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Teach me to skip a lure under a dock
Posted on 4/7/17 at 8:53 am
Posted on 4/7/17 at 8:53 am
With a baitcaster.
Most of the YouTube videos about it talk more about retrieval than the casting itself.
It has been birds nest hell for me lately. What tips do you have?
Most of the YouTube videos about it talk more about retrieval than the casting itself.
It has been birds nest hell for me lately. What tips do you have?
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Posted on 4/7/17 at 9:00 am to indytiger
Posted on 4/7/17 at 9:03 am to indytiger
Probably my least favorite way to fish. I was doing it yesterday and it's just a pain in the arse. My only advice is to practice flipping or pitching (whatever you want to call it) at home. I setup a bucket in the driveway and practiced pitching underhand trying to make it in the bucket from different distances. I also practiced in the wind at different angles. Once you get the hang of that, you can try to keep the bait as low to the ground as possible. Then just apply that technique to get it under the docks. Like everything else, it just takes practice. Also, set the brakes on your reel on a high setting and as you get better, adjust the brakes less and less in order to pitch it farther.
Posted on 4/7/17 at 9:03 am to indytiger
I hate doing it with a bait caster bc it's a 50/50 chance it will be knot city.
I just set the gears to where it's a slow spool spin and feather it with my thumb.
I just set the gears to where it's a slow spool spin and feather it with my thumb.
Posted on 4/7/17 at 9:10 am to indytiger
Tons of videos out there, but the only advice I can give is focus on your target and not the dock. Aim small, miss small. If you're bird nesting, you could try pitching it under if you're close enough. That way you're not having a backlash problem. My problem was hitting the dock on the way in.
Posted on 4/7/17 at 9:18 am to indytiger
This I the way I fish the most considering false river is my home lake. Tips are
1. Flip with your reel handle facing up at the sky.
2. Keep your elbow down and flip with your wrist. (This is very important. Flipping with your whole arm is not a flip, it's a swing. It will cause the bait to swing up into the dock and backlash city.)
3. Use a good reel. A $30 reel with 1 or 2 bearings won't cut it.
1. Flip with your reel handle facing up at the sky.
2. Keep your elbow down and flip with your wrist. (This is very important. Flipping with your whole arm is not a flip, it's a swing. It will cause the bait to swing up into the dock and backlash city.)
3. Use a good reel. A $30 reel with 1 or 2 bearings won't cut it.
Posted on 4/7/17 at 9:21 am to Jack Daniel
Practice and more practice. Also have your reel properly adjusted.
Posted on 4/7/17 at 9:46 am to indytiger
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With a baitcaster.
1st - keep your rod tip as low as possible
2nd - practice, practice, practice
3rd - DON'T THROW IT TOO HARD
3rd - Repeat 1 thru 3
Posted on 4/7/17 at 9:46 am to indytiger
Just be careful practicing at the house. Have broke an eye or two early on when learning this technique
If you have a stool to stand on so you are elevated about a foot off the ground it helps a lot I find.
And just try set up targets and get good at hitting those targets. Also understand skipping baits is hard to replicate without actually having water to skip something on.
You are wanting to practice keeping your trajectory down more than anything else.
If you have a stool to stand on so you are elevated about a foot off the ground it helps a lot I find.
And just try set up targets and get good at hitting those targets. Also understand skipping baits is hard to replicate without actually having water to skip something on.
You are wanting to practice keeping your trajectory down more than anything else.
Posted on 4/7/17 at 12:34 pm to indytiger
I usually always fish with a baitcaster, except when I am skipping under a dock. For this I invested in a few Zebco Omega reels. Guaranteed not to get a birds nest.
Posted on 4/7/17 at 5:14 pm to Wtodd
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2nd - practice, practice, practice
Especially this. I'm 34 and still not that good at it.
Baits that are rounded or flat help. Baits with lots of appendages you want to avoid.
Posted on 4/7/17 at 7:16 pm to Jack Daniel
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Use a good reel. A $30 reel with 1 or 2 bearings won't cut it.
This. Use your best reel. Seems easy enough but those pros aren't using $80 reels when they make it look easy.
Posted on 4/8/17 at 6:08 am to A_bear
I'd worry about when you had a bite and that fish heads for the pilings.
What is the way to cast when you hold the lure and pull it towards you, bending the rod and releasing it like a spring?
What is the way to cast when you hold the lure and pull it towards you, bending the rod and releasing it like a spring?
Posted on 4/8/17 at 7:05 am to Pectus
Are we talking about pitching/flipping or skipping?
Posted on 4/8/17 at 7:24 am to indytiger
Get you a kayak baw.
You're already at under the dock level. Just flip it on under there.
You're already at under the dock level. Just flip it on under there.
Posted on 4/8/17 at 10:25 am to Pectus
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What is the way to cast when you hold the lure and pull it towards you, bending the rod and releasing it like a spring?
I call that pitching or flipping. I don't really know the correct term. That's mostly how I cast since I mostly fish worms and jigs close to the bank/cover.
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I'd worry about when you had a bite and that fish heads for the pilings.
I use braid (50lb power pro) and I tighten down on the drag. That, along with a heavy rod, helps to keep the fish from getting around the pilings. Unless they're big, but I wouldn't know about that because I never catch big fish off of docks.
Posted on 4/8/17 at 11:29 am to A_bear
I caught a 6.2 and a 7.3 doing it this week. Using a weightless senko. Very rarely do I do this anymore but pressured fish seem to get triggered by it. It can be frustrating but constantly tune your reel to get it how you need it and cast parallel to the board you want to get under. It also helps me to cast hard and not try to "aim" it. Gets more skip that way
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