You ended up with a great variety of fish. Really like drop metal and drop jigging. Those rigs are a magnet for bait fish. I'm sure the no tie and no anchor is to prevent getting into the electrical works. I'm like you I think spot lock or circling with motor should be fine. Great video and very enjoyable thanks 👍👍
Catch Nuclear chicken, see wind farms, and deal with thrown up squid. Anchoring without anchoring. A lot to learn here. Nice catches and a happy boat! Thanks John!
There are 5 windmills there off block island and 4 of them are shut down, not working. The cable that runs to the island is also exposed and the current estimate to rebury it is at 30,000,000 dollars, which will be passed on to the customers. Win Win NOT but at least the fishing around them is good.
GE bought these guys, Alstom Haliade 150 6 MW which means it has 150m or 164 yard diameter that has a rated(peak) output of 6 million watts. There is a new version which is supposed to go into serial production this year. The GE Haliad X, 220m diameter, 13mw(million watts). Hope they put up lots more. Make a bunch of electricity, and good fish habitat too.
Interesting about the Old Gulp juice. I noticed 2 years ago the exact opposite. I put a new grub on the teaser and an old one on the bucktail. Catch a fish and swap. The fish would always be on the new. The older stuff has a more potent smell and is browner in color. I assumed the fish could smell the rancid old juice. After that test, i dumped all my older juice and picked up the Gulp Recharge bottles (probably 4 to get enough juice). Its not the same, but it worked just as good as the new juice.
So I noticed in your video most of them where not working. From discussion with Block Island area charter captains 1 out of 5 may work while the rest are down. My question is if all 5 where humming would the fishing still be good around them? Did you try fishing the one that was operational and if so did you notice any difference. Trying to learn more since the feds are leasing a prime bottom habitat off us in Cape Fear NC region.
Yeah I’m honestly looking at buying a longer bay boat wit a trolling motor vs a deep v hull that costs more and can’t keep me spot locked because of how much of a game changer the technology makes. Nice video once again.
Found a color called “glow tiger”. It was a great color on the teaser and had tons of shorts all day. No keepers but seems like a color worth having imo.
Nice video John. So when the fluke season ends, Do you have any predictions or insight on the upcoming fall/winter Striper run for the south Jersey area (2021/2022). Thanks :)
Great video, John. I've always been curious how these things would look up close and how good the bottom fishing would be right next to them. Now I know the answer to both!
How does Skinner make these fish magically appear out of nowhere?? I fish close to here and I cant get fish this size this consistently. I’m starting to believe he’s using magic...
How is this video NOT titled "JIGGING JERK STABS SKINNER!" lol Also, what's your guess on how many $$ of gulp on that boat at any given time. Has to be close to a kbuck in gulp. Great trip and vid as usual.
Always a great show, learned a lot from this channel. One question…what happens if Berkeley goes out of business? That would be a dark day on the Atlantic 😂
John I went to the usual fluke spots near the windmills this week, all full of small sea bass and kept on ruining my rig. In a situation like this what is my best approach? I moved spots and everywhere I went had no fluke just swarms of small sea bass
@@JohnSkinnerFishing Looking forward to those trips. I recently purchased a couple Old Town 106mk’s and am in beginner kayak fishing mode. Have not had the chance to really give them a try yet. Hopefully soon though. Going to try the area around Hampton Bays in the next couple of weeks. Any suggestions ? Thank you
Big fight in North Carolina now to stop them from putting these wind farms any closer than 25 miles from shore. Residents and Condo renters think the sight of them will hurt tourism. But any structure seems to help fishing. It takes us 25 miles to get to water the depth you are fishing.
They’re planting an absolute ton of these off of nj, the concern is migrating species like fluke, bass, tog that move off shore and inshore seasonally and how the power cables along the sea floor will affect them. Whales and porpoise are known to be sensitive to electromagnetic changes on the sea floor as well. At the meetings they explained that they’re good for 28-35 years before needing to be rebuilt, but take approximately 30 years to pay them selves off. You should have heard the pissed off locals and fisherman once that sentence came out of the representatives mouths. They just aren’t the productive clean energy they need to be yet. Step in the right direction, yes. The be all answer? Hardly.
yeah in most cases off shore wind is dumb. in the case of an island like here its not to bad and way better then burring oil or diesel. what really need is more nuclear
@@Elios0000 the payback on nuclear takes forever. Thats why no new nuclear in US. Its pure economics. The outlay is so huge. Offshore wind isn’t cheap but good luck planting wind generators on land in new england. People complain about the aesthetics when they’re 5 miles offshore and can only be seen on a clear day. Smog from burning oil apparently looks better. I’ve dived these towers a few times, they’re teaming with life where there was just pebble bottom. A few birds probably get chopped up from the blades, but now there is a huge habitat for fish. Gulls and sea duck numbers aren’t something to worry about.
Not saying you are knowingly lying, but there is no conceivable way they take 30 years to pay themselves off. These are GE Haliade 150-6s and while they are some of the most expensive turbines in the US, they pay for themselves within a decade at the very most. That 10 year figure is assuming the cost of the project was extremely inflated and the turbines are always having maintenance issues. The offshore turbines are generally a good investment assuming they are placed in spots with high annual wind speeds. Onshore is still better. Throw them in empty flat states like Kansas and Texas and they'll make farmers loads of money and people rarely complain.
i see a lot of nice size fish being caught. past history shows that can be a cause for concern. it's better to have a mix of shorts & keeper sized fish. tells me that it's a healthier fishery. unless Skinner is not filming the shorts.
I edit out the shorts. The videos are already running longer than I like. There's about a 1:1 keeper short ratio overall in this area, including Montauk, during the summer. If anything there are more shorts this summer than previous summers.
@@JohnSkinnerFishing yeah that's good. My incident was someone setting the hook on a striped bass right out in front and his plug flew like a bullet right at me. Was able to get keep it from hooking my face by putting my hand up no time to duck.
Okay ... I'm trying to understand meaning of "metal" mentioned twice ... Diamond Jigs??? Another entertaining video. Lesson learned ... Keep trying different gulps. Changes from day to day.
Good question. We did mess with them for years, and they just did not increase our catches as compared to straight Gulp. Also, in NY waters you must retain the fish that you cut the strip from, so we would have to cut from our cooler fish.
I am against the offshore wind farms, the technology isn't advanced enough yet. The problem with wind turbines is A- nobody talks about how much carbon emissions are created to make all the parts and build the turbines themselves, then there's all the emissions from the installation of them. B- the maintenance of them C- the proposed wind farm off nantucket is right in the right whale summer mating grounds. D - without Govt subsides they never make enough energy to pay for themselves since they only have about a 25-30 yr lifespan without major repairs. E- What happens when there's no wind? They use diesel generators to run them causing more emissions than a coal plant. I am all for Green energy when we have the technology for it to be worth it. That said you do make some good fishing video's
You ended up with a great variety of fish. Really like drop metal and drop jigging. Those rigs are a magnet for bait fish. I'm sure the no tie and no anchor is to prevent getting into the electrical works. I'm like you I think spot lock or circling with motor should be fine. Great video and very enjoyable thanks 👍👍
Most underrated fishing channel
I've learned so much about flounder fishing from his videos
@@Frty1b3t agree
Who underrates John Skinner?! He’s the GOAT
It's because he doesn't post a clickbait thumbnail , hot naked chick, or claim some ridiculous tittle.
Those who know, know.
Love that boat. Really a beauty. Great trip!
Catch Nuclear chicken, see wind farms, and deal with thrown up squid. Anchoring without anchoring. A lot to learn here. Nice catches and a happy boat! Thanks John!
There are 5 windmills there off block island and 4 of them are shut down, not working. The cable that runs to the island is also exposed and the current estimate to rebury it is at 30,000,000 dollars, which will be passed on to the customers. Win Win NOT but at least the fishing around them is good.
Nobody out fishes the owner of their boat! Rick has impressive catches from this boat for the few years its been in the water. Well done.
Awesome video as always! Fluking vicariously through you, Skinner. Our season opens in 11 days. For a whole 2 weeks...
Those are some of John’s biggest fans.
GE bought these guys, Alstom Haliade 150 6 MW which means it has 150m or 164 yard diameter that has a rated(peak) output of 6 million watts. There is a new version which is supposed to go into serial production this year. The GE Haliad X, 220m diameter, 13mw(million watts). Hope they put up lots more. Make a bunch of electricity, and good fish habitat too.
Is this by block island?
Yes.
Wow skinner those windmills are huge I saw them with John Halkias last Saturday but we weren’t that close awesome and awesome fishing 🎣
Great show John, thanks guys.
you know it's a new england fishing trip when half the guys are named john and everybody is arguing [good naturedly] the entire time
All summer 4 out of 5 windmills have been not working. SeaBass and Dogfish love them.
Where are those, off Block Island? Last time I fished out of Montauk, it was 2013. No windmills then.
@@robertp7209 South of the Island you can’t miss them you can see their lights at night from the mainland.
@@captpepin thanks.
Interesting about the Old Gulp juice. I noticed 2 years ago the exact opposite. I put a new grub on the teaser and an old one on the bucktail. Catch a fish and swap. The fish would always be on the new. The older stuff has a more potent smell and is browner in color. I assumed the fish could smell the rancid old juice. After that test, i dumped all my older juice and picked up the Gulp Recharge bottles (probably 4 to get enough juice). Its not the same, but it worked just as good as the new juice.
I ALWAYS Learn something new from your Educational Videos Sir !
So I noticed in your video most of them where not working. From discussion with Block Island area charter captains 1 out of 5 may work while the rest are down. My question is if all 5 where humming would the fishing still be good around them? Did you try fishing the one that was operational and if so did you notice any difference. Trying to learn more since the feds are leasing a prime bottom habitat off us in Cape Fear NC region.
Hopefully they don’t come here. A lot of angry people against it
you should read up on the damage these things do to the environment and ecosystem, Im betting you would change your mind. Your being sold a lie.
Here is the truth they are not telling you, ua-cam.com/video/BwfJJfG9vfo/v-deo.htmlsi=pKqBiNThnfzZiaRi
That was a great day on the water. Metal Jigs.... I am surprised you didn't have a small variety. They are classic old school catching machines.
I love flounder.!! What a Cookout!!
Yeah I’m honestly looking at buying a longer bay boat wit a trolling motor vs a deep v hull that costs more and can’t keep me spot locked because of how much of a game changer the technology makes. Nice video once again.
Damnnnn, I love this channel these videos take my mind off the chaos of Covid, the economy, Afghanistan and the year of our lord 2021 👍👍👍
I appreciate the kind words. Glad I could help.
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@@tolpacourt thanks
Holy crap those flounder are monsters
Wow another great video
4 out of 5 of those windmills aren't working. Typical most of them on land are broken too. So much for Green energy con.
All the chopped up birds attract the sea bass
Not the first. We have 2 wind mills off of Virginia waters. About 30 miles past the Chesapeake bay. They are planning on putting over 180 out thwre
You’re killing me Mr. John. Absolutely killing me.
If your ever at the west end 2 nature center at Jones there is a very large turbine blade on display.
Halkius trying to take Skinner out of the mix. Just kidding. Great last two trips. I'm excited to be out there Monday or Tuesday
First 5 minutes you sounded like you wish you were back in FL. On the kayak 😂
Thank you for the amazing content
Old john H aboard...love it when the groups together
nice day, could you use some fluke belly for those sea bass?
“ i’m going to have to start aging my gulp” 😂
Was your buddy on his way to the golf course and divert to the marina? Haha
Some people have a wine cellar, mr skinner has a gulp cellar.
Found a color called “glow tiger”. It was a great color on the teaser and had tons of shorts all day. No keepers but seems like a color worth having imo.
The windmills on land are very impressive. Those are probably even bigger, pictures don't do them justice.
Was always told there’s just small fish on them but pretty cool. The blades not even rotating lol
Wonder if the turbines are going to be good or bad for us off NJ/NY
ABSOLUTELY
Another great video Skinner. I thought I recognized that voice of John Jigging Jerks!
Nice video John. So when the fluke season ends, Do you have any predictions or insight on the upcoming fall/winter Striper run for the south Jersey area (2021/2022). Thanks :)
Great video, John. I've always been curious how these things would look up close and how good the bottom fishing would be right next to them. Now I know the answer to both!
Thought they started putting them in along jersey also
What kind of boat are you guys fishing on?
32' metal shark fearless
What make and model boat is that? Don't see many larger CC aluminum boats down here in the south.
Metal Shark Boats. I think it’s a 30 or 32, check their website.
32 Metalshark. I did a review of Rick’s boat a few years back. She’s a beast
ua-cam.com/video/kb52IaPaZ78/v-deo.html
@Jigging Jerks Oh sure - divert people from my channel onto yours. Must be plan B after I recovered from you stabbing me on the boat!
@@JohnSkinnerFishing hahaha
Love it. Who makes that boat? We have a 21’ SarCraft aluminum boat and one day I need one like that in my life
32' metal shark fearless
@@JohnSkinnerFishing thanks Skinner!
Where did you fish at?
How does Skinner make these fish magically appear out of nowhere?? I fish close to here and I cant get fish this size this consistently. I’m starting to believe he’s using magic...
If they did not change their drift, they would have not got any.... IMHO
where is this location? how far out?
Probably a great blackish spot in fall
Wind mills and big fish===win/win!
Those towers would be amberjack city a couple hundred miles south
How much time did it take to get to the spot from the dock?
75 minutes
Thank you Mr. Skinner.
Rick needs to get “who put ya on the fish John” tattooed on him lol 🤣
I don’t understand I live in the same area with a center console and still can’t catch the fish John does 🤦🏽♂️
Do you use a hook ?
killer video!
Which go pro would you recommend?
Can you do a full video fishing the new wind farm please
You tell em, wrap it up! Where done here!
What brand is the blue braid that you're using?
It's Daiwa J-Braid Grand, but my favorite is X9. Both 15#
You guys always fish the same spots on the boat. Is this by chance or is it a seniority thing?
Rick near the helm, me where the gunwale is lowest because it helps with the video. Then it's whatever.
How is this video NOT titled "JIGGING JERK STABS SKINNER!" lol Also, what's your guess on how many $$ of gulp on that boat at any given time. Has to be close to a kbuck in gulp. Great trip and vid as usual.
John, I hope the best for you with the hurricane
Thanks. I can't believe the latest forecast takes the eye right over my house. Yesterday the storm was a non-issue for us.
@@JohnSkinnerFishing Hurricanes are always an issue when you live in Florida.
Love this video
Rick set brings meat!
Always a great show, learned a lot from this channel. One question…what happens if Berkeley goes out of business? That would be a dark day on the Atlantic 😂
Someone would just come out with something else
John I went to the usual fluke spots near the windmills this week, all full of small sea bass and kept on ruining my rig. In a situation like this what is my best approach? I moved spots and everywhere I went had no fluke just swarms of small sea bass
Uggh. You could keep fishing with Gulp stubs and add a rippled Otter Tail Brand bait strip for action.
When are we going to see some action from the kayak or your Starcraft ? It’s been awhile, is the fishing slow in the bays ?
You'll see the starcraft in the Sound in a few weeks.
@@JohnSkinnerFishing
Looking forward to those trips. I recently purchased a couple Old Town 106mk’s and am in beginner kayak fishing mode. Have not had the chance to really give them a try yet. Hopefully soon though. Going to try the area around Hampton Bays in the next couple of weeks. Any suggestions ? Thank you
John Skinner Fishing is one of my favorite youtube channels! Hey John, you ever think about fishing for stripers at the Cape Cod Canal?
John is this Long Island area ???
Block Island
@@JohnSkinnerFishing oh ok right thanks sir . We have a large amount of land based wind turbines up in Canada around the Great Lakes
Hope you all are ready for the storm.
Love the luchador look, lol
I need to find a good boat to go out on for some fluke
Looks like the good old days but offshore!
I feel you bro. The worst feeling ever.
Do you eat all that fluke you catch
Boy, you get John from Jigging Jerks and the rest of the gang.
Old Gulp is best gulp. Isn't that the truth!
Block Island, Rhode Island.
Nice fishing but 3’ seas really?
Big fight in North Carolina now to stop them from putting these wind farms any closer than 25 miles from shore. Residents and Condo renters think the sight of them will hurt tourism. But any structure seems to help fishing. It takes us 25 miles to get to water the depth you are fishing.
The fishermen and guides fighting back too. Say the building and noise will kill off tons of fish.
Nice!
What is the Brand of that boat?
Metal shark fearless 32
@@richardkohut4309 Thanks!
Anyone know the make of that cc?
Metal Shark
Stylish head gear on Doc
They’re planting an absolute ton of these off of nj, the concern is migrating species like fluke, bass, tog that move off shore and inshore seasonally and how the power cables along the sea floor will affect them. Whales and porpoise are known to be sensitive to electromagnetic changes on the sea floor as well. At the meetings they explained that they’re good for 28-35 years before needing to be rebuilt, but take approximately 30 years to pay them selves off. You should have heard the pissed off locals and fisherman once that sentence came out of the representatives mouths. They just aren’t the productive clean energy they need to be yet. Step in the right direction, yes. The be all answer? Hardly.
yeah in most cases off shore wind is dumb. in the case of an island like here its not to bad and way better then burring oil or diesel. what really need is more nuclear
@@Elios0000 the payback on nuclear takes forever. Thats why no new nuclear in US. Its pure economics. The outlay is so huge.
Offshore wind isn’t cheap but good luck planting wind generators on land in new england. People complain about the aesthetics when they’re 5 miles offshore and can only be seen on a clear day. Smog from burning oil apparently looks better.
I’ve dived these towers a few times, they’re teaming with life where there was just pebble bottom. A few birds probably get chopped up from the blades, but now there is a huge habitat for fish. Gulls and sea duck numbers aren’t something to worry about.
Not saying you are knowingly lying, but there is no conceivable way they take 30 years to pay themselves off. These are GE Haliade 150-6s and while they are some of the most expensive turbines in the US, they pay for themselves within a decade at the very most. That 10 year figure is assuming the cost of the project was extremely inflated and the turbines are always having maintenance issues. The offshore turbines are generally a good investment assuming they are placed in spots with high annual wind speeds. Onshore is still better. Throw them in empty flat states like Kansas and Texas and they'll make farmers loads of money and people rarely complain.
@@daversjno new nuclear? In the process of building 2 here to replace coal
i see a lot of nice size fish being caught. past history shows that can be a cause for concern. it's better to have a mix of shorts & keeper sized fish. tells me that it's a healthier fishery. unless Skinner is not filming the shorts.
I edit out the shorts. The videos are already running longer than I like. There's about a 1:1 keeper short ratio overall in this area, including Montauk, during the summer. If anything there are more shorts this summer than previous summers.
Oh block island !!
Owwww hook in the hand sucks I know I had a vmc 5/0 2x treble hook lodge in my hand 2 barbs
2 ER trips for me lifetime, but none in over 20 years.
@@JohnSkinnerFishing yeah that's good. My incident was someone setting the hook on a striped bass right out in front and his plug flew like a bullet right at me. Was able to get keep it from hooking my face by putting my hand up no time to duck.
I am suprised they put them so close to shore. I would have thought that people wouldn't have wanted to look at them.
They have to because of the water depth
Makes a nice postcard
Love your channel. Fishing the Hampton roads area. The s#!+ talking reminds me of fishing with my boys. Lol.
Okay ... I'm trying to understand meaning of "metal" mentioned twice ... Diamond Jigs??? Another entertaining video. Lesson learned ... Keep trying different gulps. Changes from day to day.
Yes, a diamond jig,actually a Hogy Squinnow.
@@JohnSkinnerFishing Ahhh .. That's a new one on me that I'll need to look up. Thanks John!
John looks like sal from impractical jokers
I figured you go back to fish those structures 👍🏻
The size was stunning.
why no fluke blelly.i. convinced bigger fish on bellys.
Good question. We did mess with them for years, and they just did not increase our catches as compared to straight Gulp. Also, in NY waters you must retain the fish that you cut the strip from, so we would have to cut from our cooler fish.
I am against the offshore wind farms, the technology isn't advanced enough yet. The problem with wind turbines is A- nobody talks about how much carbon emissions are created to make all the parts and build the turbines themselves, then there's all the emissions from the installation of them. B- the maintenance of them C- the proposed wind farm off nantucket is right in the right whale summer mating grounds. D - without Govt subsides they never make enough energy to pay for themselves since they only have about a 25-30 yr lifespan without major repairs. E- What happens when there's no wind? They use diesel generators to run them causing more emissions than a coal plant. I am all for Green energy when we have the technology for it to be worth it. That said you do make some good fishing video's
Jealous of the Spot Lock.
John skinner r u smokin za