accuracy shooting docks

**CrappiePappy** · 01-07-2019, 09:11 PM

Also remember that it's not necessary to actually shoot the jig INTO the bucket or coffee can ... on the fly. What you really want to do is have the jig hit about 6" in FRONT of them and "skip" into them. (just like you're going to want to do on the water at a real dock)

When I practiced, I used a picnic table as the "dock" and tried to shoot the jig under the seat board and skip it well out the other side (& under the seat board of the opposite side). I did it standing up (& leaning over) just about the same height I'd be over the water when shooting while sitting in my boat seat. When I got pretty good at that, as far as placement & accuracy .... it became much easier to shoot under pontoon boats or between dock float gaps.

**Grainraiser** · 01-07-2019, 09:51 PM

On average your more accurate with a short rod but you get more distance with a long rod. Mr. Crappie has said this himself. My advice is to learn how to shoot with one rod and keep at it till you get good. Constantly switching rods makes your accuracy suffer. I shoot with a 6.5 BnM Sharpshooter. I will not say it is the best choice but it is the rod I used to learn shooting and I don't want to re-learn with another rod. Find a rod your comfortable with and learn how to shoot with it. Do it enough and it will become second nature. Like someone else stated, it takes me a few docks to get my accuracy up to par but once I get rolling I can shoot with the best of them.

**skeetbum** · 01-08-2019, 08:41 PM

And a few years down the road you will be shooting with whatever you have in your hands.

**Potatoe** · 01-08-2019, 09:00 PM

not trying to hijack but we have docks in our Marina, they are the type with black floats and concrete top. can you shoot this type of dock with success. have never tried it. they will not let you tie up or get on the docks, but you can troll around them without anyone yelling at you.

**CrappiePappy** · 01-08-2019, 10:45 PM

Originally Posted by Potatoe

not trying to hijack but we have docks in our Marina, they are the type with black floats and concrete top. can you shoot this type of dock with success. have never tried it. they will not let you tie up or get on the docks, but you can troll around them without anyone yelling at you.

Yep ... not much different than shooting under a pontoon boat or between a moored boat and dock walkway, as far as accuracy concerns go. The biggest difference is the fact that there's likely not as much chance of brushpiles or stake beds under them, as there could be under a private dock (stationary or floating). But, there is a pretty high likelihood that there's Crappie hiding in the shadows under there.

**Potatoe** · 01-09-2019, 07:05 PM

Good info thanks, going to look into this.

**LittleJohn** · 01-09-2019, 11:37 PM

I wish I had some docks to shoot. Not happen in Eastern,KY. Not allowed with in so many feet of a marina.
LittleJohn

**hdhntr** · 01-13-2019, 08:06 AM

I can shoot a lil bit but on many docks with pontoons and swim platforms we dip our jigs with 10 and 12 foot poles and do very well. easier to do that to get them out too. On my home lake there are just a handful of docks. good discussion guys, always learning on just about every thread!

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