Thread: Dock shooters check this out

It reminds me of when I was a young boy when my Granddaddy showed me how to take my cane pole and stick it between the wood lay-down piles in the Cape Fear River for Crappie and Bream. But that was then and this is now. But, now that I'm 64 years old and "generally stove up"... I'm gonna put that style of fishing right up there with stripping down to my speedo and diving under the docks with a hand carved harpoon in my teeth.

I might get down there two maybe three times... but I don't know if I'd be able to get back up after that without something locking up or without falling out of the boat. I'm sure I will take a poke or two under the dock or into a wood pile from time to time, but you can believe it will not be my preferred approach more than once or twice at very best. Thanks for sharing.

A few years ago I met up with a member from North Louisiana. He had a similar technique that he used except instead of being on the boat, he was on the dock. He took me to a boat dock that was set up something like a marina but no roof, where there were stalls for 20 boats with a walkway between each. The dock was not used as it was private. This member had access to it and showed me his method. He would lay down on the dock and poke his pole under the dock just like what you saw in the video. I watched him pull slab after slab from under the docks, all large white crappie of a pound and a half and up. So the technique will work, no doubt about that.
"gene"

Stove up as I am and my big belly if I got down there I couldn’t get back up to land a fish if I caught one

Evergreen-Clinton-Shelbyville?

Originally Posted by Bals gib

Evergreen-Clinton-Shelbyville?

Evergreen and Clinton for me. More Evergreen lately.

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A couple things, as mentioned above IF I was able to get down to shove my rod and reel in under there like that, 1.I would need two or three people to help me get back up, two I would be having some major cramping going on in my back and legs. Now a few years ago I might have been able to do something like that...and lastly, I would like to see the fishes reaction to that pole on Live Scope...

Most dock owners don’t want anyone around their boats, I know I wouldn’t. Might work for some but not me.

Originally Posted by BuckeyeCrappie

Most dock owners don’t want anyone around their boats, I know I wouldn’t. Might work for some but not me.

Very true but I think that enough owners realize 1) they don't own the water thus can't stop you 2) they should be able to tell the difference between a fisherman and a vandal just by observing

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