This is where

bass often hide out in the shadows and where they feel safe and see very

few lures in their strike zone.

To reach these

hard-to-find fish and catch them, a unique cast comes into play, a "skip

cast." The skip cast is one that will skip your lure like a flat

rock beneath overhanging obstacles and into the strike zone of the fish.

To use this

method properly, you must first acquire the proper equipment. Spinning

tackle is by far the most effective way to present lures with this method.

For the best

control and accuracy, I use and recommend a spinning rod equipped with

a six- to 10-pound test line on a five-and-a-half- to six-and-a-half-foot

medium- to medium heavy-action spinning rod.

Lures in this

method are compact and rigged weedless at all times. These lures are grubs,

worms, plastic crawfish imitations, soft jerk worms and plastic tube baits.

Now, let's

talk about how to skip these lures underneath obstacles.

First, you

should concentrate and focus on the target you want to skip to. Now, point

your rod tip down and allow your lure to hang about six to ten inches

below your rod tip. Now, open the bail on the reel and secure the fishing

line with your index finger and you are ready to cast.

Once that is

done, begin a relaxed rotation of the wrist and forearm and release the

line and lure you're using at a six o'clock position. The momentum of

your lure should propel it like a flat rock across the water and underneath

your target area.

The skipping

method to many fisherman is considered difficult to learn and a method

that only pro anglers use. In truth, it really isn't that hard to learn

and can be used by anyone willing to practice it.

Good fishing,

Chris Foster

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