipping ads ?

[@clintgault3078]

What rod do you prefer skipping with Zona?

[@susanposten9770]

Do one on strike king bitsy bug jig one of the best made in my opinion

[@jmcin32]

Although I’m one of 10 million people who would love to fish with you, can we please go fishing????? Closed mouths don’t get fed so I thought I would at least ask....btw, amazing coverage of the tournaments these past couple of weeks (as always).....I think my wife is ready to build her a “woman cave”..lol #fishingismypassion! God Bless!

[@RedneckViking]

No one talks about rod lengths and actions . I use a 6ft 8 heavy fast action , for taller folks I'm guessing 7ft or bigger maybe .

[@fffishing7572]

I'd rather not skip docks its get frustrating sometimes, but I've got my butt whooped in tournaments from people who fish docks, its time i do it more

[@scottwhite8935]

Good one Z But to me it seems like this year the shallow bite hasn’t been real good part of your fishing family Scott White the Zona nation

[@Twangtown7]

I'm convinced I'll never be able to skip. Every time I try I get backlash, and then reach for my spinning gear. :(

[@jwluciano]

The best way to learn to skip with a bait caster is to use heavier fluorocarbon line like 17 lbs to 20 lbs test. Anything lighter than that and you are not only more likely to backlash, but you are also asking for trouble if that bass winds you around a gnarly dock post. One other trick that can help you is to simply spool less line on your baitcaster so there is not as much on the spool that can backlash. Don't give up! It is definitely better using baitcasting rods to control the big bass when they do bite

[@Twangtown7]

@@jwluciano Appreciate it bud!

[@chrisfoley3320]

Does abrax have more memory than invix. I have used invix every since it came out, thousands of yards of it.

[@ChristophercurtisChris]

Where is she some more shoulder fishing

[@janosczovek8524]

Please do a spinnerbait video thanks 👍

[@DustinFox.]

2 to 3 thousand boat docks for a show Jesus Z lol

[@jeffreylenz7314]

This was when he used high end equipment

[@zgambler1]

come out west

[@dant8213]

Then the guy that owns the dock/boat comes out and yells at you thinking your casting into his stuff...try to explain to him I'm skipping under your boat not into it