This Worked! Bent Rods and Limit of Tasty Fish as Fall Fishing Heats Up

[@goodcitizen64]

Thanks for taking us along! Not a bad day...bent rods and tight lines!

[@scottsluggosrule4670]

Nice trip...glad to see you wearing the PFD.

[@seanmcgayhey3290]

love seeing you places I cherished growing up on Shelter Island. Spent many hours at the gut.

[@JohnSkinnerFishing]

SI is such a beautiful place. It must be so peaceful in the winter.

[@johnradomskijr9252]

Just got back from Narragansett, Rhode Island. There was tons of bait, but no false albacore or Bonita just chub mackerel under the Bait. the tog bite was hot.

[@khost9810]

Hey loving the frequent videos John!

[@loops625]

Was out there last Friday, got some big blues and some sea bass at PG, enjoyed the flat water, saw big schools offbunker south of Orient Beach, nothing under, but good to see that much bait, bass can’t be far behind

[@jessicuhh017]

I just got my Dark Matter Skinner Jig & Bounce last week. put it to the test jigging for some seabass, and I absolutely love it! Can't wait to use it for Tog fishing this weekend!

[@JohnSkinnerFishing]

Awesome! I'm glad you like it. Good luck with the new tog season!

[@johnc6228]

When you see the boats a few hundred feet away, they're all looking over, saying Hey how come he just stopped and he's catching fish within seconds. Oh, nevermind it's Skinner!

[@joshrussell9460]

Great video . Thanks john.

[@pastapaul150]

Saw you out there. Was busy for a weekday. No bass for me at the second location either but did catch a 51” at a different location that morning, quite the battle on a small sea bass rod and 10lb test

[@JohnSkinnerFishing]

Congrats on that 51''!

[@zachallen9315]

I thought of a cool idea for the underwater drone. What if you were able to get underwater footage of a topwater blitz? It might be a bit of a challenge since blitz's move quick and you might have other fisherman trying to cast their lines in, but i thought it's an interesting idea nonetheless.

[@waynejester3477]

At the 22:17 minute mark what was the large fish that swirled at the side of the boat? Did you get to see it.

[@ArleneKing-ob7xr]

Hi Skinner, nice to see you out today.

[@JohnSkinnerFishing]

I wasn't out today.

[@Toast_43]

@@JohnSkinnerFishingdammmn

[@robertedwardn]

Here’s my two cents: the reason there’s no albies around and no stripers is because the water isn’t cooling down enough for them to be around. Although it’s already fall it’s really still summer as far as the fish are concerned. We’re still having daytime temperatures in the 70s. The striped bass won’t start migrating until the water goes down several more degrees. The other possibility is that they’re much further offshore and have started their migration in much deeper water, avoiding the shallow waters. As for the albies, they’re probably already gone for the year and because they left sooner than usual everyone missed it.

[@hettro-cv6082]

Great video!

[@johnrickards1908]

Don't blame it on the 'Blue' John, that floor looked pretty grubby already😂

[@bruceleggard5734]

Hope you survive Milton, without too much damage

[@CatchingandCursing]

Hi John, nice video-hope you're well. Was looking at one of your older videos with GSB 9'2 and Penn Torque 5. Just realized you only had 4 guides on that rod. Do you have/ remember the guide spacing?

[@bruceleggard5734]

John, have you ever used crab lures to Black fish?

[@goodcitizen64]

That blue fish was much larger than the ones we catch of the Texas Gulf Coast! Some of my family like them but I prefer very mild white meat fish! I love deep dropping for tiles, groupers, etc!

[@lamiglass1]

We get some giant bluefish up here in the northeast. I recently went to Georgia to visit my cousin and while fishing there he got a 5 pound blue and he said that it was big. I told him he needs to make a trip up to me where they get into the high teens and even 20’s pounds

[@Bigfishcoffee]

Great vidoe is usual! way to put the smack down

[@robertstosch5601]

Great video, do you find the 3 way bucktailing works well for stripers at night?

[@bobwehner7881]

Do you need to "debug" your boat. I've noticed that as soon as you start to catch fish, other boats arrive in your area.

[@Endeavorfishing]

Never really know how to work light bucktails. do you cast them out drop em down and jig, sometimes cant feel the bottom not sure iam on it

[@JohnSkinnerFishing]

Knowing when you hit bottom is very important. Use light colored thin braided line (10#) and watch for the brief line float that occurs when the jig touches down. I show it clearly at some point in this video.

[@Endeavorfishing]

@@JohnSkinnerFishing Thanks 🙂

[@Reeltime516]

Hey Skinner you ever do guided trips on your own boat?

[@JohnSkinnerFishing]

No. I don't do that.

[@patmcdermott8547]

I noticed you didn't use a teaser on the yellow bucktail for sea bass. Obviously did great without it, but is it just not necessary for them?

[@JohnSkinnerFishing]

A teaser in this application would add too much drag and hurt the action on the jig.

[@simedogz]

Really Really like the 2 camera setup.

[@seanhakakian8075]

How many rods do you have

[@JohnSkinnerFishing]

7. 1 snap jig, 1 heavier snap jig, 1 albie, 1 3-way, 1 6-ounce BT, 1 diamond jig and teaser, 1 casting plug or bt.

[@Fish-Erman]

I'm "all gassed up" too, so no fishing for me!

[@atomicwedgie8176]

I take it blue fish aren't good eating? I'm from Iowa... not too much ocean front around here.

[@bobbertee5945]

way too oily fish, some people eat them

[@atomicwedgie8176]

@@bobbertee5945 That makes sense, thanks!

[@bobthompson9890]

They're lots of fun to catch.

[@sd0753]

If fishing is slow I'll keep a bluefish or two that are small. the small ones are less oily. The ones he caught in this video are way too large for me to eat.

[@user-dc9bq1nn9n]

john how did your home in florida make out with the storm?

[@JohnSkinnerFishing]

It did fine with the last storm. I'm more worried about this coming Wednesday's storm.

[@user-dc9bq1nn9n]

@JohnSkinnerFishing yes best of luck with this next one. To tell you the truth I don't know how the state is going to survive much more of this. I heard CItizens insurance canceled policies now.

[@goodcitizen64]

​@@user-dc9bq1nn9n I truly hope not..that is disgusting and just plain evil!

[@camdavidson6847]

Hey John, do you ever fish for winter flounder instead of fluke? I caught one off a party boat a few days ago and was told that they are rare in the Northeast...

[@JohnSkinnerFishing]

Not any more. Too few for the effort.

[@duffmeister6480]

At the Gut was the tide ebbing ? Thanks.

[@JohnSkinnerFishing]

Yes.

[@siquijorian73]

Hi John, I mainly fish in the surf. What book should I purchase that mainly target striper bass in the surf. You're book.

[@JohnSkinnerFishing]

Definitely Striper Pursuit. You can get that at striperpursuit.com or from Amazon here: amzn.to/3ceIQYp. Thanks for your interest.

[@siquijorian73]

Thanks

[@41keystar14]

Those big bass know better they only eat scraps after they see a blue tear it up

[@christophercorso3194]

Curious what kind of boat that is,looks similar to my brothers.

[@JohnSkinnerFishing]

1986 Grumman 5-meter CC.

[@peterhowe7835]

Are you marking fish when you stop and drop at 60-80ft, or just looking at structure?

[@JohnSkinnerFishing]

structure

[@lb2536]

If you could please show us the rig(s) up close before you drop down, the visual would be appreciated! Thanx

[@LuigiGarofano-t7e]

Did that whole week of northeast blow ruin our fall season ?

[@JohnSkinnerFishing]

Very doubtful. I don't think much has moved.

[@LuigiGarofano-t7e]

@@JohnSkinnerFishing this time last year was on fire and that's not the case now lol but keeping hopes up thanks from the Connecticut surf

[@Docker878]

Why do you say that white and yellow line work well while green doesn't?

[@Docker878]

I think I get it now. It's not that the fish can or can't see the line, it's for you to see when it goes slack

[@JohnSkinnerFishing]

Exactly.

[@vincentjames5709]

areyou tipping your bucktail in this vieeo?

[@JohnSkinnerFishing]

Not for seabass. Yes in the 2nd half.

[@camdavidson6847]

First comment!🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@Redcrown48]

Sorry John, the surge down there doesn't look good.

[@tomterrific2018]

Fished Truman beach today..full day ..no albies

[@JohnSkinnerFishing]

I haven't seen any anywhere. I look a lot.