Katie's Massive Haul of Fish on Metal and Gulp!

Incredible fishing! We locked onto a pile of fish that at times measured up to 40 feet thick on the fishfinder! After using the trolling motor to anchor over them we dropped metal jigs into the school and had downright phenomenal action with weakfish (sea trout).
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[@jiegong9681]

Classic! Dad goes “do this” daughter goes “I never do that” dad goes “OK!”

[@jimpowers2047]

that's a good dad.....kid was on it!!!....😉

[@utubeaccess7]

And yet, later on she is gripping above the reel...

[@jimpowers2047]

@@utubeaccess7 cause she's reeling up 'numerous' giant weaks🤣

[@utubeaccess7]

@@jimpowers2047 yep, she learned a better way.

[@JohnSkinnerFishing]

I didn't notice that she moved her hand up. Now I can tell her "I told you so"!

[@davesauerzopf6980]

Mr Skinner and your daughter Katie. This is something a Father/Daughter/Son never do now a days. Glad to see the the great relationship you have Mr Skinner with your daughter. I hope more people take the time to share time with their children and teach them what they know. Not just fishing but, other things as well!

[@Silverhand57]

What an incredible day with your daughter! You can hear the pride when you told us of her degree, what an accomplishment. Congratz!

[@joshrussell9460]

Wow that's awesome congrats Katie. Your an awesome fisher woman as well.

[@BacknRC]

So NICE to see these weakies both quantity and size! It’s bringing me back to the early 80’s fishing off Miss Chris in Cape May when every weakie was a tiderunner. Bucktail with a strawberry or grape worm is what we used back then.

[@timstanton2241]

My daughter is in college now so our time together is feet and far between. We run Wild and Scenic rivers together. I cherish our times together. Cheers

[@mulletoutdooradventures6286]

That's awesome man. I would trade everything for 1 more day fishing with my dad. Especially when the weakies are like that. He used to tell me stories of fishing like that when he was a kid. He'd love to see it come back...cherish it

[@ujhomeimprovements]

Being a father is awesome, from one to another , god bless

[@danielbarnes7833]

Another great vid. It’s a beautiful thing spending time with your daughter fishing. Brought tears to my eyes. I remember when my daughter always wanted to hang out with pops. Plus the fact your on the fish.

[@jiegong9681]

Happy Father’s Day to Skinner and to all the dads!

[@JohnSkinnerFishing]

Thank you!

[@hughmura6676]

So great to see you fishing with your daughter!

[@highwayjim6672]

Nice father daughter fishing trip!

[@jimmyc4493]

Great video. Just bought your Striper fishing course, learning a lot from it. I went out today and my friend and I slammed the blues. No stripers but I wasn't expecting them. I bought my first pencil popper and caught my first fish on it today, thanks for teaching me!!

[@timconnors3211]

very nice... 43 weak fish and 1 proud dad! tremendous john

[@stevewolfakaheliarc2696]

Great to see your daughter out fish you! ;-) Thank you for sharing this video. It was very special!

[@markcarson1844]

Great show Dad, what a day. Thanks guys and stay well.

[@rfish3556]

I laughed so hard when you tried to tell her how to hold the rod. Her response was classic daughter and your response was classic dad!

[@surfandstreamfisher5749]

WOW! Dr.Katie, congratulations! John, you said that so prideful, as you should. IIRC the last time i saw Katie on the boat was with Mikey. nice trip, glad to see Katie still spending some quality time with her dad.

[@Msquad321]

Dr. Skinner has her own touch. Fantastic !!

[@MatindianGirl06]

Hello. Glad to see you again Dr. Skinner😊😊 Take care and be safe.

[@hooper4581]

Outstanding John. You are blessed ! Keep livin the dream !

[@trancemusic8805]

So great to see the weakfish returning to the inshore grounds!

[@AustinLWright]

Congrats to Dr Skinner from another Tiger on the tenure track. Tight lines!

[@davebirch2016]

she’s just killin it! Out fishing the old man...I love it!

[@LongIslandLethals]

My wife fishes the same way, hand close to the reel. She says it bothers her wrist up around the cork handle where it should be. That's awesome that she fishes, great way to spend time together!

[@tmccull98]

1st of off Kudos and Blessings to see you and your daughter fishing, mine used to do it when she was younger pre-teen. 2nd you guys are on point!

[@RayA-rt6tp]

Unbelievable video John. Thank you for sharing.

[@KCsniper79]

That was an awesome Father Daughter weakfish outing, besides all the nice weakfish that you or I should say your daughter caught 😆 this video definitely had great content..🤙🏼🤙🏼..

[@Ed-sv5mq]

Another nice video it's to bad dad couldn't do much fishing he was to busy taking the jigs out of his daughter's fish LOL. Glad you had a great day with your daughter. Tight Lines to all

[@Smokedog682]

I remember about 20 years ago surf fishing between Gilgo and cedar .being chased by monster bluefish. Needless to say it was an awesome day.

[@mpnugent]

Skinner's Princess has killer instinct too!

[@Flyguybob35]

35-40. Years ago Delaware bay was loaded with weakfish like that along with bluefish and fluke. I would launch my boat at Bob’s bay view marina in the wildwood villas on a railroad car. Go a 1/4 mile away and start drift fishing. Would limit out every time. Really miss those days…

[@michaellacey7303]

that's a good system....she reels em in you let em go...respect!

[@Delmarvafishing]

Congrats Katie that was a monster trout Skinner don't worry my daughters are 6 and 24 I can't tell them anything either

[@shawnboisclair3696]

Wow your and your daughter landed some beautiful weakfish, nice job. This has to be a banner weakfish year. Nice day with your daughter. At 57 I am still open to being adopted 🤣

[@kgint23]

Lol I thought I was the only one opened to being adopted by John so I can get a day on the water with him 😅 🙃 Great 👍 vid Keep it up

[@shawnboisclair3696]

@@kgint23 🤣🤣🤣

[@norronlee4945]

Fish finder fishing, seems unfair. Catch and release is a great balance.

[@shawnboisclair3696]

@@norronlee4945 still have to understand the structure, find the marks, present the bait or lures to hook up, it all takes time and effort.

[@fishingtacklechannel]

Pink is probably the most underrated color bait. I’ve caught my PBS on pink colored baits.

[@thaddeus46]

Some nice fish there, sir. Kudos on a successful hunt.

[@Simplicity165]

Team Skinner for the Win

[@danward8720]

Was just going to ask if you feed sharks as well. And they don't even have the courtesy to attach a thank you for the morsel. Your daughter is a cutie. My beautiful partner and I are from Jackson, MI. We never knew each other there. Lots of rod bending this day. It does my heart good to see parents fishing with their kids, no matter the age.

[@heyreddin2.0s10]

You're awesome. She's awesome! Tight lines!

[@Thecoralreefaquarium]

Thats great to see I hope this is their cyclic return it was about 19 years ago when we were catching large weakfish all day long,

[@vipergeddy]

Nice tide runners grate job DR

[@michaelross5674]

Wish my pop was around I'm reading your book and scanning qr codes as I go .... My dad passed and we don't have the boat anymore.... Wish I could get on them like u do ...if you want someone to go with I'll go ...also have GoPro cameras too lol

[@terryd4135]

They were some big weak fish! I was surf fishing last week in Cape May and caugh

[@terryd4135]

caught a few.

[@rickacevedo13]

Priceless!

[@sammyvh11]

I'm glad Weaks are back in your area. I hope they let um live.

[@BigMoneyJonah]

I wish I was John Skinner’s kid. Sheesh, amazing session.

[@Redcrown48]

Unbelievable action, the screen shots were a bonus. What are they feeding on, such massive schools of fish and you're right a couple of years, wow.

[@JohnSkinnerFishing]

Not sure what all of those fish are eating.

[@davidteitel9720]

A great day for a father and daughter. Really impressed with the abundance of weakfish. I lived there through a few cycles of feast or famine with the weakness. Glad to see that this is an up year for them. Sorry that I won't be able to get in on the action. Living in Port Charlotte area now. I miss fishing the Peconics and all of the East end.

[@JohnSkinnerFishing]

But you have tarpon now!

[@davidteitel9720]

@@JohnSkinnerFishing . True, and cobia, snook, and red snapper. But I'm still a metro area Long Island kid who first fished for fluke on the old Magnolia Street pier in 1960. I love and miss my old fishery.

[@vm859]

Jaws in the peconic I tell ya! Told the mayor but he doest want to close the beaches!!

[@surimaribo24]

awesome catch

[@sergeykhaitov678]

so in Florida you get "sharked" now in NY you get "blue fished"... first time seeing blues doing this; awesome content!

[@nickquinn1029]

wow... WOOOOOW

[@vipergeddy]

Out fished your dad and that's hard to do grate to see them back

[@JohnSkinnerFishing]

Yeah, but I beat her at scrabble. That's way harder than beating me at fishing.

[@oyabun8538]

Wow!way to go,I see the apple doesn't fall from the tree. 🤙🤙🤙

[@johna9530]

Maybe the decrease in the bluefish population lead to an increase in weakfish.

[@thegoods2240]

I totally agree, when those blue slime are in thick, they eat everything. There were days in the western sound years ago where I had to stop fishing for schoolie stripers, because you couldn't land one without it getting bitten in half.

[@johna9530]

@@thegoods2240 they also changed the limits because so many people were catching the snapper blues. Their population decreased do quickly they had to take drastic action. Good thing for us bad for the fish.

[@alberthafner2194]

I think stripers are worse. Bellys full of flounder, fluke weakfish, blue claws.

[@johna9530]

@@alberthafner2194 if rather catch strippers than any of the species you listed. But the way the weakfish was bit in half, it was surely something with teeth.

[@kendimizekadarbalk]

Good job👍👍

[@juans3728]

That's how i remember catching Sea Trout and Humpback Porgies in Peconic Bay in the late seventies.

[@frankdberger]

IIRC in the 60s there were hardly any.

[@robfarnam938]

Nice, father, daughter, sore arms great trip!

[@striper8311]

Of course the old school weakfishing is coming back, that’s because I moved to punta gorda, LOL

[@JohnSkinnerFishing]

Yeah, but your tarpon fishing is pretty fine right now.

[@striper8311]

@@JohnSkinnerFishing absolutely, hopefully we can fish together next season with Sweeney

[@barryd.thomassr.9156]

Untill the Draggers Find them! Great Video!

[@Eoghanbass2000]

Holy crap, you must be proud of her anyway but that qualification and occupation is very impressive. Nice memories. Great vid too.

[@fishingpeconics9209]

Great video. I think you need a fish dehooker sponsor.

[@dalehawk6865]

The Doctor is in the house. Nice job.

[@hectorcoria3650]

Them sea trout look so very close like them Speckled Trout. I guess they like that cooler waters there. And you're right, your daughter certainly looks like a teenager!

[@johnnyem-grafix4024]

Lol- that’s awesome. My daughter is the same way. I say the same thing . My daughter is 10 going on 15 … I just go ok ok - this video is awesome! She’s a chip off the ol’ block 🤙🏻✊🤝

[@afuhs]

Unbelievable! I've been searching for quality weakfish of that size in South Jersey for years without much luck. I've only been able to run into a few spikes here and there. Great to see they are coming back, at least in some areas.

[@georgepress1261]

We need this type of weakfish down in south Jersey

[@chrisreumont]

I see the Doctor took you to school today. She definitely can hook fish unhooking not so much, but that’s why Dads there. Lol

[@JohnSkinnerFishing]

I asked her if she wanted to unhook, but she declined.

[@markbarabas8015]

Great to see Weakfish return. I'm sure you are very proud of your daughter. You are a lucky Dad!

[@timrudy4359]

Doc better watch out, Katie needs her nickname too!

[@theseptopus]

Wow unreal trip! When they're that thick, would you ever consider switching over to a single hook rig? Or are double headers worth the potential tangles?

[@JohnSkinnerFishing]

Any tangles are minimal. I like giving them the option of metal or gulp.

[@melvinganoe1175]

Congratulations to the doctor

[@georgemerritt2468]

Wow last time Katie was out on vid with u it was in the old 16 for green star craft miss seeing u in that boat that was my first boat I mean spitting image but we all know when we seen Katie on the boat that ment john wasn't going to get a chance to get his line wet to many times lol

[@robtheflukeking6678]

a proud dad👍

[@jobino511]

Thank you again John for great content. Do you ever change the cone range on your fishfinder for better bottom definition?

[@JohnSkinnerFishing]

I don't. I probably should.

[@josephstreet3407]

Great video. Your daughter kept ya busy. Lol!

[@CurrentJAM]

Love it John! Do you have any lessons on reading the fish finder? How did you know they were weakfish vs other species? I'm having a difficult time distinguishing large schools of fish

[@JohnSkinnerFishing]

I can't distinguish fish species either. It's predominantly weaks there, so when the screen is loaded, it's probably them.

[@seekinfindin5669]

Looks like the Grey Trout / Northern Weakfish is making a strong comeback. As long as the Bluefish populations stay depressed, the yellow mouths should do well.

[@slowburn_1725]

Look at those tasty fish cakes just floating away, even the goldfish police would understand that situation, great video Mr. Skinner

[@user-dc9bq1nn9n]

thought the same thing, what a sin to have to throw those damaged fish back.

[@mdallas]

John please don't tell Dr. Skinner how to hold the rod. Ha. Great video and what a great day on the water with your daughter. Cheers.

[@JohnSkinnerFishing]

I know. Won't do that again.

[@sk8nshoot1]

Video was John jumping around as mate on his daughter's charter....

[@markbass354]

HOLY TOLEDO BATMAN

[@thegoods2240]

Classic father/daughter exchange, I'll hold the rod my way, so mind ya beeswax pops!

[@raspgasp7761]

Nice fish, besides a VS what reel would you recommend for surf fishing the south shore?

[@JohnSkinnerFishing]

Tsunami Saltx, then Penn Spinfisher.

[@JonathanHStone]

my daughter outfishes me too!

[@gregthomas2904]

Have you done a catch and cook with these yet?

[@joebaggy768]

You gotta be a damn proud Daddy!

[@MakeHalloweenGreatAgain2024]

wow she catching so much fish I think that's the longest I have ever seen you take to set up a rig.

[@JohnSkinnerFishing]

I really didn't get to fish much.

[@shawnboisclair3696]

nice video, great fishing but are you planning to try out the Old Towne Autopilot any time soon on the Long island waters? I'm interested in you opinion on it suitability for New England / NY waters. I'll keep watching.

[@JohnSkinnerFishing]

It's up here and you will see it on video. When I use it depends on where I want to fish. I have a lot of good boat and shore access here.

[@shawnboisclair3696]

@@JohnSkinnerFishing thanks I will be on the watch. Got to get to LI to fish Montauk this summer, if for no other reason that to enjoy the scenery and wet a line.

[@maxlbstore2652]

What was the average weakfish length on this trip?

[@DoubleBogeyBaker]

When your fishing for weakfish what are you looking for on your fish finder or depth finder? I’m in South Jersey and going to try and catch some weakies. I haven’t seen many people reporting about weakfish being caught in S NJ. Is NY waters that much different from NJ waters to the point that we barely hold some small weakfish.

[@JohnSkinnerFishing]

On the video you'll see the fishfinder loaded with streaks and marks near the bottom to however high the school is.

[@sike1dj]

As a south jersey angler (Cape May), the weakfish hasn't been even remotely considered good in 2 decades. I'm having a bit of hope with these recent videos though. To answer the question though, NY has a lot more rock and structure around the coast, where we have mostly flat sand. I feel that has a lot to do with it. Take a look at long island sound on a depth chart compared to the Delaware bay. It's a whole different planet.

[@patrickkopecki9219]

@@sike1dj heading down to cape may this morning from CT, first time there. Got a new skinner surf rod im hoping to put a bend in

[@DoubleBogeyBaker]

@@sike1dj that’s what makes me think New York has a much better fishery since they have much better structure. Our bays are loaded with life but, they’re not loaded like our neighbors to the north. My father has pictures of stringers full of tiderunners. All from the 70’s and 80’s. Me personally, I’ve caught about 5 by accident in my entire life. These recent videos have me curious about going out and targeting them specifically.

[@DoubleBogeyBaker]

@@patrickkopecki9219 good luck buddy! I’m sure you’ll find some dogfish or skates 😂😂. Seriously though good luck! 👍🏻

[@williamcollins2782]

Thanks for the videos! Do y’all not take those trout home?

[@JohnSkinnerFishing]

None kept.

[@ARYANSES]

I never believed that any body could out fish the master his own daughter did. wow however my wife out fishes me all day long, she never touches fish or bait

[@dpetersontube]

john - I'm in the Sandy Hook Shrewsbury river are of NJ. wondering what type of structcure or bottom or shoreline to look for and depth to try to lacate weaks like this in my area. Any thoughts on that? Thanks for the great vid again. And even though it's dirty water - the underwater cam would be a great addition just to see...

[@JohnSkinnerFishing]

It's a sand bottom in this video, but I've caught them over all kinds of bottom. They like current, although I don't recall catching them in super fast current.

[@MS-vy4sj]

You seem to handle a lot of fish. Have you ever tried a J-style hook out, where you don't have to even tough the fish, just the leader?

[@bcp5296d]

That trout looks different than the ones in the southeast.

[@JohnSkinnerFishing]

They are related but different than the ones I catch in Florida.

[@alphaperez]

3:02 !!!! How big was that bluefish to take a bite like that?! I thought only sharks did that.

[@johnappleseed936]

Bluefish eat bunker whole dude

[@PeterRanieriII]

Awesome day, where’s that ROV underwater camera mr skinner?!

[@utubeaccess7]

That would've been some awesome footage

[@JohnSkinnerFishing]

You need very clear water for good underwater video. This isn't it.

[@PeterRanieriII]

@@JohnSkinnerFishing roger that 👍

[@tonymantana9636]

Hi !! I just got a 12ft inflatable boat, and I was just wondering if it's Ok to surf-launch it or should I launch from a boat launch area..

[@JohnSkinnerFishing]

It depends entirely on the body of water.