An Evening of Surf Fishing as Fish Hit the Beach at Sunset!

[@pati3992]

I used to occasionally catch small tinker mackerel off piers in Brooklyn (1970s). Hadn’t thought of that fish in years.

[@williamstellwagen4377]

John really liked the raw footage. As a young man I would fish the beaches from Huntington to Cranes neck. The beautiful north shore. Bill.

[@thehaalandbrothers3581]

Uncut videos make me feel like I’m there with them

[@c.p.k.a.d.k.2613]

The only thing different is I catch absolutely nothing

[@thehaalandbrothers3581]

lol fr

[@michaelsimko7694]

Whether it be the October blues or November stripers, I was never able to hook up into more than 1 fish in a row. Schools were small and moving fast, as they'd get into quick frenzies instead of 5+ minute blitzes. I had a few days when small schools of stripers would be in close for a short period, but wouldn't hit topwater, metal, or soft plastics. Gulls never even got together in swarms nor did they stay active feeding like they normally would during the fall run. Ospreys left early this year too seeing we never had any reasonable amounts of adult bunker around in the harbors and around the shore, sandbars, and jetties. Even though the local waters are still at temperatures from 56-58, I decided to call it quits and concentrate mostly on freshwater. Looking forward to the traditional April run.

[@JohnSkinnerFishing]

A strange fall for sure in these parts.

[@josephparisella806]

Keep them coming !

[@patrickgregory1078]

Some will never experience this in a lifetime!

[@hettro-cv6082]

Awesome video!

[@Fish-Erman]

At the end, did you try a big plug to imitate those mackerel? Maybe there were a few decent bass keyed on grabbing the mackerel and so ignoring a small bucktail.

[@samuelstonebraker3737]

Hooked into a couple of those mackerel today. Still plenty of them around out here but nothing bigger chasing them unfortunately.

[@xcel5]

Looking at the beach rock I'm thinking out lands end

[@secretjourney4815]

nope..... a bit further west my friend...... was known as "secret Beach" many years ago

[@tyler1211]

You catch more in 37 minutes than I do in 5 hours! WTH?

[@TriniTrav]

Is this the first year in your experience of the albies not showing up?

[@JohnSkinnerFishing]

Yes. 2012 was really bad too, but there were some.

[@michaeloshea3090]

Hi John, great video! What reel are you using? With that rod could you get away with a salt x 4000?

[@JohnSkinnerFishing]

SaltX 6000. You could get away with the 4000 on this rod. I'd rather have the 6.

[@tomreilly9295]

Did you fish the Poseidon tournament?

[@JohnSkinnerFishing]

I don't know what that is.

[@tomreilly9295]

@ it’s a stripper fishing contest on Montauk. Rich from Fishaholic was in the tournament and he and his buddy took second place with a 42” stripper.

[@Benjamin_estrella]

Montauk?

[@TheFrankpet]

Do you think these fish head west through the Long Island sound? Or do you think they migrate around Montauk?

[@JohnSkinnerFishing]

That's a really good question because I think we have a mix of Hudson and Chesapeake area fish here. I'm pretty sure these head for Montauk.

[@516Spark]

Hey John I’ve been fishing the buck tail for a few years now can’t seem to hook up any advice as far as retrieve can’t seem to figure out what I’m doing wrong and what sort of trailer are you running love the vids thanks bud

[@ronwalczuk9090]

John is that LIS?

[@JohnSkinnerFishing]

yes

[@Andrew-yp8vp]

How long will these guys stick around LIS?

[@JohnSkinnerFishing]

Depends on weather. Some years into early December. Other years it's done by now.

[@_N4te_]

How big is the rod you’re using? Also do you think it’s necessary to carry a rescue knife when rock hopping?

[@JohnSkinnerFishing]

I don't carry a knife. If I was wading in the Montauk rocks I'd consider it. 9'2'' rod.

[@kyleanderson3622]

why the bump up to 50# braid here?

[@JohnSkinnerFishing]

The leader is 50, braid 30.

[@kyleanderson3622]

@@JohnSkinnerFishing ah ok. awesome. the link leads to 50lb braid. thanks man.

[@kyleanderson3622]

@@JohnSkinnerFishing what knot are you using to tie the braid to swivel?

[@tyler1211]

Great video again, thanks! The blitz is on in IBSP now too!

[@livenhfree]

IBSP?

[@pati3992]

@@livenhfreeIsland Beach State Park (NJ)

[@livenhfree]

@@pati3992 TY. Gotta head down there next year. I'm in NH and the fishing blows this year. :-(

[@charlesmurray1220]

Fished Target Rock yesterday on the out-going. Skunked! Threw bucktails and diamond jigs. No birds and no bait that I could see.

[@joebusk7787]

Yet another excellent video John. Please comment on your reasoning for using the FatCow split tail rather than the FatCow eel tail jig strips.

[@c.p.k.a.d.k.2613]

Thanks for the video! I was wondering what kind of technique or tips to use when casting into birds like that? I’m new to shore fishing this year and have caught about as many gulls as fish…is it common to snag birds?

[@JohnSkinnerFishing]

Try not to cast into the most dense birds and keep your cast angle low. It will help.

[@tyler1211]

You should charge for tag along tours of LI

[@nofotomojo]

Please work on the wind noise.