Bay Fluke (Flounder) Limit and Rod Contest Winner!

[@bmak8980]

Wohoo I just got goosebumps hearing my name thank you so much. Couldn’t come at a better time considering I just broke my rod. Also I bought the frogg togg booties you have what pants do you use on top? Right now I have kayak pants but no sock part attached

[@Tog_Tastic]

Congrats on the new rod! The nexus is super nice

[@eddiekeeler9955]

Congratulations! Enjoy your new rod! Tight lines!

[@coffins69]

congrats man, welcome to the nexus gang

[@bmak8980]

Raptus thanks I can’t wait after watching all the videos with the rod it seems impressive

[@joebussurfcastfishing]

congratz man good stuff!

[@brianmulvey6132]

Hi Jhon I think your a great fisherman and your such an idol to me your videos are great and please don't stop making them.

[@michaelreilly8484]

Congrats John on 100,000 but it should be 1,000,000 with all the fluke fishermen there are and how much they could learn from your videos.

[@polarizedoutdoors]

Congratulations on 100k. Quite the achievement!

[@gbouley1]

Boat traffic in shallow water can get scary if you don’t pay attention. Totally agree with your approach. I shy away from the mouth of the Connecticut River here in CT. Congrats to the winner!

[@mikeamizzle]

100K subscribers! Well deserved. Thanks for the great content John.

[@whome8845]

Wow just what the Dr. Ordered, as I had asked you if you fluke on a kayak, thanks for the video, as I'm a beginner kayaker/angler, with only 12 total hours of kayak fishing under my belt all in L.I Sound, thanks for the time spent on talking about boats and wakes, they can make our day on the water very tricky, thanks again.

[@Bamapride1000]

We all get complacent when we’ve done something so much without incident. It’s what gets us in trouble and usually when an accident happens. Glad to see you made it ok.

[@davidvandiford9956]

Man I thought you might be in trouble in the waves. I guess as we get older things stick in our mind more. When I was in my 20s wouldn’t have thought twice. Tight lines and congrats to the winner of the nexus Rod.

[@johnsweeney1400]

Great video John. Those waves looked tough in the slow motion as they were turning you. I'd like to speak with you about Navionics and the other company you've mentioned here as well. See you soon.

[@traumahawk517]

Congratulations! Mr Skinner for hitting the 100K subscriber mark...God Bless & Tight Lines.

[@csralumni]

Ahh, it's good to see the old green net again!

[@thaddeus46]

I have a wool glove handy to handle those flaties. Makes handling them so much easier especially with two hooks flaying around.

[@ctcraftii]

Excellent as always, informative and entertaining...thank you sir!

[@WildAboutBeingOutdoors]

Congrats on your 100K . I just love watching your fishing videos.👍🏻

[@andrewhayes1420]

Congratulations to the giveaway winner.

[@dirtbikerida63]

What kind of structure are you looking for in these shallower bays? I fish Niantic bay and Jordan cove a lot and for the most part they’re fairly flat aside from the occasional rock pile

[@BrassHammer]

John Skinner Fishing -----> 100K subscribers! Congrats to you and the winner!

[@hectorcoria3650]

Whew...definitely scary! Song came to mind, "Rock the Boat",...sounds familiar? Hated seeing that big one get away like that!

[@dondj76]

Good to see you back home!

[@UntitledSpaghetti2]

Have you considered drying out the Berkley sand eels? Pk Yi at Oregon Life fishs surf perch with dried out Berkely sand eels. Apparently they maintain their scent but become tougher and can stay on the hook longer.

[@murda5001]

I always wanted to bring my kayak with me to Connecticut one of these days...Good work sir well done 🤙🏽 100k🎊

[@vipergeddy]

Love it John you make it look so easy when it's Pretty tuff to do keep up the grate work your friend Mike from nj

[@thefunkinct8046]

Congrats B Mak

[@georgehalpin8172]

Have been following awhile now and enjoyed your video and feckless thanks.

[@napkinthief4322]

ive watched all your videos. im catching flukes now, but i still havent had a keeper. nearly 50 flukes all under 16" in the past 2 weeks... any tips?

[@muddywaters1934]

John, you handled the waves well...for an "older" guy...lol...good job! (btw, i'm going on 65 so I know how you feel)

[@Delmarvafishing]

Me: story board, catch fish, joke around, explain fishing tactics, catch, clean, cook. John Skinner: buy my book, destroys fish 100k subs lol congrats John

[@johnsamothrakis4621]

Hi John , another Great Video , which Viewing settings do you use on your Fish Finder, ? And which Navionics Chip do you use on Long Island ? Thank You , Your Online Courses & books are all very informative & helpful

[@JohnSkinnerFishing]

I just set the fishfinder in split scree - plotter and sonar. I use whatever navionics chip covers this region.

[@johnsamothrakis4621]

John Skinner Fishing Thanks John , your the best , very helpful to a newbie like me 👍

[@nyinfamous2k2]

Man those waves look HUGE from a kayak.

[@JohnSkinnerFishing]

The size was one thing but they were extremely tight together and steep.

[@bcask61]

Hey John, what happened to Stripersurf.com? Seems like its a dead link. Have you heaRD Anything?

[@santiagoaraujo3202]

It would be so awesome to see John catch some stripers surf fishing on the California coast. I have tested his methods on the west coast and they seem to work well, but I have no reference to the east coast. Congrats on 100k subs

[@theotherfinnegan9955]

one of the few times I was able to figure out where you were. that was a lot of waves for one boat.

[@michaeljensen2013]

Between Southold and Shelter Is. ?

[@JohnKlopp]

Congrats on 100k! 🇺🇲

[@danielpreka3748]

Kinda bummed didnt win that rod, guess I gotta wait until my dad gets a check, nice video John love ur vids

[@robtocchio133]

or and this is a bit crazy, you could buy it yourself

[@boats1993]

Hi John, with all your analysis over the years re gulp, bucktails, rods, drift speeds, etc , do you have any data that relates catching to time of day, especially in the bays?

[@JohnSkinnerFishing]

The only thing I have is that I've never done well very early in the morning in the Sound at buoys 7 and 5, which are the shoals. I've fished them enough to believe it's a thing there, maybe related to sandeels. I've not had that problem anywhere else.

[@boats1993]

@@JohnSkinnerFishing in my childhood, 950"s, we fluke fished Fire Island inlet and now in NJ at Barnegat. The bay side bite always seemed more productive between 5:30a and 8:30a and would then slow down. The ocean side didn't seem to matter. Thanks for the great videos and tips. Stay safe.

[@davidhagler6157]

We were flounder fishing last wee week on Long Beach Island. We caught a ton of flounder (Fluke) and all but a couple hit the teaser, not the bucktail. Very odd to see yours hitting the bucktail and not the teaser.

[@JohnSkinnerFishing]

Whenever I hear or see someone say almost all of their fish are on the teaser, I tell them something is wrong with their bucktail. It's probably too heavy. The ratio of teaser to bucktail catches should be close to 50:50, with maybe a slight edge to the teaser.

[@davidhagler6157]

@@JohnSkinnerFishing Thank you for taking the time to respond. My son and I have a great time catching flounder thanks to your informative videos and your books (and I bought your class on SaltStrong). I will change the bucktail size next time and see if we can get that ratio closer to 50/50. Since were catching, I didn't want to change too much.

[@bobt4949]

Hey John, love the videos. I have the Accurist reel. Any chance you could go through the settings on that reel? Or maybe you already have a video on this. Thanks. Happy fishing!

[@JohnSkinnerFishing]

The only thing I do is turn the flipping switch on.

[@lw7128]

For your 15 lb braid, are you spooling the whole thing with 15 lb? Or backing and a 150 yards of 15 lb? Just got an accurist, can’t wait to try it

[@JabroniPUBG]

Hey John, I’m down in Monmouth county. I’ve gone out 8 days in a row. Navesink river, Sandy hook, highlands, Atlantic highlands, and a few beach spots. I can’t seem to get a fluke for the life of me! I feel like I am missing something. I always fish from the shore. Using a buck tail setup with either squid strips or gulp. I have used both 4in white and 6in salmon color. Not sure what I could be doing wrong. I just want to catch fish!

[@JabroniPUBG]

Btw I was turned on to your channel by the guy from Julians in Atlantic Highlands. Grats on 100k!

[@JohnSkinnerFishing]

For off the beach you can skip those pricey 6-inch gulps, unless you know you're casting to doormats. Are boats catching fluke in the areas that you're fishing?

[@JabroniPUBG]

@@JohnSkinnerFishing Seem to be yeah. Unfortunately I don't have access to hitting a boat outing for the time being!

[@JohnSkinnerFishing]

As long as the boats get some, then their in the area at least.

[@Yak-life]

Glad you didn't flip john. Fish on.

[@airmags5512]

Nice video John!

[@jamesbrown3965]

Funny you should say that i had a keeper last week at Captree N. pier and he spit out a whole baby calico it was still moving a lil bigger than a half dollar ,I have some of those Gulp peeler crabs i'm going to test out ..

[@nelsonfelixoutdoors6095]

Very informative video thank you.

[@GreenMeanie101]

Nice to see the YAK out up north. Whats with all the squeaky hobie drives lately?

[@Delmarvafishing]

Damn you almost went into the drink, what kind of kayak is it?

[@PeterRanieriII]

I know exactly that feeling when you get one or two waves bigger than expected and you feel like your outside your confidence of stability, the video doesn't do the waves justice, those were very big rollers for a yak.

[@Redcrown48]

How far away was the first boat that passed you. I would like to know because the camera males it look farther than normal , to me he looked like 500 yds.. a good video as well.

[@JohnSkinnerFishing]

I'm bad with distance. Probably inside of 200 yards. I'm measuring with casts in my head.

[@Gypsyboy932]

Excellent video!

[@jrtighe3451]

A little courtesy from passing motorboats would be appreciated. Was out in Barnegat Bay a few weeks ago in the kayak. In the morning, most boaters slowed down and gave a wide berth. As the afternoon went on the morons came out and some were actually trying to swamp me. They dont seem to care that someone could die due to their stupidity.

[@marcodipaola22]

Hey john, what do you do if you start catching sea robin after sea robin?

[@JohnSkinnerFishing]

I move

[@v.hillegass4351]

John, I noticed your top teaser hook was facing down. Is this how you rig it or was it just how it was positioned for the picture? If this is how you rig it could you explain why? Thank you!

[@JohnSkinnerFishing]

Just the picture

[@N937LC]

I would love to invite you to the eastern shore to try your techniques cause we haven’t had as much luck with it.

[@jefftrout1464]

Notice you tackle links to jandh aren’t working......

[@slotsize]

My husband and I went out on our paddle boards to get some fluke Friday morning. 3 hours in, boats & jet skis started coming out and creating crazy waves so ended up flipping over, falling over & lost my rod.. rip.. 😭

[@joebussurfcastfishing]

Congratz on the 100k! what Gulp liquid you use to dump them in a bigger container and add the liquid in?

[@JohnSkinnerFishing]

They sell recharge juice.

[@philipcindric8978]

Congrats on 100k

[@patrickswitzer2273]

Do you have any suggestions for a good budget rod and real combo

[@JohnSkinnerFishing]

bit.ly/2CahaYE

[@jamesbrown3965]

John quick question if your jigging with the right hand why not get a lefty retrieve?

[@JohnSkinnerFishing]

I want the left hand above the reel for leverage when cranking a fish in.

[@damonangelo2310]

Nice vid john.

[@gellfex9287]

Those boat swell can easily be handled sideways with proper balance and keeping your paddle handy. Now, to be sure I have a lot of whitewater experience that most SOT fishermen don't, but it can be learned. In a boat with no loose gear to lose and your paddle ready to brace yourself try a wave sideways, the trick is not let it tilt the hull, use your butt and knees to keep it and you upright. In whitewater wave trains we'd roll over 6' or bigger waves sideways all the time. And there's no reason to lose rigs ever. I have an 6" piece of pool noodle attached by a foot of paracord to my rod butts. It allows you to fish without a leash, and doesn't interfere with bottom fishing or casting. I've tested it and it can float a 4000 reel. Test video kzbin.info/www/bejne/maWzf4KjidCMopo

[@DeathByGelato]

That’s hilarious, I just flipped my revo 13 yesterday and lost my only rod. Was hoping to win the rod giveaway :(

[@JohnSkinnerFishing]

Sorry to hear that. The revo is sleak compared to the outback.

[@traumahawk517]

Mr.Skinner how long did that take?? from 1 sub to 100k subs..

[@fishingwithdog258]

Hey John, do you think the fish you lost was a fluke? By the way it fought it didn’t look like a fluke but big fluke do swim like that sometimes, even more so in shallow water like where you were. If that was a fluke it definitely was a big fish.

[@JohnSkinnerFishing]

Fluke. I felt the initial headshakes.

[@Rustyfishing]

Is there a point in the summer where you feel fishing in the bay or inshore for fluke isn’t worth it? Or a lot of the fluke move out into the ocean?

[@JohnSkinnerFishing]

I find our South Shore bays to be best in July and August.

[@Rustyfishing]

John Skinner Fishing it May be a little different out East. I western LI and it gets very slow mid July

[@Fluke17]

What swivel size are you using

[@JohnSkinnerFishing]

An 80# Tsunami stainless

[@SuperMidnightkid]

That handle on the reel looks like a pain to deal with especially after setting the hook on the fluke

[@Rustyfishing]

Do you think you can have the same success fluke fishing the afternoon as you can in the morning?

[@JohnSkinnerFishing]

Absolutely. This was an afternoon trip.

[@thomasbarrett3511]

If you turned any second later you’d be in the water those were gnarly

[@AlanA-gu9nz]

Were you fishing a specific tide in the video?

[@liamfrangos3277]

Outgoing look at the drift contours

[@JohnSkinnerFishing]

Last of flood first of ebb. I time it that way there so that I can use the current to get me to/from that spot.

[@AlanA-gu9nz]

@@JohnSkinnerFishing got you thank you

[@Gypsyboy932]

We’re the Fluke on crabs because of a possible Shedder scenario with a full moon in July?

[@JohnSkinnerFishing]

There's no other bait that I can tell, and there are always crabs so that's what they key on.

[@albertoreyes7581]

EASTERN LONG ISLAND FISHING WITH JOHN SKINNERS.

[@bcarss1970]

You need a Yakattack leverage landing net sir.

[@stevenmoeck1770]

Schinicock bay?

[@conflictortiz8906]

What kind of kayak do you have

[@JohnSkinnerFishing]

hobie outback 2019

[@stereolababy]

west of the ponquogue bridge i see

[@Bights-On-Fishing]

Do you roof top or trailer your kayak?

[@JohnSkinnerFishing]

Roof for this trip. If I'm going just a few miles I use a bed extender.

[@eviljinsi]

the pucker factor

[@LuisRodriguez-ry8oy]

Always always have navionics app on my phone for 12$ it's the best and just a click away easier than a big bulky chart plotter

[@SuperWhiteboy09]

Get Some tiedowns

[@jishnups3831]

Canyou do a giveaway for subscribers😊

[@manolothe115]

Not win maybe next time

[@moneymaine374]

First

[@dinhdynasty853]

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