Originally Posted by
RandyGA
OK, I fish in a lake with very little cover. Well, pretty much no cover. I have been dock shooting now for over a year and have a very good turn out. I fish lake Jackson in Georgia.
What I noticed about the docks I shoot under is that alot of them have large catfish and crappie lights mounted on the sides of the dock.
Instead of going strait at the dock and start shooting, I backed off of the dock 15 or so feet and ran my jigs in front of the docks. Sure enough, about 4 out of 5 of those docks with the lights had all sorts of man made cover by them. I would fish the cover, then shoot the dock. I want to say I increased my numbers in crappie by 30% doing that.
Hope that helps out. You can also save time by shooting the dock first and checking your sonar while in front of the dock to see if that dock is a HIT! Good luck!