How do you hold your jig, dock shooting?

[Mbsbeek]

Sounds like more hook ups on wood than fish

[DockShootinJack]

Sounds like more hook ups on wood than fish

That is dock shooting. Especially on my home lake. Most dock here have cross bracing just waiting to grab your jig. And I do aim to run the jig into the pilings,sometimes that will get you hung up

[CrappiePappy]

That is dock shooting. Especially on my home lake. Most dock here have cross bracing just waiting to grab your jig. And I do aim to run the jig into the pilings,sometimes that will get you hung up

You'll have less "hangups" by using weedless jigheads. At least that's been my experience shooting docks on Weiss & Watts Bar. Plus, dragging them over and thru countless brushpiles and submerged trees. They ain't worth a hoot (IMHO) for trolling methods, but for casting purposes they shine. And as far as missing fish on hookset or losing fish with weedless jigs, it's not been my experience .... even when using 5' UL rods & 4# line up to 7' rods & 6# line.

[DV8ed]

I only had one hook knock on wood in my finger to the bone one time when I was about ten and after about 5 or 6 different people tried to get it out of my finger that they about broke off my hand jerking on it . I finally got to have about half my finger tip taken off at the emergency room to get that number 8 gold wire out of my finger tip bone . that kinda sealed the deal with me on anything that might cause that type of injury in the future for sure .
I would venture to say I am still traumatized to this day to a degree and it may even be why I aint quite right in the head sometimes

Wish I had a reason that good for not being not quite right

[DockShootinJack]

You'll have less "hangups" by using weedless jigheads. At least that's been my experience shooting docks on Weiss & Watts Bar. Plus, dragging them over and thru countless brushpiles and submerged trees. They ain't worth a hoot (IMHO) for trolling methods, but for casting purposes they shine. And as far as missing fish on hookset or losing fish with weedless jigs, it's not been my experience .... even when using 5' UL rods & 4# line up to 7' rods & 6# line.

I hang up about 10 times in a full day of dock shooting. Most of those hang ups are from shooting the jig into a poor place.

[FurFlyin]

I hang up about 10 times in a full day of dock shooting. Most of those hang ups are from shooting the jig into a poor place.

I went Saturday and tied on 7 jigs in 2 hours. Lots of current and windy too. Both helped in wrapping the line behind posts. 2# test didn't help either.

[DockShootinJack]

I am used to shooting a lake that has a shallower taper into the water. That translates into docks with little to no bracing. Lake Chickamauga has a faster drop off so the docks are braced. Takes a little getting used to

[jawjatek]

On COE lakes like my home lake, Lanier, all the docks are the floating type (mandated), so the docks are lower and hard to get up under, and shooting is harder. Time spent shooting at buckets in the yard is well-spent, but I still make bad shots and lose jigs. I hold the head of the jig when I shoot.

[DockShootinJack]

On COE lakes like my home lake, Lanier, all the docks are the floating type (mandated), so the docks are lower and hard to get up under, and shooting is harder. Time spent shooting at buckets in the yard is well-spent, but I still make bad shots and lose jigs. I hold the head of the jig when I shoot.

I have a little 2 gallon bucket I shoot at