I know they make specific dock shooting rods and people have different methods that work. For me I’ve been using a 5 foot ugly stick ultra light with hi vis line and shooting as small as 1/64 oz weights size 8 hooks with 1.25 inch Bobby garlands and having some good success. I do all of my fishing from a kayak so I do have the advantage of being really close to the water and I’m able to be very stealthy coming up on docks. I will attach a link with a video of my setup. Good luck to you and tight lines dock shooting is a lot of fun.
Dock shooting practice for crappie fishing - YouTube
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