Skipjack is herring in the Cumberland and Tennessee river. Commonly called Tennessee tarpon by the way they clear water when hooked like bass do. I’ll post a pic of one next time out. They were chasing small shad bankside so I threw a small silver spoon with a stinger treble hook and caught some five inches and cut them up put them straight on a number 7 circle for cats. If there is any cats around pole won’t sit long. Cut up skips release oil and cats hone in on them fast. YouTube has a few videos catching skipjack

Great fish and great hat. Seems there should be two of those hats in the photo. Sun exposure is cumulative. I am not scolding you. As a matter of fact, I am sitting here uncomfortably sunburned because I forgot to switch out my small brim baseball style hat for the one like in the photo. It just seemed like a great opportunity to remind everyone that being safe is a 24 hour proactive battle. There are too many good people on here to start getting "I'm out" cancer reports. Enjoy. I really miss the big cats on this side of the Cascades. It's all about bullheads here.