Found them partying under the pontoons

[DockShootinJack]

Managed to catch around 20 and a flathead from under the toons. Pontoons produced fish tritoons not so much. Had to shoot the jig over half the length of the toons to get bit. They were tight to the tubes. Had to ahoot the jig under and knock the spider webs out of the way. They were under the toons that have not moved in a long time. Most had a thick layer of algae on the tubes. Got to watch the grass carp cleaning the algae from the tubes as well. Once the fog burned off the heat and the wake boats took over.

[DockShootinJack]

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[sinkermaker]

Nice catch

[BobC]

Nice ones, and a challenge to get to!
Bob

[DockShootinJack]

Nice ones, and a challenge to get to!
Bob

That is dock shooting on Chickamauga. Most all docks are floating. All the marinas are floating docks. The few wooden pole docks that you do find have cross members waiting to grab your jig. I learned to shoot on lake Guntersville. Lots of open space wood post docks and boat houses. The Chick made me relearn the game and forced to practice to shoot into those small openings

[CrappiePappy]

That is dock shooting on Chickamauga. Most all docks are floating. All the marinas are floating docks. The few wooden pole docks that you do find have cross members waiting to grab your jig. I learned to shoot on lake Guntersville. Lots of open space wood post docks and boat houses. The Chick made me relearn the game and forced to practice to shoot into those small openings

Guntersville sounds like Watts Bar, as far as the stationary docks. That's where I was first introduced to "shooting docks" (& under pontoon boats), back around 2000-2001 when I first started the Spring Fling / Fall Brawl tourneys. I was already using weedless jigs, so the crossmembers & trees & brushpiles under the docks were not a "big" deal ... just a bit of an annoyance, at times.

All the docks/marinas at my local lakes are "floaters", but I still can't resist shooting a jig under them. But, my favorite target is a pontoon moored in a slip (esp. one that is dirt/web/bird droppings coated, because then I know it hasn't moved in a long time & the fish are accustomed to hanging around it).

[DockShootinJack]

Guntersville sounds like Watts Bar, as far as the stationary docks. That's where I was first introduced to "shooting docks" (& under pontoon boats), back around 2000-2001 when I first started the Spring Fling / Fall Brawl tourneys. I was already using weedless jigs, so the crossmembers & trees & brushpiles under the docks were not a "big" deal ... just a bit of an annoyance, at times.

All the docks/marinas at my local lakes are "floaters", but I still can't resist shooting a jig under them. But, my favorite target is a pontoon moored in a slip (esp. one that is dirt/web/bird droppings coated, because then I know it hasn't moved in a long time & the fish are accustomed to hanging around it).

I saw a large cruiser/ live aboard yesterday that had a couple of inches of bird poop across the bow section. It was a shame to see such a sight. But there was a crappie hanging out just under her waterline. I need to head up to Watts Bar and learn it. It is not that far away.

[JET4]

very nice

[Clint]

Russ Bailey from Brushpile Fishing swears by fishing aluminum docks, because he says the metal transmits the heat into the water. That might be the same effect.

[DockShootinJack]

Russ Bailey from Brushpile Fishing swears by fishing aluminum docks, because he says the metal transmits the heat into the water. That might be the same effect.

Never thought about that. I do know there is an abundance of minnows in the shade of these Marinas. They were way back in the shade towards the walkway of the marina.