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The leaves are starting to turn, summer is losing it's grip and fall in moving in. Bringing cooler temps. The crappie will be moving under the docks just waiting to thump a jig shot back under there in the shadows. Fun times ahead.
I have to hurry up and get stocked up on jigheads,Slabsauce, and G-sauce for when they like a little garlic on there jig
What do you look for in a fall Dock to shoot?
Docks near deep water produce best for me. Docks with lights aimed at the water means the owners fish it. They may also put out some brush or structure to attract fish. My lake has a lot of floating docks do to winter draw down.
I look for boats with a lot of growth on the hulls. Quiet out of the way docks are also very productive
If I hadn't misspelled the title. I might have sounded like a sailor on leave. But since I managed to spell hot with a G. I am good.:Rofl
Many thanks for the correction D
I have no docks available. Should there be one or two I am unaware of, they would be heavily fished.
TN is a great place to watch the upcoming seasonal transition. Be fun to enjoy it as you most certainly will.
Will you use heavy jigs or light and why ?
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Originally Posted by DockShootinJack
As an retired military man I had to laugh at your title!
It's gotta be getting close. I went and donated some jigs yesterday to work on my aim. Had a couple pickups that looked like crappie hits. Alsoo found a few small mouths for my troubles.
DSJ
Is there a particular surface temp that you would say was go time?
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Not really. I have found them under the docks in the dead of summer when I would have sworn it was too hot. I usually don't look at the electronics much. I would guess also what is hot water in some areas would be considered cooler in others. It does seem like the closer a dock is to the water, therfore darker underneath the better it holds fish on brighter days. Bright days put them in the shadows of the dock. More overcast days they tend to hold not as tight but more scatteredQuote:
Originally Posted by catchNgrease
[QUOTE=BuckeyeCrappie;4173883]As an retired military man I had to laugh at your it
I thought it was definitely funny when I reread it
I use light jigs. Most of the time a 1/32 with the collar trimmed off. I feel that shooting docks is a finesse tactic. That being said sometimes the fish are in a chase it down and destroy it mood. Moat of the time not. I like a slow fall. I will increase the body size on a jig to slow the fall. If that fish is 10' back under a pontoon boat at 2 feet deep. I want that lure to fall slowly enough that the fish has time to see it and decide to take it or not. There are days that they try to take the rod out of your hand, and there are others that all of the sudden something doesn't feel right and you set the hook on a fish.Quote:
Originally Posted by Micanopy
I'm new to the sport for sure. There are times I'll be driving down the road and see an old barn or deck or something similar. And think to myself....right there....if I was fishing that I would put it right there...I know they're right there. LoL.
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On a different lake I had a honey hole of a dock I found. Boat lift all off the cables the coons had lived in this thing long enough to see coon crap everywhere. Dock was on 6 feet of water. Completely undisturbed for a long time. Those fish were some hungry ones as well. Post spawn that dock would be loaded with fish
I wish there were more docks around me that are in a good place depth wise, but very few really.
Sure sounds like you have it going on and have learned what to look for to get he best action!
Skip
Much like any pattern. All of the sudden they are gone. They will be under the dock from fall till spring. During the summer they may be vacationing in Canada for all I knowQuote:
Originally Posted by skiptomylu
One good dock shooting session with good activity and you’re hooked. I took a friend and we found one dock different than th rest, held six feet of water. We pulled 35 crappie out of it in under and hour and a half. In July in Florida. When it’s good, it’s fantastic!!!
that dock has now been brought back to life ! You wouldn’t even recognize it now ! Pretty much Everything that has produced well in the past has been absolutely beat to death the last couple of years , if you get lucky and get to one that hasn’t been hammered in a few days they still hold some fish but not like it used to be !Quote:
Originally Posted by DockShootinJack
I am glad somebody brought it back to life.Quote:
Originally Posted by Slabprowler
They were pretty heavily used when I was down there. My favorite up here are the pontoon boats. Not so many shoot them with the tight openings. The more spider webs the better.