Jumbo Sea Bass are No Fluke! 

Congratulations to Dr Skinner for her accomplishment !!!

Great last few videos. You've mentioned the widespread shortage of larger fluke in the sound in recent years.. I strongly believe it's in part because of the trawlers allowed to rake area even up to port Jeff. I'd love for you to address this issue in ur video and perhaps spark a campaign to curtail this wretched practice which is ruining fluking for all the recreational fishermen out there. Txs

My husband (from NJ) has committed 100% to your jigging technique. He's been on the meat ever since. My son is stationed in NC and has also applied your methods. Both have had the most successful fishing of their lives!!!

Congrats to Dr Skinner! And great catch as well. That was some awesome bass action.

Adding congratulations and deep respect to Dr. Skinner!

John, congratulations to your daughter, what an accomplishment, you must be so proud! And the PhD is great as well. :) Thanks for the wonderful video documentaries as usual.

Congratulations to your daughter on her accomplishments and that huge beautiful seabass !

That was a slammer Black Sea bass nice catch 👀 I just wanted to say thank you John you really helped me with my fluke/Black Sea bass game I really appreciate that I'm sure I'm speaking for a lot of guys and girls out there thank you.

Hi John, congratulations Dr Skinner, I stopped at a masters in electrical engineering. This weekend I will be targeting sea bass, reports of fluke have not changed so i will be heading out east on the Ct side, by the way 6 yrs ago I was fishing the 7B's out of R.I., we were targeting fluke. I hooked into something that I was hoping was a personal best fluke wise, it turn out to be an 7.75lb sea bass, I entered it in a contest they were having and came in second, got beat by a 8.2 lb specimen, as much as you don't like them, it seems like it's the only game in town right now. As always I enjoy your vids, again congratulations to your daughter, well done.

I posted my other comment before seeing Doc Katie Skinner landing that monster see bass!! Way to go Dr. Skinner and congrats on your incredible achievements!!

Funny I ran into a local officer at the boat ramp and we started talking fishing and we both mention the legend skinner and wished we had your skill we are in va by the way. Thanks for all you do.

Nice video Mr. Skinner. I love seabass.😊

God I love sea bass fishing. It’s my favorite fishery

Hey Mr. Skinner, I love your videos, keep up the good work. I'm also going on a fishing trip this Saturday so wish me luck!,😁

Congrats to Katie on her PhD and nice bass. Great job John as always

South Jersey Fluke fishing (for me and others I've spoken with) has been off. The keepers I have caught had squid and eels in their belly. Tight lines John!

amazing videos man wish would come down to OC MD some time

this couldn’t of been this year, the sun is out in the video

A useful degree. Skinniers dont mess around.😊

Great video as always John! I always appreciate the time you take to film and edit! You mentioned you only like to keep sea bass around 18” or more... how many inches would you estimate those “ big ones” to be? Thanks Scott

Hey John skinner this is the first time seeing someone else with you

My best friend, Great... We liked and enjoyed to the end. Awesome... Full watched. Thanks Have a happy day!

PhD in robotics. Nice

WOWWWW!!!! Beast sea biscuit! Could ya slide the end screen tiles to the right so the last one shows? Or delay it a bit?

Great video for your 2019 "A Season on the Edge" highlights... Yesterday I asked myself... Whats up with John?

Wow. June 23rd opening is a lot later than CT opening if May 19th!

I went after sea bass on Sunday. I had an awesome time

Sweet, I need to make a sea bass pendant.

You are totally right John, was targeting Seabass off CT in a great spot using whole squid then suddenly felt a "dead" weight. Thought I had a shark and when the fish came to the surface it was a giant fluke that swallowed my squid complete.

When are u going to post another video from the beach?

You’re the man...

How fast does your boat go with that 40 merc ?

Another awesome video John! Quick question, are you tying on the top glass minnow using a dropper loop the same way you tied your bait hook in your rigging video? Or are you rigging it differently?

Hey John wandering if you can give me information on charters out of cape cod or New Bedford thanks enjoy watching your fishing

Very nice video as always. John, do you always anchor or drift?

Can u post how big each fish is

Hi John my comment is for all the fish you catch and release, do they all survive after you release them? Seems like they do. Love your videos. Keep up the good work.

Mr Skinner what’s a good pocket for Bucktail weights? I have a few 3/4 oz and 6 oz. for deep heavy currents. I think it’s overkill for my trip Saturday. Can u recommend an appropriate weight for drifting on party boats. Fishing outta Belmar NJ

What was the depth of this water? Wonder if this technique is suitable for deep water/ party boat fishing.

Nice Seabass fishing. Oh, CONGRATULATIONS to your doctor daughter. 👏👏👏👏

Gotta love when your girl catches bigger fish then you!

Hallelujah you didn’t say this supports my book in the intro!

Hey john I don't fish the sound much and I only fish the western end at that but we are seeing the same effect in that the commercial boats are ALL over the good wrecks and it's been getting worse little by little and like you said it's not a population situation it's just a matter of the fish trying to avoid the trawlers or in other words the problem is in the way the fish are dispersed around the water. I'm from NJ btw

We call those big sea bass green heads.

Nice fish! Just a point of interest here but at about 12:00, you mention the bumps that the big ones get. The black sea bass exhibits sexual dimorphism in that the male fish develop the large fatty bump on their head in front of their dorsal fin and tend to be the more blue hued whereas the females tend to be more black or brown with no bump... I BELIEVE that is the case anyhow!

Too bad dinner wasn't an option with some of those monster Sea Bass!! I actually prefer to eat them more often than Fluke although they're both amazing table fair!!! Can't wait for the Sea Bass season to start in RI because the Fluke fishing has been hit or miss....

trawler came on all the gps marks

Thumbs down.= take up golf This channel is really informative and helps you catch fish Keep up the nice work 😎

how deep were you?

“Fat ass sea bass” I love it when you talk dirty

Hi Mr Skinner. I'm a long island fisherman too. Enjoy ur videos. I do have to say something on ur comment about the fluking. U sd it was off. Nobody wants to say it but it's true. The commercial fishing on the long island sound has been I big issue the past sev years. The long island sound is not able to handle massive amounts of over harvesting. When they hit there limit. They throw the rest over board. N alot of small fish go over board dead. Bc temp is not the problem. I use to catch my limit in 55 degree water. N its way above that. I keep logs on temp n tide n I can notice the trend. I know the need to mk a living as well. But if ur gonna do alot of harvesting. Do it in the ocean. Something needs to be done about that. N stop putting the blame on recreational fisherman. On a diff subject I really enjoy ur underwater content. I changed alot of my approach bc of those videos. So thanks keep making videos n doing what u love

Sweeny is a pisser...june and hes dressed like its november......yeah i think its two sea bass cause i can feel the line grinding...lololol..i gotta fish with him one day,,laugh all day..great sea biscuits..

Two doctors, dad and daughter.

Barely any Striper Vids from you this Spring.. what gives ?

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After 25 years of law enforcement and being raised right, I'd like to think I'm a pretty good judge of character. I get teased on a regular basis for paying homage to you John Skinner and always making reference to trying my hardest to emulate your flounder fishing techniques. I even cut "a few" inches off of the tip of my new Lews rod because I believe in what you say and found that it held true to moment I dropped a bucktail into the water. But, I've gotta say this: that John Sweeney seems like one of the most affable and friendly guys out of the whole lot of you fellas. I pay close attention to everything everyone is saying on your and Halk's videos and Sweeney seems like the salt of the earth! Don't get me wrong, I'd belly up to the bow rail with any of you "northerners" to include Doc, Rick, Halk, John, John, John, John (did I get them all?), but that Sweeney is the type of guy I loved having on my platoon when I was a street lieutenant. Quietly poignant, modest, humble and all business with a rod and reel in his mitts! You and Sweeney make a great combination on the water and I know an all around good day out fishing when I see one and it certainly starts with the company that is kept!! My best to you and all the fellas up there!

The fluke fishing everywhere has been complete garbage. I fish the sandy hook NJ area and it’s been horrible. We have to go into the rivers to find the warmer water, and the guys I’ve been talking to have been getting like 2 keepers to 20 shorts. Not good. Most of the people who have big enough boats are tuna fishing. If I had a big enough boat and the gear I would be tuna fishing too

Why would not sea bass it's good eating

girls catch bigger fish.

It annoys me that he doesn’t keep big flounder and sea bass