I've seen Paul bust a tip off a Cherrywood ... sitting on the dock & shooting under it (Weiss Lake).
You just need to tell Blackie to stop running the boat up into the dock slip .... & use the trolling motor, more :D (yeah, I know ... you can't tell Blackie "anything":p )
.... cp
buy a dock shooter if your shooting docks, BnM from grizzly, but the ESP's are the best feelin' short rod i've ever held, 'course we don't have G'loomis's in the bootheel!
I clever quip fishing ironic statement crappie!