Thanks Jigslinger and Gto

Hats off to you guys. Had been PM Jigslinger and GTOJoe on what to look for in prime docks to shoot as I wasn't getting the whole picture as far as water depths etc.
Went to Oconee this weekend. Just got home, camped at Lawrence shoals. Man everything I got is wet.
Anyway, shot docks a little yesterday evening. Caught probably 25 or so in a couple hours. First dock I shot was one Jigslinger told me to try and first shot I let it sink for 4 or 5 seconds and slowly reeled her in then all of the sudden BAM! I thought I done had me a 3 pound slab and she was gonna go on the wall. A couple minutes later when I finally got her in the boat it was a 3 or 4 pound largemouth. How that little 1/24oz jiffy jig stayed hooked in her I don't know.
Anyway, back to crappie. Every fish I caught were hand sized little dinks. Of course I threw them all back as 1 I like filets and 2 I figure the more little ones we release the more big ones we have in a couple years.
Boat traffic wasn't as bad as I have seen it before but those big cruiser boats with the walk through windshields get me to cussing every time. They like to drive by wide open and about 50 feet from you. Next thing you know you got a 4ft roller bouncing you into the dock. Think I will invest in an 8ft power pole one day to keep me put when I shoot a dock.
Later that evening we went to the timber near the dam and got set up to put the lights out. Fished by a tree in 40ft of water and caught a few dinks and threw back. Then a little after dark GA power sounded the alarms and stopped moving water. Then I caught nothing. The ones I did catch I caught about 8-10ft deep at the edge of the green light.
Weird thing was there was a guy about 50yds from me set up and he ran out of minnows and was fishing a hook under a cork about 2ft deep. However they were all small fish too and all of his went in the cooler. I tried shallower like he was doing but no bites. He must've been in the honey hole.
Overall had a good weekend. Did more riding the wife around in the boat than fishing. Managed to ride up Richland creek. Haven't been up through there since I was a kid with my dad. Place sure has changed.
Thanks Jigslinger and Coop. You guys put a new spark in me. This dock shooting is going to be another tactic in my arsenal from now on! While I still like my spider rigging you cant beat docks when they aint biting on the long rods.

Glad you got The hang of it and got into some fish. Keep at it man. It's my favorite way to catch crappie.

Sorry about that green carp being under there.. that dock usely holds a couple slabs!

If they all had about a foot between the dock and water it would be so nice. Some of them docks are 3 inches from the water. I have yet to manage those. Can't get my jig far under there.

Sounds like you and the wife had a good trip mtnman. Congrats to both you guys on the fish you caught.Thumbs Up One of these days I'm gonna have to try my hand at this dock shooting thing too. Sounds like it could be fun.:)

If your determined to learn how to do it you will...if it was easy for anyone to do it all the docks would be fished out and it wouldent be a good technique anymore. Practice every chance you get! I've been shooting docks over 10 years and still can't walk by my rods in the garage and not pick one up and shoot it at something! Them docks with 3 inch clearance is often the best ones because most people ride on by them,me and gto fished one last saturday that you had to time the waves to get under it! It fluctuated between 4inchs and 0 inchs every few seconds. The biggest mistake I see people make is aiming rod tip down,this will shoot your jig strait in the water beside the boat. You got to keep the back half of your rod level or the butt of the rod pointed slightly downward. I wish someone would have told me that one thing when I was trying to learn how to do it

Jig Slinger:

Let me know if you go to jackson one afternoon this week...I'm gonna try to fish thursday morning before I have to work at 3pm...Not sure where I will go....May try some of the sinclair docks....But jackson is a shorter ride!!!!