Fishing Dock Etiquette?

New member here with a random question.

I'm primarily a bow hunter but the fishing bug has hit me hard this year for some odd reason. I don't have a boat so I'll be fishing public fishing docs and some covered marinas with the kids. I was wondering if there was some kinda unspoken etiquette rules when you are fishing with others on public fishing docs or confined spaces? For instance, what is the typical method for keeping your catch a stringer, cooler, etc.. I could see it might annoy someone if I flopped down a fish keeper basket while we have limited space to fish.

With that said, is Keyport Marina at Keystone lake a decent place to catch some slabs?

I see a lot of folks around here using a 5 gal plastic bucket. You can also use it for sitting. See its easy.

+1 on the 5 gal bucket.

5 gallon bucket didn't even cross my mind. Thanks guys, I've got about a dozen of them!

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Originally Posted by dicksenn

5 gallon bucket didn't even cross my mind. Thanks guys, I've got about a dozen of them!

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And they even make padded seats to fit on a 5gal bucket .... so you could drop a little ice in there, put your padded seat on, drop your fish on the ice, and have a comfy seat to boot !!

... cp :kewl

I fish from the bank and dock. I catch my fair share of crappie....please don't crow....if u really want to fish next to me be polite and just ask...if I mind if u want to fish next to me...especially if don't know you

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Originally Posted by dicksenn

New member here with a random question.

With that said, is Keyport Marina at Keystone lake a decent place to catch some slabs?

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I haven't heard any reports from Keyport this year but in the past it hasn't been real productive as far as I know.