Shooting Docks - Tecnique??

[misfit]

another thaks,pappy
i watched russ bailey give a demonstration a few years ago(think he was shooting with an 8 foot rod),and he made it look too easy
i've practiced a little,but haven't applied the technique much,which i think will change this year.several of docks and pontoons on my home lake that should produce nice catches in the fall,with that trick.i usually dip between the docks and boats,but know those crappies are back in the shadows,just waiting for my jig

[CrappiePappy]

Thanks pappy, I was hoping someone like you would step up and help me answer this. I too want to perfect this method myself. I would love to have a camp in the blue grass state and spend a day just following you around.
Tim

but, if you followed me around, on my lakes in KY ... you'd rarely see me "shooting docks" Most lakes I fish in KY, have floating docks (styrofoam/plastic barrel floatation) ... a lot of the marinas don't allow fishing around them, or the boat slips ... and some have few, if ANY, private docks. You'd be doing the same thing I usually do on my home lakes ... cast jigs to timber :D
Seriously though .... I do use the "dock shooting" technique more on Watts Bar & Weiss - simply because they have stationary private docks

I learned the technique as a matter of "survival" ... in our late tournament series at Watts Bar, you either shot docks or you finished in the bottom half of the field ........ cp

[Cane Pole]

If you shoot my dock, I am gonna shoot back. Fishin allowed...No huntin.....ha

[Mopar Matt]

Instead of "shooting" docks I skip under them. Practice with a sawhorse or table. Hold the rod level and parallel to the "dock". Let out about 16" of line and swing the jig in a clockwise (if RH counter if LH) motion and releast it at about the nine o'clock position. The jig will fly horizontally under the "dock". With a little practice you can skip a jig anywhere you like.

[jfraley]

I have not done much shooting docks, but i like it. The fish I have caught shooting docks were nice fish too.

[fishin3]

If you are by yourself skipping is fine but with two people in the boat it can hurt someone . I can get the bait back further by shooting it than I can by skipping or pitching/flippin it. JMHO. Learn all cause sometime you can use it when needed.

[bttmline]

actually CP I just want to follow you around no matter where or what. I have only been on this site a little over a month and think you are one of it's biggest assets. Thanks for all the information.
Tim

[CrappiePappy]

actually CP I just want to follow you around no matter where or what. I have only been on this site a little over a month and think you are one of it's biggest assets. Thanks for all the information.
Tim

I appreciate the compliments. I'm just trying to honor the memory of my fishing mentors. They shared their love of fishing and experiences, with me .... I'm just passing that on. ....... luck2ya ... cp