I love this vid ! - along with all your videos! Johnny you’re an icon in the industry of being an angler- I appreciate you , thank you. I crush all my barbs now and I am glad I did so , this season was fun and I nicked my self a couple times ...
Lots of fun. I'm from the springs/Montauk area. I live in North Carolina now. But watching your channel brings me back to fishing long island. I still love fishing down here though!
Well, we all knew John was the Pied Piper of Sea Robins, but now we have video proof of them dancing at your feet! Good Striper and Blues action. Thanks.
Sometimes when you are using newer line or line that went directly from the spool it came on to the spool on the reel you get the looping action when fishing top water. If the line is good line and its been lightly used I have noticed that you don't get loops
I caught tons of blues right in the Long Beach Island area last year, maybe they just stayed a little further south. I haven't had the chance to get out and fish because of a quarantine, I've got no when to stay for a night or two and money is tight. Keep the videos coming John at least i can fish vicariously through you.
Last season marked the very first time I caught two bluefish at the same time on one lure (SP Minnow - one on each treble). Blues are such fun to catch and I hope to find some on my next outing. Love the videos.
John thanks as always for the videos, great content. If you want to thin the Sea Robin population might I suggest promoting the RUclips channel Cooking and Fishing. He is a fellow Long Island fisherman but more importantly an AMAZING cook. These Sea Robins are DELICIOUS if you know how to prep and cook them. Spread the word and hopefully we can get anglers keeping this bi-catch and solving the problem. I'll never look at a Sea Robin the same way again!
I'm having similar results across the sound here in ct alot of smaller fish bait stacked up with not much feeding on them hopefully some bigger fish start showing up with the warmer weather
I’m a huge fan of what you do keep up the good work I want to fish out there in Long Island but 1 I don’t know exactly to fish in Long Island I want to learn the good spots out there some day soon I be out there finding the good spots cause a lot of people don’t like giving the spots up like they own them lol 😆 good fishing 👍
I find it so interesting your calm casual reaction, or even lack thereof when you hook up to a Striper. Old hat for you I'm guessing. Bluefish another story, much more exciting and reaction inducing. I have a tendency to get a tad more excited every time I hook into a fish though I rarely get into action similar to this video. Amazed at your hook-up ratio. not sure if it's great editing but it seems almost every cast you're either hooked into a fish, or at least your popper is attacked unsuccessfully. I find your comment on Sea Robins very interesting. My dad was a native New Englander but he left for the war (WWII Pacific Theater) never to return to the US. He wound up in Japan after the surrender, settled there, and married a cute Japanese nurse (my mom) after a Judo accident. I digress. Being born and raised in Japan until the 1st grade (in Hawai'i ever since) I LOVE watching Japanese RUclips Fishing videos, and I just wanted to say that the Japanese consider the Sea Robin quite the prize. If there's a market that appreciates the Sea Robin it is Japan. Longtime subscriber, but I especially enjoyed this video. Stripers & Bluefish are on my bucket list, maybe even Sea Robins. Thank you.
Good morning Johnny, Cause of work I can’t get as much , daughter, responsibilities etc... but yeah some of my buddies are catching some nice bass, n blues. I’m in seaford so I go to the Jones inlet. This is my favorite video. All of them. But yeah I can’t get the skunk off me but looking forward to the first fish ! You’re the man Johnny. Question- I went this morning for the morning bite, used the cordell , it seems as though they’re not hitting the top. What would you use ?? My dad caught a thick schoolie on the slam shady 2 sundays ago... I brought your entire set of bucktails with me now. Hitting the slack. I swapped out the VS-200 x series to the 150, I wanna really learn to set that hook- what bucktail should I toss ?
Was on Penfield Reef 2 weeks ago and it was ridiculous. Just about every cast. Then 3 or 4 more would come in trailing the one hooked. Didn't matter what we threw.
Whats swimming by you. Like clockwork almost once every minute a lil fish swims by your feet. At 1.20 ish, 2,3and 4 little searobins or something cruise by
Do any of you know where I can find some big bluefish in central CT, I have been getting lots of schoolie stripers in the river but want to get some nice blues.
hey john im an aussie so im wondering why you guys connect your leader to your braid with a swivel and not a FG knot or something and then use a swivel for the lure so the fish doesnt have a position from which to add torgue.
The braid to leader connection is a personal preference. Some guys will use an FG or Uni to Uni here also. I feel going through a high quality small barrel swivel is more convenient and secure.
@@JohnSkinnerFishing Hello Mr Skinner. Bluefish gets a bad rap because people don't know how to prepare them. I keep it simple by keeping midsize, bleeding them out and cooking same day. Smoking and creole seasoning, done. Buttermilk or Mayo if I have to wait a day.
Awesome video, if you don't mind, what tide is this? Do you find the water temps have risen enough to make the incoming as productive as the outgoing is this time of year?
Hey I fish here in Maine. I love using topwaters. I mostly fish in the sheepscot river (tidal). What kind of inshore set up would you recommend for throwing those plugs out there? I have a 7’ MH and a 7’3 MH right now. Would the you put in your description 8’ M suffice be optimal? Thanks
Do you have any info on holdovers? We have a local population of 30 inchers that stay year round in a pond that’s connected to the river via a large culvert. My wife pulled a 34 incher through the ice in December there.
I was typing my question to you asking what was swimming under your rod. Sea Robbins- thanks for the answer. How did you know where to cast for stripers and blues?
Question: when looking at your rod, we see the guides rotated to the left as you retrieve. Is this an artifact of the camera angle? Are you rotating the reel to the left as you retrieve? Is this something I should be doing?
Great video! Nice catches. Whats your advice for nighttime lures? They were jumping out of the water last night here in queens but couldnt get any hits on any color plug, poppers. Friend told me maybe sand eels.
Nice video John . All these years and you never got into catch, clean and cook .. Your never too old and this virus is going to make for good cooks coming out of the woodwork. Nothing like smoked Bluefish with Pâté and crackers . Show us the proper way to make the cut to bleed 🩸 out your fish .. Thank you!!
JOHN i LOVE YOUR VIDEOS I WAS FISHING MONDAY ALSO IN THE FOG , CAUGHT SOME SHORT FLUKE OFF CAPTREE PIER, I WOULD THROW ON A 8 INCH POPPER AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS
Hey man please take me and my 8 year old son fishing. We do ok in freshwater but never get anything in the ocean let me know? We will even pay you for the day. Thanks
Love all those tips and agree except for one, I’ll never push those barbs down, I don’t want to give my fish any chance to get off. I’d hate for a fish I got selected for the dinner plate get off because of a light hook set and no barbs on those hooks to help hold em. That technique ain’t for me.
Hooksets are easier without barbs. As long as you keep a bend in the rod the fish shouldn't become detached because of a crushed barb. You might try it and find you catch more fish, depending on the species.
John Skinner Fishing honestly I’ll give it a try the next time I go fishing to compare if you’re sincerely swearing by pushing the barb down. Only because you are good and knowledgeable at what you do though John, I’ll trust ya.
The KOTN is back and the sea robins are kneeling at his feet lol
lol
I love this vid ! - along with all your videos! Johnny you’re an icon in the industry of being an angler- I appreciate you , thank you. I crush all my barbs now and I am glad I did so , this season was fun and I nicked my self a couple times ...
I’m a new subscriber can’t believe I went so long without finding this channel. !!!
Johns underwater fluke footage i can watch for 8 hours lol
Lots of fun. I'm from the springs/Montauk area. I live in North Carolina now. But watching your channel brings me back to fishing long island. I still love fishing down here though!
Well, we all knew John was the Pied Piper of Sea Robins, but now we have video proof of them dancing at your feet! Good Striper and Blues action. Thanks.
Great John,watching you and the Jigging Jerks feels like things are getting back to normal and summers just around the corner,tight lines.M
The big blues have moved into long island for sure this season!
Sometimes when you are using newer line or line that went directly from the spool it came on to the spool on the reel you get the looping action when fishing top water. If the line is good line and its been lightly used I have noticed that you don't get loops
I caught tons of blues right in the Long Beach Island area last year, maybe they just stayed a little further south. I haven't had the chance to get out and fish because of a quarantine, I've got no when to stay for a night or two and money is tight. Keep the videos coming John at least i can fish vicariously through you.
Last season marked the very first time I caught two bluefish at the same time on one lure (SP Minnow - one on each treble). Blues are such fun to catch and I hope to find some on my next outing. Love the videos.
I really enjoy your videos. Informative and realxing.
I thought the sea robins were weed going by in the tide. Good thought on the crushed barbs too, never thought of it like that.
Another great video John! Wish I could catch as many strippers at one location like you do
Thanks John, great action as always.
John thanks as always for the videos, great content. If you want to thin the Sea Robin population might I suggest promoting the RUclips channel Cooking and Fishing. He is a fellow Long Island fisherman but more importantly an AMAZING cook. These Sea Robins are DELICIOUS if you know how to prep and cook them. Spread the word and hopefully we can get anglers keeping this bi-catch and solving the problem. I'll never look at a Sea Robin the same way again!
Keep up the great videos bro and those were some nice fish👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾
I'm having similar results across the sound here in ct alot of smaller fish bait stacked up with not much feeding on them hopefully some bigger fish start showing up with the warmer weather
U should take a subscriber fishing not many people can say they have fished with a legend.
Wow! That is some big boy Blues you were catching.
I’m a huge fan of what you do keep up the good work I want to fish out there in Long Island but 1 I don’t know exactly to fish in Long Island I want to learn the good spots out there some day soon I be out there finding the good spots cause a lot of people don’t like giving the spots up like they own them lol 😆 good fishing 👍
Can I get the Google map address link?? Please,please
Cool video, man! Love the big blues, fog makes it cooler lol
I find it so interesting your calm casual reaction, or even lack thereof when you hook up to a Striper. Old hat for you I'm guessing. Bluefish another story, much more exciting and reaction inducing. I have a tendency to get a tad more excited every time I hook into a fish though I rarely get into action similar to this video. Amazed at your hook-up ratio. not sure if it's great editing but it seems almost every cast you're either hooked into a fish, or at least your popper is attacked unsuccessfully. I find your comment on Sea Robins very interesting. My dad was a native New Englander but he left for the war (WWII Pacific Theater) never to return to the US. He wound up in Japan after the surrender, settled there, and married a cute Japanese nurse (my mom) after a Judo accident. I digress. Being born and raised in Japan until the 1st grade (in Hawai'i ever since) I LOVE watching Japanese RUclips Fishing videos, and I just wanted to say that the Japanese consider the Sea Robin quite the prize. If there's a market that appreciates the Sea Robin it is Japan. Longtime subscriber, but I especially enjoyed this video. Stripers & Bluefish are on my bucket list, maybe even Sea Robins. Thank you.
Please tell Japan we have all of the searobins they could ever want.
I have also never held the line while pencil popping on braid or mono
Awesome John, an them were some big blues you think you’ll ever take the kayak out over there like you did while you were in Florida
I always prefer shore fishing to kayak, so I'm enjoying that for now. Will get the yak out for some summer fluke and maybe sound bass.
Hey john great action. Is this on the north shore or south shore?? Yet to find any blues on the north shore
Hello John i missed blue fish i live in Florida now wish thay were here fishing with bumker off long lsland
Good morning Johnny, Cause of work I can’t get as much , daughter, responsibilities etc...
but yeah some of my buddies are catching some nice bass, n blues. I’m in seaford so I go to the Jones inlet. This is my favorite video. All of them. But yeah I can’t get the skunk off me but looking forward to the first fish ! You’re the man Johnny.
Question- I went this morning for the morning bite, used the cordell , it seems as though they’re not hitting the top. What would you use ??
My dad caught a thick schoolie on the slam shady 2 sundays ago... I brought your entire set of bucktails with me now. Hitting the slack. I swapped out the VS-200 x series to the 150, I wanna really learn to set that hook- what bucktail should I toss ?
At one point I thought a turtle swam by, maybe it was a big sea robin lol
I was out in Long Island sound all weekend and we probably got 100 of them. The sea robins are everywhere and something has to happen.
Hope there’s more of a market for them soon. I’d rather harvest them than a striper or blue. They’re like rabbits.
Anyone else see the Sea Robins at his feet when he caught the last striper, before the blues.
I thought they were blue crabs but I saw them was gonna comment too
Hi John. It’s odd cause in Jersey I catch very few sea robins in the surf anymore. They must have moved to LI
Nice video! Already missing the inshore fishing vids from south Florida ☹️
What was the big shadow close in when u got the first blue fish in
Great video! Could you film a fluke fishing video at the barnegat inlet sometime this spring/summer?
bottom right of the screen at 3:00 , can anyone tell me what that is?
Welcome home!
I love this video
Did anyone else see the sea robben by John's feet or was I the only one pretty call to see them come up to the action
I’ve been surfcasting in so many years I don’t ever remember catching so many SeA Robbins on Sp minnows and top water plugs mag darters lol
Was on Penfield Reef 2 weeks ago and it was ridiculous. Just about every cast. Then 3 or 4 more would come in trailing the one hooked. Didn't matter what we threw.
Whats swimming by you. Like clockwork almost once every minute a lil fish swims by your feet. At 1.20 ish, 2,3and 4 little searobins or something cruise by
Weeds and robins
Do any of you know where I can find some big bluefish in central CT, I have been getting lots of schoolie stripers in the river but want to get some nice blues.
wait for them to come when they are there youll know
Amazing fishing video!!!
I have a long time to see action in high volume like that!!!
Some info for the rod and reel??
Skinner, did you see that fish flash on the bottom right corner of the screen at 3:03?
Sea Robins...I asked too soon.
hey john im an aussie so im wondering why you guys connect your leader to your braid with a swivel and not a FG knot or something and then use a swivel for the lure so the fish doesnt have a position from which to add torgue.
The braid to leader connection is a personal preference. Some guys will use an FG or Uni to Uni here also. I feel going through a high quality small barrel swivel is more convenient and secure.
Oh man, one day I’ll get over state side from Australia and chase your jumbo tailor (bluefish) and striper!
Very nice fish!
Smoked Bluefish, Grilled Sea Robins, yummmmmy
It's so true that smoked blues are tasty.
@@JohnSkinnerFishing Hello Mr Skinner. Bluefish gets a bad rap because people don't know how to prepare them. I keep it simple by keeping midsize, bleeding them out and cooking same day. Smoking and creole seasoning, done. Buttermilk or Mayo if I have to wait a day.
3:00 searobin busts on the surface
Awesome video, if you don't mind, what tide is this? Do you find the water temps have risen enough to make the incoming as productive as the outgoing is this time of year?
Outgoing and yes.
Was that small fluke moving Right to left at the bottom of the screen at 2:27
Weeds and robins.
Hey john wondering how u keep urself from getting a braid cut on ur index finger when casting
I just never had that problem and never understood why people had to tape their fingers. Tough skin I guess.
No action like that in Florida. Northshore, Southshore nothing like the NY Bite!!!
Hey I fish here in Maine. I love using topwaters. I mostly fish in the sheepscot river (tidal). What kind of inshore set up would you recommend for throwing those plugs out there? I have a 7’ MH and a 7’3 MH right now. Would the you put in your description 8’ M suffice be optimal? Thanks
An 8-footer sounds fine for river fishing. If you throw 2-ounces + often, go to a 9-footer.
@@JohnSkinnerFishing thanks. Should I go M or MH? I thought a medium would allow for better movement when fishing topwaters
@@Tom-se5ol I would have to no specifically which rod. The lamiglas 8ft GSB is pretty ideal.
@@JohnSkinnerFishing gotcha. I’ve read good things about them. I’ll make sure to buy my wife something first!
Do you have any info on holdovers? We have a local population of 30 inchers that stay year round in a pond that’s connected to the river via a large culvert. My wife pulled a 34 incher through the ice in December there.
Where the hell was this ???? Looks familiar, thanks! Great fish!
Hell was swimming at his feet around 1:00 mark!
Saw that too.
Amazing! Are you based in Mass?? Sorry i dont knownif you said it in the video
NY
Funny, i get loops when i use my balastic lt and fireline only.
would u use this same technique using a pencil lure not a popper?
Definitely.
I am noticing a lot of aquatic life around you specially in the water, seeing lots of shadows , what are those? Flounder? Rays?
Nothing there.
@@JohnSkinnerFishing
Looking at the video something's lurking ? Grass maybe, kinda hard to tell ! Thx John
Ahh - grass I guess.
I was typing my question to you asking what was swimming under your rod. Sea Robbins- thanks for the answer. How did you know where to cast for stripers and blues?
Almost at 100k!!!
Nice video. What specific rod/reel/line are you using? I clicked on your links and I wasn't sure if what showed up is what you were using.
Thanks.
The links are accurate.
I think it’s cool that the sea robins came so close to you
Question: when looking at your rod, we see the guides rotated to the left as you retrieve. Is this an artifact of the camera angle? Are you rotating the reel to the left as you retrieve? Is this something I should be doing?
artifact
Great video! Nice catches.
Whats your advice for nighttime lures? They were jumping out of the water last night here in queens but couldnt get any hits on any color plug, poppers. Friend told me maybe sand eels.
6-inch Bomber on a slow retrieve is always worth a shot. Otherwise a 6-inch Tsunami Sandeel.
. any particular bomber you can suggest? thank you sir!
6-inch bomber straight Long A. Any natural color.
where in queens have you been going arnold? brooklyn was just ok the other day
so many robins swimming by his feet!
John, when you change your hooks on your lures, what hooks do you prefer?
If I could choose any they'd be Owner Stingers. They're expensive and hard to find. I normally use VMC 9626.
Thanks for the fast reply. 👍🏻
Snook moved out..larger trout showed up..water mid 80s..should be back on the island next week...will be looking for the fluke
But I bet there's tarpon.
great video, seems that i cant find a decent bluefish bite, has it been widespread yet?
On LI's South Shore, yes.
@@JohnSkinnerFishing thanks John!
What the heck swims past you while you are explaining the pinched line/ pencil technique?
searobin
Did both bites, striper and blues stop after the fog lifted?
No. Only the bass.
Nice video John . All these years and you never got into catch, clean and cook .. Your never too old and this virus is going to make for good cooks coming out of the woodwork. Nothing like smoked Bluefish with Pâté and crackers . Show us the proper way to make the cut to bleed 🩸 out your fish .. Thank you!!
3 min sea robin bottom right
also at 1min swims in from the bottom right
Where r u fishing?
Is this the Potomac?
It's NY
Look at the bottom of the screen at 1:02 anyone else se that fish just swim right in front of him
what are those dark shadows that float by every other minute? vegitation?
weed
i fished for 5 hours at King's Park Bluff and 3.5 hours at Captree Pier and didn't get a bite
Is it me or are there sea robins swimming at John skinners feet?
JOHN i LOVE YOUR VIDEOS I WAS FISHING MONDAY ALSO IN THE FOG , CAUGHT SOME SHORT FLUKE OFF CAPTREE PIER, I WOULD THROW ON A 8 INCH POPPER AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS
what state you fishing
NY
I miss this gators
There was a sea robin swimming right under your feet as you were reeling in that first striper! LOL
Little did I realize they’d get even thicker as the video went on.
Sea robins are asking for food
what spot is that!
I would love to know!!!
Don't listen to bobinsuffolk, he's trying to trick you. It's somewhere on the northfork of Long Island
You have put a million fish in it, it's not a problem to fish that way everything will work 😎😎😎
11 likes but 3 views clearly youtube has been day drinking
Unpopular opinion but sea robins taste great
Yhea they passed up right up!!!
Nice
Hey man please take me and my 8 year old son fishing. We do ok in freshwater but never get anything in the ocean let me know? We will even pay you for the day. Thanks
Love all those tips and agree except for one, I’ll never push those barbs down, I don’t want to give my fish any chance to get off. I’d hate for a fish I got selected for the dinner plate get off because of a light hook set and no barbs on those hooks to help hold em. That technique ain’t for me.
Hooksets are easier without barbs. As long as you keep a bend in the rod the fish shouldn't become detached because of a crushed barb. You might try it and find you catch more fish, depending on the species.
John Skinner Fishing honestly I’ll give it a try the next time I go fishing to compare if you’re sincerely swearing by pushing the barb down. Only because you are good and knowledgeable at what you do though John, I’ll trust ya.
I posted that Way too early