If it's legal why not, unless your city has an ordinance about it. I can't stop it since it's PUBLIC. I'm not going to cry on the internet about how folks should or shouldn't fish, being hypocritical as even stated by the OP. What's there to be adult about it? Coming to the realization that baits smacking up against someones boat when their fishing a dock on public water is going to be an issue you cant stop, it's a fact and you have to deal with it.
What's that, the trolling game??