skip jack info please

[DWright]

Does anyone know how Skip Jacks are running below the
dams on the Tennessee River ?

[j.bridges]

There running good right now......below wilson,wheeler,and guntersville...:wink:

[DWright]

Can you catch big Skip Jacks easily or do
you have to work for them?

[j.bridges]

Can you catch big Skip Jacks easily or do
you have to work for them?

it might take you a few minutes to find them... a friend of mine went yesterday and had trouble below wheeler... only caught five or six...might be the cold front....
big ones are all there are except for up a guntersville dam....a small foley spoon on a Carolina rig seems to work the best.....

[brother hilljack]

Great updates, thanks for the post

[rwilley3]

Help out a poor TN reneck. What is a foley spoon?:embarassed:

[j.bridges]

Help out a poor TN reneck. What is a foley spoon?:embarassed:


I believe there's a local man that makes these spoons and they are the best.... You can find them at the bait shops on the tenn river here in north al.....

[dinger66]

call bojole they make the spoon 1-866-906-4029 they can tell you where to find them. chrome is working best

[tswebb71]

Can someone post a pic of one?:tounge_out:

[j.bridges]

Can someone post a pic of one?:tounge_out:


heres you two....:wink:

[tswebb71]

Thanks Jason!!

[motard1]

What are those for?

[j.bridges]

What are those for?


those are foley spoons that I use to catch skips with....

[Sonny Kemp]

Is that the right number to contact?I got an apt complex.Anybody know where around Pickwick I might find them? Thanks

[stumpjumper]

Just walk into any local bait shops and you will see all kinds of choices. Good luck!

[dinger66]

1-866-906-4029 they are on the net. bojole lures

[lwarren]

I have never been able to catch them and want to find out how to actually get some for bait. Is ther any trick I might pry out of somebody with some experience?

[kyleco55]

so what your saying is yall buy bait in order to catch bait??? HAHA my woman says that to me everytime i bring home crawlers or grub worms to catch gills:smile2::smile2:

lwarren, check your regulations, but in indiana i prefer to use a cast net.. much much faster

[dinger66]

here are the skips we have been catching below wheeler dam 2 pound ea

[MSgtCatfish]

here are the skips we have been catching below wheeler dam 2 pound ea

How many are you getting into when you go out? I was up there last weekend below Wilson and struggled to pick up 7! And then my dag'um buddy lost one he had in his cooler to a coon while we were camping out that night! I tried telling him them coons are pretty smart and he needed to put a strap on his cooler or something, needless to say he didn't believe me until the next morning when he got up in his boat!

[dinger66]

we didnt fish long and 6 or 7 look guys ill help you any way i can when you come to wheeler always looking to have some one to fish with

[MSgtCatfish]

we didnt fish long and 6 or 7 look guys ill help you any way i can when you come to wheeler always looking to have some one to fish with

I hear ya brother. Yeah we didn't start until about 11 at night and then the skies opened up and started dumping rain on us ... i've been out there before and caught 70 in an hour - that's why they call it fishing I reckon!

[lwarren]

I didnt know you could buy bait... I use shad and have for years. I just have never been able to find skipjack maybe just bad luck. Always find shad though

[Coosa_Cat_Man]

I prefer using SkipJack but the closest places I have found to catch them are nearly 2 hours from where I live on Logan Martin so I use threadfin or gizard shad and an occasional redhorse sucker or carp if I get one in the cast net.

[lwarren]

Hey Coosa cat man I have never even seen a skip on Logan. We need to get together if you fish Logan and catch a few cats this spring.

[southpaw]

i went to gunterville last fall and caught a bunch of skips. made two trips and have a good little stock built up. the first time i used them on logan martin i caught cats. blues and channels. the first cat i caught on a skip in logan martin was a 15# blue. it was in the water for only 5 minutes before he hit. i have used them with a shad on one rod and skip on the other and they would hit the skip first.ihavent been able to go since october because i have a broke leg. i have cabin fever and i want to go so bad.

[Coosa_Cat_Man]

I got a 49 pounder this past Sunday off a point that I fish on Logan Martin behind where I live, got it off a 5 inch shiner minnow with the tail cut off, also go a 22 ponder that same day.

[john catfish young]

Welcome to the BOC..Darren! I see you are from Kentucky, what part? Theres lots of good places to catch skips around here! I only have to drive about 10 miles and I'm on them at Lake Barkley. I use a home made skipjack rig, made from crappie jigs....tears them skips up!!!:wink:

[Coosa_Cat_Man]

Hey Coosa cat man I have never even seen a skip on Logan. We need to get together if you fish Logan and catch a few cats this spring.

Lets fish it what part of Logan Martin do you normally fish ? I live in Riverside so I do most of my fishing in that area. Hit me back let me know.

[stlcatman]

Was wondering if anyone is catching skips right now below any of the dams. Some of us Yankees are thinking about invading the south for some fishing and don't want to leave the bait to chance. Not looking to fill the freezer just enough skips to fish for a week.

[j.bridges]

I haven't heard of none below the dams yet but on good sunny days you can catch them at the nuke plant on lower wheeler....

[stlcatman]

Thanks for the help J. Man these Alabama threads are a little quiet. You guys must be keeping the great fishing you all have a well kept secret.

[j.bridges]

I believe theres just a hand full of dedicated trophy catfish hunters/conservationist here in Alabama......:wink:

[catfisherman369]

man i wish we had skippys here .

[stlcatman]

Well J. you guys definately have some good ones to get the 1 over 34 passed. I wish we had it here. I noticed that we had the lake all to ourselves the last time but then again I imagine the high of 20* kept most away.:smile2:

[dinger66]

i missed the state record skip sunday by 2 oz oh well i will try try again lol

[Southerncats]

This weekend should be good for skipjack fishing, it's suppose to get up into the 60's....if it's cold and cloudy their tuff this time of year

[NANNER]

i missed the state record skip sunday by 2 oz oh well i will try try again lol

Stick with it Derric, you'll get it. You guys truly have the biggest Skipjacks I have ever seen. My ol Man and myself got into those big ones three years ago below Wilson Dam. Man, we blew through 6 hours just catching and releasing those things, and thats after we had 150 in the boat for the tournament. We had to drop down to one lure, as we kept getting broke off when we would get several of them on at once. They sure are alot of fun on light tackle.