Thread: Dock shooting practice

Whoever's vehicle I practice with is going to have lots of low door dings!

I think I'll start in the grocery store parking lot!

I did most of my primary "practice" while on the water, but did do some supplemental practice here at the apt complex ... shooting jigs under a picnic table, while sitting on top of another picnic table 20ft away.

For those with driveways, I usually say to start with a 5gal bucket laying on its side and aim to have the jig hit the pavement 6-12" in front of the bucket before going in the bucket ... then gradually work your way down to a 1gal bucket. Depending on your boat seat's height over the water's surface ... you can sit or stand during your practices.

Aim & timing of the release of your jig/line are the major factors to practice on, bearing in mind the size of the openings you're most likely to encounter when shooting the docks on your lakes.

Originally Posted by keeferfish

Whoever's vehicle I practice with is going to have lots of low door dings!

I think I'll start in the grocery store parking lot!

Lol sounds like a good way to make new fishing friends lol


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Did I just see the OP use only one hand to open bail and catch the line. Am I the only one who don't know how to do that....what just happened there?


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Some spinning reels have a trigger which captures the line and will flip the bail open when pulled back. I have an older model that does that.

Originally Posted by SuperDave336

Some spinning reels have a trigger which captures the line and will flip the bail open when pulled back. I have an older model that does that.

I have one reel with the trigger they are nice but the one in the video does not have a trigger. I have just gotten used to using my dominant hand to click the bell over.


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Pretty cool trick

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I went back and did a double take on that. That is a pretty cool trick. Might see about trying that tomorrow on the lake.