Man, I just got out of the hospital with a heart stent yesterday, but these Skinner flounder videos have me getting my jigs and plastics together to make a run to the coast tomorrow. Actually last summer after just watching one video I put together a couple of jig setups and tried them at San Luis Pass. After about three casts off the second bar i hooked a nice flounder. Blew my mind, as I have been fishing that beach for years and never saw a flounder caught. I'll be after them tomorrow. Thanks John for the info!!

John I have watched all your flounder videos. I appreciate everything you taught me. Your videos are insightful and exceptional. I have taught my son and his friends your flounder technique. I fish at a pier in NC and have seen guys fishing ur technique and I tell the guys"ur fishing like John Skinner!" They know who you are, seen ur videos and repeat ur video portions verbatim. Lol. Appreciate all the time and effort you put into all your wonderful videos. I have learned so much from you!!! Thank you John!!,

Guys who shun fluke fishing don't know what they are missing! Doormats are awesome.

you probably have the best youtube chanel , i learned aloooot from your videos about fishing.

This video is timeless and always makes me hungry for flukes.

Wow just seeing this out of the box kzfaq.infoUgkxQr1yd4Zc6qJF-scTB6Zb9dQbVpviuRxB recommend I have yet to fish with this set up, but based on the first hands on appeal, I can tell this is going to change the way i pack and carry to a whole new level. If you fish like i do, you know the smaller and less stuff the better. I’ve added a photo of just some of my gear so you can see how serious i am about fishing.

John your videos are great. No frills just fishing and a lot of great information from you. Would love to read your book.

What a doormat. It took me until yesterday 8/15 to land a keeper, and nothing like that one. Brings my ratio for the summer up to approx. 147-1! Thanks John, definitely re-energized me to get back out there. BTW, I'm using your rig, love it.

Most excellent video and commentary! I hope to emulate some of your success soon. Thank you!

John, I have been watching your videos for some time now. I try to adapt your style with mine. Recently I had done some surf fishing....fluke. Did the wave brake " thing"....worked like a charm. No door mats but I was catching...not fishing. Thank you.

I recently headed to LBI New Jersey and gave your technique a try. The water was very rough for the first couple of days, but once it calmed down I caught fish using your rig and jigging. I am a long-time freshwater fisherman, but had never surf fished before. It was lots of fun. However, one of the fish I caught, was a Stargazer! I had absolutely no idea what it was. I wish I had seen your video about flats fishing beforehand. It tried to stick me with the spines when I picked it up, and I was holding it by the head while removing the hook. No shock! I got very lucky! Thanks for the great videos!

Thanks for info. Heading down NEXT fall before i die. Biggest goal to catch a flounder and a dozen decent blue crab for me and my Dad to cook on the beach, camping in my 2000 Expedition with our dogs. Thank You SOOOOO much! We're poor, and this is our lifelong dream.

Now that is what I needed to see! Coming up empty in back bays for fluke this month. Very difficult to want to go on the boat now. But this beach video has given me hope! Be on my beach tomorrow! Thanks keep the videos rolling!

Here in North Carolina on a incoming tide before the sun breaks the horizion often flounder will wash up on the shore feeding as you are saying and wash back on the next wave. Nice flounder, and thanks for your videos!!

very nice, will try some of that here in Portugal

Just caught one last week that was 20 inches.. I had the biggest catch...luv da video..shalom from nyc

great video, an no one else in the area that's great. You have some nice stretches of beach in long island.

I’m John Skinner and this is my Master Class.

I caught my first fluke yesterday 21” at herring point in cape henolopen park. The waves were big but I had fun. Thanks for the great advice

I love fluke fishing, but hate all the skates and Sea Robins I catch in the process haha

just the type of video I've been looking for... this goes along with the questions that I had previously asked you John. Great Fish and much appreciated for sharing!

I get it why you are an author. This guy is an amazing orator and killer video. Thank you.

Fantastic stuff John! I just got done fishing at the field 10 piers today at jones beach using your jigging method. No luck today but this method looks promising. Thank You for sharing.

Hello Mr. Skinner. My mane is Jessie Gelsebach. We will be holding an outdoor expo sometime in 2018 and were hoping that you could be a guest speaker. This event will bring together the entire outdoor community, from fishing to skiing, we would like to be the first to hold this type of event. We also want all ages involved, so we will have something for everyone.

Outstanding as usual. You really do explain your tackle and tactics well.

You do an excellent job of explaining "why" I catch fish where I do in the surf.

Excellent suggestion, John. Gave it a try at Emerald Isle, NC after cut baits thrown out deep came up blank and I found success. Flounder and lizardfish!

Excellent tutorial, John. I love the Gulp setup you use. I have used the same thing at Great Kills park and have had great results. Keep up the videos. Very imformative.

Going to the beach next week, thanks for the refresher course!

Subscribed! Looks so much more fun than burning a gotcha for spanish and blues!

14 pounder at Sebastian inlet Florida. 1986. Good old fishing days. Live finger mullet. Nice fish dude

That's one good doormat fluke, awesome. Now I fishing when I could .thanks .cool video

Used this rig and technique all Summer (late May to Sept). off the NC beaches. We had only a short "open" season but the fishing was excellent all summer. Most days 10 fish was the norm (on 1-2 hour sessions). My best morning was a legit 30 flounder in an hour...never moved more than 50ft from first catch that morning. Largest 21" but many in the 16-20' range...also got a couple sea. trout and a pup red drum over the course of summer. 90% of fish caught on gulp shrimp top hook

love your videos , and love the way you explain things in a very simple way love your Technique and thanks for the help

Beach is so clean. Wish ours were that clean.

That is amazing. Can't wait till next summer to try this.

Totally agree about the calm surf conditions being better for fluke. Anything over knee high surf and I won't even bother.

Nice catch John! I am going to give it a try!

Yeah, Skinner is the best. He writes books 📚!!

nice, the way you make the jiging motion, I thought i was doing it all wrong!!! ive had no luck so far, I will try using gulp shrimp

I was fishing for blues along the surf in Jersey a couple of years ago, using a metal spoon. A fluke hit it right on the edge of the water, when I was about to lift the spoon out to cast. Wasn't that big, maybe 14 inches, but it surprised me because I caught him literally a couple feet off the beach, maybe in a foot of water. I had no idea they hugged the shoreline like that

Very good as always! Keep up the good work! Love the videos

Being from Louisiana the Gulf of Mexico is where I salt water fish and I prefer surf fishing. Usually I walk out into the surf because I've always thought that's where the fish are. And I've never caught a flounder surf fishing. Now I know why; I was walking on and right past them. There's been a few times when walking out into the water something would slip from under my foot when I'd take a step. Well, next time I go surf fishing I will certainly be more equipped after seeing your video. Anyway, thank you for the info and video.

gave this a go last night (hampton bays) caught one within 15 minutes. he was only 14-15". gave up in the darkness and all the bugs out. will try again in the early morning/late afternoon.

Thanks for the tips, great looking fluke

your videos are awesome! I will definitely have to check out your books ASAP

You did very well! Thanks for the video and the tips. I'll definitely try this technique. Congrats!

Good fishing John, you make it look easy

Great video, have you ever noticed if the presence of seals in the surf hurts the bite?? They cruise that same area that the fluke like to hang out in.

Great video with vey helpful tips and some great content in the video. Good job and thank you.

Another Great Video John. Well done.

Don't see surf that calm in Texas!

An awesome video. First class job!

I miss your old videos

I literally was doing this yesterday and caught a 26 inch 7 pounder. The reason I was even trying this way of fluke fishing is bc of this video. My friend said to me, who do you think you are John Skinner? You're not gonna catch an 8 pound fluke from the beach. I'd say 7 pounds is close enough lol

I have been doing this type of fishing in North Carolina. I have noticed that the smaller fish 10-15 inch fish tend to be farther out where as the larger ones 20+ are closer to the shore.

Awesome video even 5 years later

Island Beach State Park? Fluke fishing off the surf is the best!!

Nice fish, I was out on the weekend but biggest fluke was 15". Great video!!

In the gulf of Texas many folks call them saddle blankets.

Another excellent video John! Beautiful fish too! Larry

Great video nice catches,i can't wait to try your technique, i did not know this information thanks.

The Duke of Fluke!!

Thanks for the great video headed to Florida in couple weeks, hope we catch some dinner!

One important thing I've learned from you, as you mentioned, is you don't need to spend a lot of money to catch fish and or dinner. I have two setups for saltwater. My heavier setup cost me 200 and I've had it for two years and my lighter setup cost me about 100. I've seen guys with 1000 dollar setups and that's a good chunk of change if something was to happen out there.

Nice video Mr john ... 👏🏾 what a great pic you get from that fluke ...!

Very informative. Can't wait to try it.

John, thanks for these excellent videos (including the underwater footage). I just moved to coastal VA and am looking forward to doing some flounder fishing from the local piers and beaches. Just curious - I see you using both spinning rigs and bait casting rigs - when do you use one vs the other? What rod action do you recommend? Once again, thanks!

Call in to our fishing show Saturday morning. We have a flounder tournament going on and you should call in.

John Skinner You are such a genius ! This is a flippin great video ! ! ! These fish should not be filleted .

Enjoyed the video. Good information as well. Keep up the good work!!!!

John, I love all your videos, very informative. When is the best time to catch flounder in the surf, incoming tide or outgoing tide? What color Gulp minnow works best for clear water & what color works best for stained water? Thank you.

Awesome catch and video!

That last one was awesome!

Hey John I'm Will I'm 14 and have a very strong relationship with fish and passion for fishing and in about a week I'm going to myrtle beach, South Carolina to fish for flounder on the shore. Any Idea for like what use how to use it what kind of rod and what kind of rod movements to attract the flounder or to stay in one spot what time of day and the tide levels any thing and everything from the smallest thing to the biggest thing and if you respond to this please tag my name so I know your talking to me. KEEP up the great work your my role model!!!

Exceptional fisherman.

Nice fluke love the vids enjoy watching them.

Nice Video. Learnt a lot. Thanks for sharing. Graham NZ

This technique also works well with just a bucktail and gulp, as seen on the bottom of Mr Skinner's pole. I've caught many Fluke at the surf and off the rocks in LBI New Jersey. In LBI, you want to look for the Sand Dunes, and work that jig to kick up alot of sand. That's where they lie in wait to ambush! I should start recording, but I spend alot of time moving around, so it would require ALOT of editing, lol.

Wade fishing Galveston Tx. Try it flounder, specks, and reds the big 3 only in TEXAS.

Thanks for doing all these videos. They have been very helpful. Any suggestion for fishing inlet jetties for flounder. All i seem to do is loose rigs.

nice video well done john i like you work

Hey John Skinner Fishing, I love your videos but unfortunately I can't exactly take advantage of your style in Oregon (or at least I don't think I can...). Do you have any friends or fellow fisherman who you can recommend for Pacific Northwest coastal fishing? Keep up the great videos!

Hey John, I was just thinking about how you're catching flukes so close. I wonder if you ever thought about casting horizontal to the beach and covering more water near the breaking wave?

That was awesome. Thank you for the tips!

Nice catch

I target calif halibut from the surf here in northern California. with much the same techniques just heavier hooks and bigger plastics. like zoom flukes. We like to cut the gills on our keepers for two reasons. 1.) it makes for cleaner fillets with less blood to deal with and second it kills the fish quickly avoiding any nasty bites from sharp teeth .

every video!!! just amazing!!!

Great video thanks for the advice!

Wow nice catch

wow beautiful flounder

Another great video!

Great information

Can you put out more saltwater fishing videos for those people who do not have a boat? Fishing from the beach, jetty, pier, etc?

great videos! be well and fish on!

Your just and amazing fishing wow!!! That's a nice Fluke

amazing video

nice Fluke John!

wow very nice video

Nice video! Nice Fish! Thank You!