So the more i watch it on YouTube and the more i think about where i fish I'm thinking learning to skip a bait is going to be a must for me. That being said, what bait(s) do you prefer for the skipping technique? Most videos say you want something flat which makes sense because when you skip a rock you want the flattest rock you can find so that relates to this technique but you also see people skipping senkos which are round so it must not always matter if the bait is flat...what are the exceptions?

To me, its much more about technique than about the shape of your bait.  Practice with your confidence baits and the baits you think will get bit on your water.  After watching a couple/few Andy Montgomery videos and a bunch of practice, I've come a long, long ways this year.  I use the same baits that I am using between the docks....usually Rage Bug, Cut R, Jig, Senko, finesse worms, etc....except that I rarely throw trebles under docks...sometimes, but there's too many rope/line hazards on most of the docks that I fish

Senko or reverse rigged Fat Ika are probably the easiest.

IMO the easiest bait to skip is a tube worm. A tube with 1/8 oz jig head rigged inside it (Tons of youtube videos on rigging tubes for skipping) skips really well.  I like skipping with a 6'6" rod and a spinning reel, sometimes I get a bad skip and a guaranteed backlash with a baitcaster.  Smooth water helps tremendously.

Start with a senko on spinning gear wacky rigged. Than get a 3/8oz Strike King tour grade skipping jig and throw all that with 50 lb braid on baitcasting once you get comfortable you can go to fluorocarbon. Use bulkier trailers like a rage bug rodent or beaver on The Jig.

Imo. Smash tech headmaster swimbaits skip the easiest

Senkos, jigs, and frogs are the easiest.

Zoom super fluke is an easy bait to skip. Rigged weightless Texas style works well for this method. Practice and impress your friends.

 

7 hours ago, Docks Hound said:

Practice and impress your friends.

Thanks for the suggestion, not looking to impress anybody though...just catch fish :).

senko is easiest for me, arky jig second and a spro bronzeye jr would be third

As a lot of ppl mentioned, Senko, Fat Ika and, Fluke and Frog would be easiest to skip and the best lure to learn how to skip. After you have more confidence then you can try swim jig or any jig

with trailer and also chatterbait type lure.

With plastic I skip using medium set up, with jig/chatterbait 3/8 oz and up, I'd use MH setup.

Johnson Silver Minnow skips like a rock .

5 hours ago, scaleface said:

Johnson Silver Minnow skips like a rock .

a flat rock or a round rock??

Senko on a spinning rod.  

Wacky Senko

Fat Ika

Tube

Ned rig.

 

Jigs are tough for me anyway unless very light.

I only caught two bass skipping baits .I inserted a Johnson Silver Minnow inside a tube and caught them under docks at Table Rock  . It was pretty cool . I kept the weed guard on  the lure . Just bent it down .

It's all about practice. This is not me but someone I know. I'd say he's pretty good at it!

 

Yep, Ryan can skip with the best of them!

1 minute ago, kickerfish1 said:

Yep, Ryan can skip with the best of them!

Yeah, that sob can skip just about anything. He'll definitely try. That's for sure. 

13 hours ago, rippin-lips said:

Yeah, that sob can skip just about anything. He'll definitely try. That's for sure. 

 

he's a machine!

Not sure I have the stomach to skip Megabass and Hudds under over and through anything...lol

a tube rigged "stupid" is a great bait for skipping

That's just a tx rigged tube using a weighted jig head. 'Stupid tube' is the name of a tube and jig head from a company called secret lures. 

19 hours ago, rippin-lips said:

That's just a tx rigged tube using a weighted jig head. 'Stupid tube' is the name of a tube and jig head from a company called secret lures. 

 

Technically a "Texas Rig" would have a sinker outside the bait (and would not involve a jig head). The "Stupid Rig" was around long before Secret Lures teamed up with Terry McWilliams. Secret Lures does not claim to have invented the rig, they just sell jigheads and tubes that work well rigged that way.

gonna buck the norm here, leave the spinning gear at home... it will serve you better to learn on a baitcaster as that's what you'd rather rely on to winch a slaunch out of heavy cover, not a senko or tube on 8lb test.

 

texas rigged double wide beaver, 4/0 ewg, 1/8oz weight w/ bobber stop and you're in business. spool up some 16# fluoro (don't fully load the spool), dial in your reel so that it's as fast as possible, and get after it!