I would have to disagree. Skipping with a baitcaster is very much possible, just hard to learn than with a spinning outfit. My person favorite presentation is to skip-pitch. It is basically a combination of skipping the bait with a pitch cast instead of a side-arm cast.
But to answer your question, start out with the lure about 12" from the tip of your rod. Open the bail (spinning reel), and load the rod by starting your side arm cast, put as much power into the forward cast based on the distance from your position to your target. Remember that you want your bait to hit X distance (also determined by the power of the cast) in front of where you want the bait to end up.
