How to Use skipjack in a Sentence

skipjack

noun

• Burkhart hooked the catfish using a skipjack as bait, the post said.
  — Mitchell Willetts The Charlotte Observer (tns), al, 26 Sep. 2022
• Catfish action is steady in bays and creeks at 10 to 15 feet on cut shad or skipjack; www.markcollinsguideservice.com.
  — Frank Sargeant, al, 23 Aug. 2019
• Sálazar rigs me up with a live skipjack and sends me toward the apex of our tuna triangle.
  — Michael R. Shea, Outdoor Life, 11 Feb. 2020
• Catfishing is a bright spot, with cut skipjack or shad drifted below the dam or on bluff walls the best bet.
  — Frank Sargeant, al, 23 July 2021
• Catfish are biting deep along the rock walls on cut shad and skipjack drifted just off bottom.
  — Frank Sargeant, al, 21 May 2021
• The striper bite has tapered off, but catfish are still dependable on cut skipjack or shad at 12 to 15 feet, Collins says; www.markcollinsguideservice.com.
  — Frank Sargeant, al, 17 Sep. 2021
• Catfish are also active at 8 to 15 feet on cut shad or skipjack; www.markcollinsguideservice.com.
  — Frank Sargeant, al, 10 Jan. 2020
• Catfishing remains good on the bluff walls anytime there’s good flow—cut skipjack is best, but shad scores as well.
  — Frank Sargeant, al, 18 June 2021
• Catfish continue to bite drifted skipjack or shad baits below the dam and on bluff walls.
  — Frank Sargeant, al, 27 Aug. 2021
• Most of the top anglers reported using cut skipjack as bait, though a few also used shrimp.
  — Frank Sargeant, al, 11 Nov. 2019
• The team targeted 20-25 feet of water, using skipjack for bait.
  — Frank Sargeant, al, 21 Apr. 2021
• Catfishing remains good on drifted skipjack or shad near the bluff walls and main channels.
  — Frank Sargeant, al, 4 June 2021
• The complaint was revised in June of last year to narrow its claims to allege the tuna was not 100 percent sustainably caught skipjack and yellowfin.
  — Tim Carman, Washington Post, 12 July 2022
• Catfish continue to bite where there's good water flow on drifted skipjack or cut shad.
  — Frank Sargeant, al, 13 Dec. 2019
• Best bait is usually cut skipjack, but gizzard shad, worms or chicken hearts also have their fans.
  — Frank Sargeant, AL.com, 30 July 2017
• Catfishing remains good for those drifting cut skipjack on the channel edges.
  — Frank Sargeant, al, 17 Sep. 2021
• Catfishing remains good on cut skipjack below the dam, and some smallmouths are starting to show up in the fast water as well—live shad or small swimbaits get them.
  — Frank Sargeant, al, 29 Nov. 2019
• Catching the bait is great fun in itself, with a feeding frenzy on the surface, as the skipjack and bonito corral tiny minnows and drive them to the surface of the water, and the birds swirl around them overheard.
  — David Halberstam, Town & Country, 15 June 2023
• Crappie fishing remains slow, catfishing good for those drifting cut shad or skipjack around the bluff walls.
  — Frank Sargeant, al, 10 Sep. 2021
• Wheeler is also a great spot to catch a giant blue catfish so long as the water remains cool—fish shoulders of the channel around brush and rockpiles at 20 to 25 feet with cut skipjack.
  — Frank Sargeant, al, 25 Feb. 2021
• The suit has since been amended to allege that the tuna Subway uses is not made with 100% tuna and does not always use skipjack or yellowfin tuna.
  — Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN, 6 July 2021
• Catfishing is picking up drifting cut shad or skipjack under floats on the channel edges; www.brianbartonoutdoors.com.
  — Frank Sargeant, al, 10 Apr. 2020
• The Tennessee River is known for its big blue cats and flatheads thanks to its fertile waters and high production of baitfish including shad and skipjack.
  — Frank Sargeant, al, 7 Apr. 2021
• Catfish are probably the best target from now through September, though, with lots of 2-4 pounders being caught by drifting with the current and bottom-bumping with cut shad or skipjack.
  — Frank Sargeant, al, 26 July 2019
• Other popular chunk bait includes skipjack herring and bluegill.
  — Joe Cermele, Field & Stream, 14 June 2023
• There were also no lab tests attached to the revised complaint in June, which narrowed its claims to allege that Subway’s tuna was not 100 percent sustainably caught skipjack and yellowfin tuna.
  — Washington Post, 10 Nov. 2021
• Skipjack estimates opening its operation near the end of 2022.
  — Washington Post, 11 May 2017
• Local artist Cheryl Foster, who uses many materials in her work, created sculptures of Maryland’s state boat, the skipjack, and two racehorses.
  — Washington Post, 24 June 2019
• From Pickwick Lake, high water has made many areas unfishable, but some anglers are connecting with catfish by drifting cut shad or skipjack just off the channels in slack water areas.
  — Frank Sargeant, al, 21 Feb. 2020
• At Pickwick, Captain Brian Barton reports continuing good action on catfish, white bass and some big smallmouth in the tailwaters, with the cats taking drifted skipjack, the white bass and smallmouth caught on jigs and small swimbaits.
  — Frank Sargeant, al, 1 Nov. 2019

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024