And just like that, every spoon was sold out in the NorthEast! Mr Sinner is truly a legend and thumbs up for the captain, sacrificing his fishing opportunity to keep ‘em on the fish. Excellent work all around
I've watched just about every one of John's videos and at this point I'm convinced it's the stripers that are trying to catch John, not the other way around.
Everyone gets a little excited on UA-cam when it comes to fishing, nothing wrong with that. Once people watch more instructional videos like mine, I think they start to understand what's really going on with this platform. @@maritimeus
Hey John, there’s a guy on U tube, his channel is called Old school Fishing and he’s a big advocate of using spoons and he dose extremely well catching Strippers!
Heck of a Captain! I fish Muskies in Canada and the Nichol’s Magnum is MONEY! The spoon slips backwards as you ease the line. That is the allure to the fish. Most Folks can’t Jig as aggressively as needed while constantly feeling for the bottom. They are usually “done within 15-minutes. Sweet! I don’t fish heavy current so I use heavy duty spinning gear, cast, allow the lure to slide backwards till it just “ticks” bottom. I use white 30# braid and am a “line watcher”. Lure does get hung up at times but I have a 2-3oz. Lure Knockers that you clip on the line and allow it to slide to the line/lure connection. Jiggling usually releases the snagged lure. Be well and appreciate the video.
I've been using the Nichols spoons for several years. Although originally designed for largemouth bass, they can be ordered upgraded "saltwater" hardware. They have been amazing for redfish, jack crevalle and various other near shore species.
That trip was quite an eye-opener. Couldn't believe I could get it to the bottom in the Gut with that depth and current. You have a great channel. One of the few fishing channels focused on being educational.
Well that was just insane. Who would have thought in a million years that a simple spoon would out fish, and out size anything else on the boat. Might have to try a variety of spoon sizes for some bottom fish like black sea bass/porgies. Great video as always.
@@JohnSkinnerFishing That's what I was thinking, I know those spoons work but I was like no effin way he's going to be able to hold near the bottom.....and then I realized this is a John Skinner video.
Just wow big stripers everywhere, great video Mr Skinner as always is a pleasure for me to see you fishing and teaching all those long years of experience
Awesome video John as always!!! Mike Smedley and Team Old School slaughter the Stripers on Nichols spoons in Raritan Bay and the Chesapeake even in shallow water. I just got one of the Nichols spoons and haven’t gotten a chance to use it yet.
Not for nothing I have to be honest every time I skunk out all I have to do is watch one of your videos and bam puts me right back in the game mind set wise
I was in a tackle shop today grabbing a few things and overheard one of the guys working there say he’s gotten about 150 phone calls in the last week from people asking about flutter spoons since you posted this video. Then he said “if I get one more f’n phone call about something from a John Skinner video I’m ripping the GD phone out of the wall, I f’n hate hearing that guy’s name”. I almost laughed out loud. Just picked up a copy of Fishing the Bucktail, great read so far. Thanks for all the informative videos! Apparently mentioning your name in a tackle shop is the equivalent of playing Stairway to Heaven at Guitar Center 😆🤣😂
With spoons and slow pitch jigs like that, if you want the jig to drop down quicker you don't want to lower it with slack line because it will flutter all the way down and take forever to sink. Instead put a little thumb resistance on the spool and this will keep the jig straight up and down and sink much faster. It will keep it from fluttering
And........ there goes one of my secrets when I used to spank 'em on the OBX.! Surf casting , Many good memories! 1997-2006, rip Last one on the massive spoon was 2005, reels n wheels striper tourney. Excellent John.
GREAT VIDEO JOHN WE HAVE BEEN USING THESE SPOONS THE MONTH OF JUNE IN THE WESTERN SOUND AND ME AND MY FISHING BUDDIES HAVE CAUGHT WELL OVER A 100 LARGE STRIPPED BASS EACH ON MY BOAT.
I had the same success the very first time we went to Raritan Bay this spring. My buddy was like yea right a spoon? Good luck. First cast 32 pounder. He says you have another spoon for me. LOL
I saw this boat being launched at gull pond, nice young man had just tuned her up and improved the navionics for his dad. Man, what an awesome machine!
I use them on large spinning tackle for stripers where you can dump the line letting the spoon quickly get down to depth. Found you can have the spoon drop faster vertically with very slight finger resistance as it free spools down vs the normal jigging action of barrel rolling in complete free spool.
I have been fishing the Nicholes for a few years now. Very effective spoon. 👌 You will find out the more you fish them, the bite usually happens on the way down. Great video👍
Been using them for two years! I found when there is big blues around they work best. Stripers hanging around the bottom from whats left from the blues. Plus, I swap the treble with a single 8/0 and sometime throw a big piece of squid, like I use for fluke. Represents a wounded bunker, or when your back at FL a mullet!
WOW....thats impressive!! ive never tried a large spoon before....curious how it will work out in the northeast!!! great video sir keep up the excellent work!!
This style of fishing seems similar to flatfall/ vertical jigging/ yoyoing that I see for Blue Fin and Yellowtail on the west coast. I wonder if there is any cross over
John i wonder if you experimented adding a little weight to the top of the spoon like a trolling Drail? People who have fished the gut ( and Race ) know the tide gets ripping and holding bottom can be difficult. Obviously any weight u add may cause the spoon to stop fluttering properly.
Another great experiment for you would be to go back with black, white, glow, and chrome spoons if possible and do the same experiment as you did for the weakfish!
I've been killing them on the kayak with the magnum flutter spoons since last year and it's best with slow pitch rods and smaller 200/300 size baitcasting reels. Saves your arm from falling off while jigging all day.
Saw this video the other week and bought a spoon. Went out today, didn’t think I would catch anything and boom striper wacked the spoon even with it being completely scoped out.
I've been crushing it in the western sound this year all on 9in ben parker spoons, bass to 30lbs and havent got skunked in last 6 outings . Learned this tactic of fishing from Mike smeedly's youtube page he's been using them for years .
those fluttering spoons are amazing(also quite a workout) if you're on a boat using sonar, cause they're designed for the stripers to hit them on the way down as it's fluttering. bucktails are still more practical, especially for people that are fishing from shore.
Mind blowing! Have you tried thumbing the spool as the spoon drops to try and keep it sinking with the hook end down and without fluttering? If you get the spoon to fall with tension you can get it going pretty fast. If you just let it fall without tension then it will definitely just flutter the whole way down. It’s a trick we use to get spoons deeper and faster to jig smallies. Depending on how much cup that spoon has, it might help you to get down faster. If it has a huge cup to it then maybe it probably won’t work well.
I didn't try that intentionally, although I think the current and line belly had that effect on this trip. I will definitely try thumbing going forward. Good tip!
This is similar to some methods used in Canada and Midwest US in lakes when a full downrigger outfit is not feasible. Flutter spoon or large fly, enough lead to get close to bottom and careful throttle on the motor.
I tried this the other day but was having a hard time getting the spoon down to the bottom since the current would take it and pull it out at an angle. I switched over to a diamond jig and got one blue fish. Is the spoon better at slack tide?
John, I loved this video. How do you tie these rigs on to your main line? leaders? snaps? Swivels? Knots? Presuming my main line is 40# braid, would you use a different leader material and if so, what? How would you connect the braid to the leader? How would you connect the leader to the jig?
Started using these in the Raritan in 2019 and they’re incredible. Usually fishing them a lot more shallow than this video (15-40’ or so) but it’s encouraging to see you can fish them deep too. Don’t worry - you’ll still be able to bucktail them in the surf 😳.
great, amazing video, perfect illustration of why your videos are the best. never any high pressure sales of your products, instead, the exact opposite, because you simply report on how to catch more and bigger fish, full stop. if someone else's lure does a phenomenal job, you still report it, even joking that this video is not going to sell many of your bucktails. you are an objective fishing scientist and a real reporter in the truest sense of those words. thank you.
Hi John, Great video like normal! The Flutter Spoon is amazing because you are a great fisherman! I bought the Chasing F1 that you recommended and finally tried using it at my dock at Gateway Marina in the Highlands, NJ. I could not use the SD card since the Chasing said it was full. I put in a new card and no good. I tried other cards that were formatted and no good. I wrote to Chasing in China and no good. Could you recommend how I can clear an sd card so I can film with the Chasing F1? Thanks so much and if you want to fish in NJ with me I have a Grady White Express with 2 425's and can get anywhere pretty quickly. We have been hammering the Black Sea Bass.
Did you try reformatting the card? Did you confirm that the card isn't too big? Try another card? Those would be my first attempts. I think mine came with a small card, but that was awhile ago.
And just like that, every spoon was sold out in the NorthEast! Mr Sinner is truly a legend and thumbs up for the captain, sacrificing his fishing opportunity to keep ‘em on the fish. Excellent work all around
That was a good one I spit my food out and just like that hahahahahha
They are sold out lmao
I've watched just about every one of John's videos and at this point I'm convinced it's the stripers that are trying to catch John, not the other way around.
All that fluff and John hasn’t responded to your comment yet (June 2023). Hmmm. I guess he doesn’t want to go on a date with you 😂
Everyone gets a little excited on UA-cam when it comes to fishing, nothing wrong with that. Once people watch more instructional videos like mine, I think they start to understand what's really going on with this platform. @@maritimeus
Hey John, there’s a guy on U tube, his channel is called Old school Fishing and he’s a big advocate of using spoons and he dose extremely well catching Strippers!
I dont think those stripers are starving & underfed,LOLLL!
Great trip. It was amazing watching John reel in one fish after another with his rod and the new spoon.
YOU ARE THE BEST!
Thank you so much for amazing video
you can buy the Tony Maja Custom Drift Spoon from amazon
Heck of a Captain!
I fish Muskies in Canada and the Nichol’s Magnum is MONEY!
The spoon slips backwards as you ease the line. That is the allure to the fish.
Most Folks can’t Jig as aggressively as needed while constantly feeling for the bottom. They are usually “done within 15-minutes. Sweet!
I don’t fish heavy current so I use heavy duty spinning gear, cast, allow the lure to slide backwards till it just “ticks” bottom. I use white 30# braid and am a “line watcher”. Lure does get hung up at times but I have a 2-3oz. Lure Knockers that you clip on the line and allow it to slide to the line/lure connection. Jiggling usually releases the snagged lure.
Be well and appreciate the video.
yes! John Skinner spoons!!!!! that's what we need!
I've been using the Nichols spoons for several years. Although originally designed for largemouth bass, they can be ordered upgraded "saltwater" hardware. They have been amazing for redfish, jack crevalle and various other near shore species.
The LEGEND, John Skinner whacking em on the flutter spoon!! 👍👍👍👍👍👍😁
That trip was quite an eye-opener. Couldn't believe I could get it to the bottom in the Gut with that depth and current. You have a great channel. One of the few fishing channels focused on being educational.
@@JohnSkinnerFishing Thanks brother!!! That really means a lot coming from you! Your videos are legendary! 🙏🙏🙏🙏😁
What depth do you think fish can no longer see the action of a lure? I have to think at 90 there’s little light getting down there.
Well that was just insane. Who would have thought in a million years that a simple spoon would out fish, and out size anything else on the boat. Might have to try a variety of spoon sizes for some bottom fish like black sea bass/porgies. Great video as always.
I'm surprised it even got to the bottom in the gut in 90+ feet with a full moon current.
@@JohnSkinnerFishing That's what I was thinking, I know those spoons work but I was like no effin way he's going to be able to hold near the bottom.....and then I realized this is a John Skinner video.
Face it guys. It’s not the spoon - it’s skinner.
Just wow big stripers everywhere, great video Mr Skinner as always is a pleasure for me to see you fishing and teaching all those long years of experience
Awesome video John as always!!! Mike Smedley and Team Old School slaughter the Stripers on Nichols spoons in Raritan Bay and the Chesapeake even in shallow water. I just got one of the Nichols spoons and haven’t gotten a chance to use it yet.
I was fooling around casting one, thinking it would be a disaster but I could cast it ten yards without much effort.
Not for nothing I have to be honest every time I skunk out all I have to do is watch one of your videos and bam puts me right back in the game mind set wise
I was in a tackle shop today grabbing a few things and overheard one of the guys working there say he’s gotten about 150 phone calls in the last week from people asking about flutter spoons since you posted this video. Then he said “if I get one more f’n phone call about something from a John Skinner video I’m ripping the GD phone out of the wall, I f’n hate hearing that guy’s name”. I almost laughed out loud. Just picked up a copy of Fishing the Bucktail, great read so far. Thanks for all the informative videos! Apparently mentioning your name in a tackle shop is the equivalent of playing Stairway to Heaven at Guitar Center 😆🤣😂
@John Skinner Fishing for someone who's never fished a spoon before, you doing quite good brother. Keep at it you're catching nice stripers
With spoons and slow pitch jigs like that, if you want the jig to drop down quicker you don't want to lower it with slack line because it will flutter all the way down and take forever to sink. Instead put a little thumb resistance on the spool and this will keep the jig straight up and down and sink much faster. It will keep it from fluttering
Good to know.
9:13 to 14 .. line goes completely SLACK just after John is saying he just got hit and thought he missed it ... LOL
What a trip. One thing important to note is the Gut and the Race are holding a body of bass not seen in decades right now.
great video I love the fishing content!!!! :))))
And........
there goes one of my secrets when I used to spank 'em on the OBX.!
Surf casting , Many good memories!
1997-2006, rip
Last one on the massive spoon was 2005, reels n wheels striper tourney.
Excellent John.
Freshwater spoon fan here, and it's a joy seeing such large saltwater stripers being brought up on big spoons.
Awesome man. Love it. Thanks for sharing.
GREAT VIDEO JOHN WE HAVE BEEN USING THESE SPOONS THE MONTH OF JUNE IN THE WESTERN SOUND AND ME AND MY FISHING BUDDIES HAVE CAUGHT WELL OVER A 100 LARGE STRIPPED BASS EACH ON MY BOAT.
Just received your new book and this is the first QR code I HAD to watch. Can’t wait to start reading!
People really like that I embed the QR codes. Enjoy!
@@JohnSkinnerFishing That was a really great idea!
Smoothest product placement ever
It's 2022 times have change in with the new and out with old John skinner spoons are gonna be a hit 🤣🔥
You’re fishing my fav spot, we’re in Westbrook leave a few for us….lol tight lines Frank!
Awesome job Rick.
John, im pretty sure you can put a coffee mug with no hooks down and you would catch fish. Great video as always.
I had the same success the very first time we went to Raritan Bay this spring. My buddy was like yea right a spoon? Good luck. First cast 32 pounder. He says you have another spoon for me. LOL
I saw this boat being launched at gull pond, nice young man had just tuned her up and improved the navionics for his dad. Man, what an awesome machine!
Good morning from Philippines. I always enjoy your video. Keep safe and God bless always 🐟⛵
Time to forge the John Skinner spoon! Consider this me pre-ordering.
John that was impressive... Really nice bass! Thanks for sharing. Team Old School would agree...
You sure makes you look like Superman out there man you the man
I use them on large spinning tackle for stripers where you can dump the line letting the spoon quickly get down to depth. Found you can have the spoon drop faster vertically with very slight finger resistance as it free spools down vs the normal jigging action of barrel rolling in complete free spool.
thank John, I love your videos!!!
Thanks for your video 👍
dream day Skinner
Wow...even John Skinner learns new things about fishing! Last year was big spooks, this year big spoons!
That's savage!!!👏👏👏
I have been fishing the Nicholes for a few years now. Very effective spoon. 👌 You will find out the more you fish them, the bite usually happens on the way down. Great video👍
"Ho-lee sh*t. Looka the size a-dat thing!" My favorite part.
Been using them for two years! I found when there is big blues around they work best. Stripers hanging around the bottom from whats left from the blues. Plus, I swap the treble with a single 8/0 and sometime throw a big piece of squid, like I use for fluke. Represents a wounded bunker, or when your back at FL a mullet!
John accidentally dropped the spoon down his boot, and when he pulled it out, had a #30 Bass on..👍🏻👍🏻🤩🤩
It’s a dream of me to one day fish with a LEGEND like you sir. I am new to fishing and love your videos, so informative and fun to watch :-)
Thanks John I have one of those Thundermist Lures Spoons. I wonder will I get to apply it with more education. Also those T-turn swivels.
Always learning. Traits of a Master.
Linecounter braid or reel
the only thing more exciting that this is my new sci-fi novel, Book of Answers
Holy, this was satisfying!
Man I could feel those head shakes, well done
👍 big fish after big fish cool video
WOW....thats impressive!! ive never tried a large spoon before....curious how it will work out in the northeast!!! great video sir keep up the excellent work!!
We've been using big spoons here in Kansas for as long as I can remember for Stripers. I first learned about them back in the early 80's.
Wow amazing fishing my friend 👍
Speechless, I'd like to see you do this in your kayak now John. Haha way to go really nice fish and rod buddy!!
Awesome fishing...that "spoon" is a must have for the arsenal
We used to use big krocodile spoons in NJ doing the same thing. Sadly, they’re no longer available.
Good job man!
Awesome video John! Wow.
This style of fishing seems similar to flatfall/ vertical jigging/ yoyoing that I see for Blue Fin and Yellowtail on the west coast. I wonder if there is any cross over
John i wonder if you experimented adding a little weight to the top of the spoon like a trolling Drail? People who have fished the gut ( and Race ) know the tide gets ripping and holding bottom can be difficult. Obviously any weight u add may cause the spoon to stop fluttering properly.
HAMMER TIME! GREAT TRIP!
Another great experiment for you would be to go back with black, white, glow, and chrome spoons if possible and do the same experiment as you did for the weakfish!
thats honestly incredible
That was fun and video too short. Rick is the good dude to keep you guys on the fish.
Longfall jigging with a slow pitch jig produces similar results in 120 to 300ft over structure in Southeast Fla.
Mr. Skinner, how are you tying that spoon? What is the best way to tie it? Would you kindly upload a video?
Awesome videos. We use the same size flutter spoons for our fresh water largemouth bass here in California too.
Must be some serious largemouths!
The large spoons originate from largemouth fishing
Rod sold out already! Congrats!
I've been killing them on the kayak with the magnum flutter spoons since last year and it's best with slow pitch rods and smaller 200/300 size baitcasting reels. Saves your arm from falling off while jigging all day.
This looks like a Slow Pitch Jigging opportunity, 100%. Hope you try that approach sometime in another jigging scenario!
Saw this video the other week and bought a spoon. Went out today, didn’t think I would catch anything and boom striper wacked the spoon even with it being completely scoped out.
Ha! Sounds like my first ever spoon drift.
@@JohnSkinnerFishingthank you for introducing me to spoons! I’m stoked for the fall striper run!
I've been crushing it in the western sound this year all on 9in ben parker spoons, bass to 30lbs and havent got skunked in last 6 outings . Learned this tactic of fishing from Mike smeedly's youtube page he's been using them for years .
those fluttering spoons are amazing(also quite a workout) if you're on a boat using sonar, cause they're designed for the stripers to hit them on the way down as it's fluttering. bucktails are still more practical, especially for people that are fishing from shore.
Mind blowing! Have you tried thumbing the spool as the spoon drops to try and keep it sinking with the hook end down and without fluttering? If you get the spoon to fall with tension you can get it going pretty fast. If you just let it fall without tension then it will definitely just flutter the whole way down.
It’s a trick we use to get spoons deeper and faster to jig smallies. Depending on how much cup that spoon has, it might help you to get down faster. If it has a huge cup to it then maybe it probably won’t work well.
I didn't try that intentionally, although I think the current and line belly had that effect on this trip. I will definitely try thumbing going forward. Good tip!
Wow now that was the best I've seen you do. That was awesome fishing Skinner. 🔥🔥🔥
This is similar to some methods used in Canada and Midwest US in lakes when a full downrigger outfit is not feasible.
Flutter spoon or large fly, enough lead to get close to bottom and careful throttle on the motor.
Amazing video. Thanks for sharing, John. I hope to see more of these spoons from you
I tried this the other day but was having a hard time getting the spoon down to the bottom since the current would take it and pull it out at an angle. I switched over to a diamond jig and got one blue fish. Is the spoon better at slack tide?
We been using flutter spoons for trout for decades. It mimics dying baitfish. It catches all game fish when u adjust the weight.
Been using for FW stripers for 3 or 4 yrs. Very effective
Fishing with VInnie of the karen anne in Jamaica bay it was just like this..my first time using the flutter spoon too
your the best John, been with you since you had 8000 subs... I would love to do a charter with you here on the island
Guess I'll be buying some Skinner flutter spoons for the fall
I agree 100%. The hardest part is feeling when you hit the bottom, especially on a drift… I lost a $27 spoon the other day! 😡
Mtk tackle has 9” blanks for 8-10$ on the marketplace
Great day on the water John. Ive had success with flutter spoons as well this year but havent had a day like THAT yet!
Hi Mr. Skinner, do you know of any time frame that J&H will have more Skinner Dark Matter jigging rods in stock? I'd love to get one.
They were supposed to be in last week, so very soon.
Nice fishing! Feel like something is working to increase the Striper population!
John, I loved this video. How do you tie these rigs on to your main line? leaders? snaps? Swivels? Knots? Presuming my main line is 40# braid, would you use a different leader material and if so, what? How would you connect the braid to the leader? How would you connect the leader to the jig?
30-pound braid through a swivel to 5 feet of 80# leader tied direct to spoon.
Started using these in the Raritan in 2019 and they’re incredible. Usually fishing them a lot more shallow than this video (15-40’ or so) but it’s encouraging to see you can fish them deep too. Don’t worry - you’ll still be able to bucktail them in the surf 😳.
How shallow can you use them? And what weight line do you need. Can you drift with them. I'm in the barnegat bay.
Amazing John one of your best videos. Congratulations from Giovanni, Western Long Island sound.
Mind blowing.
great, amazing video, perfect illustration of why your videos are the best. never any high pressure sales of your products, instead, the exact opposite, because you simply report on how to catch more and bigger fish, full stop. if someone else's lure does a phenomenal job, you still report it, even joking that this video is not going to sell many of your bucktails. you are an objective fishing scientist and a real reporter in the truest sense of those words. thank you.
Thanks. I definitely didn't do myself any favors showing the spoon crush the bucktail catches.
Hi John, Great video like normal! The Flutter Spoon is amazing because you are a great fisherman! I bought the Chasing F1 that you recommended and finally tried using it at my dock at Gateway Marina in the Highlands, NJ. I could not use the SD card since the Chasing said it was full. I put in a new card and no good. I tried other cards that were formatted and no good. I wrote to Chasing in China and no good. Could you recommend how I can clear an sd card so I can film with the Chasing F1? Thanks so much and if you want to fish in NJ with me I have a Grady White Express with 2 425's and can get anywhere pretty quickly. We have been hammering the Black Sea Bass.
Did you try reformatting the card? Did you confirm that the card isn't too big? Try another card? Those would be my first attempts. I think mine came with a small card, but that was awhile ago.
Nice to see those big stripers. Look pretty healthy; might need a bigger net!
Hey uh John, i'm on the S & S website looking for this John Skinner bucktail spoon and i can't find it 😆...
Hah. Right. I'm not doing myself any favors promoting a spoon over bucktails.
Ahern tackle makes an 11 inch 6.5 ounce flutter spoon for the deep drops!