Skipping School

[TheGrandPoohBah]

No, not like High School, but skipping for fish.
This guy has a pretty good technique for skipping under piers, limbs, brush, whatever, that I thought was interesting. I need to work on this a little more...
Start SKIPPING A Fishing LURE Better Than Your Friends (Complete Skip Cast Tutorial) - YouTube

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Good video

[Tradbow]

Very good info. Don’t bass fish much but I do use a chatter bait when I do. I’m more inclined to fish for crappie around docks. May need to try his methods

[Ketchn]

skipping jigs is much more finite that pitching a big bait like his , but if you understand the dynamics involved it can be accomplished with a small light jig too .
more surface area on the bait makes it much easier to skip it , we often use fat body baits to skip jigs , the jig does not need a heavier weight as I have heard mentioned before , we skip 1/32 jigheads sometimes with 4 lb test .

[Ande]

I know will happen if i try that !

[TheGrandPoohBah]

I used to work with a guy that said as He was skipping from the boat one day near a pier, the lure skipped a little too far and went up on the bank, and a big tom cat pounced on it at the exact moment He was snatching it back, resulting on a face full of treble hooks for the big yellow tom cat.
He said it put up one of the best fights He ever had with that rod and reel. I reckon that cat locked it in 4 wheel drive and "got jiggy wid it"! (BTW - He cut the line).

[DockShootinJack]

I used to work with a guy that said as He was skipping from the boat one day near a pier, the lure skipped a little too far and went up on the bank, and a big tom cat pounced on it at the exact moment He was snatching it back, resulting on a face full of treble hooks for the big yellow tom cat.
He said it put up one of the best fights He ever had with that rod and reel. I reckon that cat locked it in 4 wheel drive and "got jiggy wid it"! (BTW - He cut the line).

Ouch!

[skunked again]

Just watched the video, thank you for the link!
The part about making a cast, and putting on some electrical tape, is a must when learning!! Will save you ALOT of heartache.

[DockShootinJack]

He did make it look easy

[SuperDave336]

Oh wow no kidding he made that look easy. Much easier to dock shoot I think....lol