Wind Put Surfcasting Fish on the Beach!

[@edgarortiz4681]

I'm starting to believe that this man travels with trained fish. You are making it look too easy John. 😮

[@Mike-v4x]

Maybe you don’t try hard enough

[@sw1519]

im on the other side of the sound in central CT and did great on bucktails at night about 3 weeks ago but that quickly died down and now i'm lucky to get a single striper each night. There's been bait everywhere (shad and some smaller fish), but there doesn't seem to be any bass on them.

[@joshrussell9460]

Great video john. Loving the surf videos again.

[@Checofishing]

🎣🐟🦐

[@hb1786mg]

Hey John love these videos there great, you should do more eel fishing videos there so entertaining!! tight lines!

[@kurtalthaus2838]

They're

[@Ducky2o]

Love the surf videos! I just got some buck tails so your tips are much appreciated.

[@Checofishing]

🐟🐟

[@michaelsimko7694]

This recent crazy weather pattern has slowed things down here in southwestern CT. The blues haven't been around like they were 3 weeks ago. The stripers are still small. The warming trend we had and continuation of sunny, dry days has caused the local NDBC buoy to jump back up to water temperatures ranging from 65-67. Hardly any bird activity and blitzing along the open shoreline in my area. Hardly any hits or followers while blind casting in the harbors and backwaters.

[@samuelstonebraker3737]

Other than the blackfish, everything in the eastern sound is a little off this fall. Glad you are finding some schools of bass blitzing

[@Checofishing]

Good video ❤

[@charlesmurray1220]

Striking out at RM Field 2 and JB West End. Throwing diamond jigs of every color and spoons.

[@BaldyFade]

You have to walk and cover a ton of ground. You’ll find concentrated pockets of fish feeding on sand eels

[@BaldyFade]

Try soft plastic sand eel imitations over diamond jigs and spoons, they work much better.

[@johnb2905]

Hey John , love you channel . Grew up in Kings Point by the Academy . Fished there since I was 5 or 6 with my parents . Then off our 23 Mako til college . PLEASE show us the fish you catch more . Holding up to camera shot would be nice ... Stay safe ! JB...

[@Flounder9]

Since you are such a well know and popular fisherman I would like to ask what your personal best fluke, and striped bass is?

[@briankastner9247]

John you gotta bust out that fly rod sometime soon!

[@bradsaunders5367]

Especially when they're on Bay Anchovies! But looks like he did alright anyway! Bay anchovies were almost a no-show this year in Rhode Island, at least where I normally would run into them.

[@bradsaunders5367]

As John was saying at about the 6:00 minute mark, normal rocky spots with whitewater that have produced huge numbers of fish in the past 10 years, were almost devoid of Life here in Rhode Island this entire 24' season. Weird that the same thing is happening on Long I. as well.

[@JessePinkoski]

Totally agree! I fish in RI too and had to put in a ton of extra time and spot hop to have a decent year. Hopefully next year is better.

[@JohnSkinnerFishing]

Wow! Thanks for that insight! I'm driving 40 miles now to fish ocean sand beaches because the North Fork has been so poor. My summer plugging was terrible.

[@JessePinkoski]

@@JohnSkinnerFishing Wow, I'm lucky in the fact I have a lot of spots very close to each other so it's pretty efficient, but the only place I found consistent summer stripers was around the local bridges here. They seemed pretty aggressive there actually after dark.

[@bradsaunders5367]

@JohnSkinnerFishing It's been such a weird season. Much, much better fall in Narragansett Bay in back bays and outflows, but May-Sept shore striped bass/bluefish situation was dreadful. We had like 5 straight years of epic surf fishing(although I'm strictly fly) and then this 24' dud!

[@bradsaunders5367]

@@JessePinkoski I caught 10X's more Bonito this year from shore than bluefish! On flies only! It's been such a strange year.

[@johncameron8997]

I always have trouble throwing pencils when birds are around. Seems the birds are more interested in the pencil than the fish.

[@ericf1843]

Was the 1 1/2 bucktail to help punch through the wind or do you ordinarily fish that heavy in ten feet of water out there? Appreciate all your tips and advice. Thanks.

[@charlesmurray1220]

John, when you say "when it's visible" (5:56) do you mean fish are actually feeding on the surface? Boils and all that?

[@JohnSkinnerFishing]

Yes.

[@stephenfletcher4681]

Love those conditions...could you possibly show the brand of bucktails you use and the split tail trailer as well....

[@JohnSkinnerFishing]

Bucktail (Similar): bit.ly/4fbQW5e Bucktail Trailer: amzn.to/4f9gZKm

[@roywright5485]

How far are you able to cast that diamond slab lure? I’m casting my 2.5oz pencil around 150 yards on a good cast.

[@JohnSkinnerFishing]

Farther than anything else, but don't have numbers. I know for sure though that I can't throw a pencil 450 feet like you can.

[@_N4te_]

How do you know how fast to retrieve based on co editions so that bucktail is right off bottom but not too high? And how do you know when it’s not retrieve speed but you need to go lighter or heavier?

[@GODZclaN11]

I have been working outdoors on Fishers Island the last 2 weeks. I have seen many instances of birds working with numbers of cormorants but have not seen a single fish break the surface. Odd

[@lennykibbs260]

same conditions for me yesterday (jersey0 lots of life but fish were far out , every boat was hooked up according to my spy glass

[@robertyacoub9705]

Good problem solving.

[@DeadDeereTV]

What gear ratio spinning reel is best for bucktail jig fishing like you are doing here in this video?

[@JohnSkinnerFishing]

It doesn't matter that much because you can always adjust.

[@DeadDeereTV]

@JohnSkinnerFishing thank you for replying John.

[@patrickgregory1078]

Did your FL. home get damaged? Or is the good fishing keeping you here?

[@JohnSkinnerFishing]

Florida is fine. I wait for the northern season to be pretty much done before heading south.

[@Toast_43]

Well I went to coupsauge beach with a green diamond jig and got skunked… too scared to take the boat in the ocean since we just bought it so I’m really lost. Gotta just keep trying I guess

[@sixxgunserenade]

so what kind of wind was it? towards you ? sideways? what are the effects of each wind generally?

[@JohnSkinnerFishing]

The direction of the waves show it's onshore, which is favorable to push fish in.

[@kj-y9y]

i'm assuming you have lots of nj fishermen among your followers. i have fished nj for 60 years and i have never seen such a general lack of bait and gamefish. it is still early and maybe they're coming this season, but the decline in bait and gamefish here has been steady and worsening. ten years ago, there were massive schools of bait and fish visible every day for weeks, clouds of birds covering acres and even miles. now there are almost none. i check miles of beach daily and almost never see a frenzy of working birds which was so commonplace throughout most of my life. i find it sad and alarming. i love your videos and wish i could live and fish in long island.

[@davem7709]

Great video as usual I am on the south shore of Long Island. There are fish about 1,000 yards offshore on sand eels, what conditions should I look for to bring the bait and hence the fish into the surf zone? Thank you 🙏

[@JohnSkinnerFishing]

Onshore wind and rough surf.

[@davem7709]

@@JohnSkinnerFishing thank you as always

[@johnapperson7495]

@@JohnSkinnerFishing On Shore winds and a New Moon

[@seanmcgayhey3290]

have you fished the beaches of Shelter Island?

[@michaeljasensky5438]

Not sure I've ever noticed or heard you say but what knot do you use for leader to braid and how long of a leader do you like... in general?

[@JohnSkinnerFishing]

I go through a small high quality (tsunami stainless) barrel swivel. Palomar on one end, clinch on leader end. 30-36 inches generally.

[@michaeljasensky5438]

Thank you

[@Frostprincess777]

Nice! I’m on Long Island, I’m curious what location are you fishing at?

[@victimorthecrime]

HAHHAHHAHAH GOOD LUCK WITH THAT.

[@duffmeister6480]

Like he said Eastern Long Island

[@glennquagmire1747]

Another two weeks I'll be in Florida for 5 months fishing for whatever bits

[@LUCKOWL]

I hope you end up getting a tarpon. Enjoy. Best of luck fishing.

[@1911-d2p]

Any albies showing up yet? Haven't seen them yet and its almost November.

[@JohnSkinnerFishing]

none

[@1911-d2p]

@@JohnSkinnerFishing Thanks.

[@damongao9145]

Can you introduce the fishing rod you use please

[@xcel5]

Goldsmiths

[@liamwilson12345]

Epic❤

[@MartinVSmith6334]

Suberb!

[@KennethKissinger-x8x]

Is there a reason why you never keep striped bass?

[@JohnSkinnerFishing]

I rather eat seabass and fluke.

[@tomreilly9295]

I’ve seen videos of fishermen catching strippers in the 20-40 pound range of shore, is that a seasonal fishing? Or do you run into those fish doing what you do?

[@JohnSkinnerFishing]

They're on the ocean beaches. There was an exceptionally good run of fish there recently.

[@ronwalczuk9090]

John is that the North shore?

[@marcinromanczyk9587]

Moriches backbay

[@Drew_3_3]

Southshore has been rocking. I was just out today however I’m talking about RM area. Last weekend was better but I think it’s only going to get crazier as time progresses. The water temp is kind of screwing with a lot as it’s 60 degrees still, let’s hope for colder days.

[@JohnSkinnerFishing]

Yep. 62 in Long Island Sound, east end.

[@chriscuttita]

Trailer?

[@JohnSkinnerFishing]

Bucktail Trailer: amzn.to/4f9gZKm

[@Reeltime516]

Why is there no love for diamond jigs? They are versatile and affective

[@JohnSkinnerFishing]

In my experience, if you can reach fish with something like a bucktail or tsunami sandeel, you will outfish a diamond jig.

[@Reeltime516]

@@JohnSkinnerFishing I totally agree

[@kj-y9y]

i love the ava and the original bridgeport diamond! the smallest bridgeport diamond is killer on albies, btw. caught my largest bass in '04 on an A17 with green tail, jigging botttom in 30 ft. from my boat.

[@robertyacoub9705]

Are you on a rock or on the beach?

[@hennies9509]

Cannot see the fish...

[@sammyvh11]

Another terrible Striper spawn in Chesapeake Bay so I hear.

[@DavidButler-b9g]

Show us the fish you don’t put them up to the camera

[@johncameron8997]

I always have trouble throwing pencils when birds are around. Seems the birds are more interested in the pencil than the fish.