Dock Fishing Lures And Tips?

[JellyMan]

I am going to try some dock fishing today. I fished docks for about an hour and a half and didnt get one bite last time. I fished them in the evening and with a slow moving weightless watermelon seed brush hog. Also, around the docks are mainly big Cypress stumps and bushes with a sandy bottom and ocasional fallen tree twigs. I know this cause I feel em when fishing my jigs.

What should I use? Jig? Big worm? Brush hog?

Also, I know I need to fish the shade but how? On the bottom? Top? Slow? Fast?

Input would be great soon as I am getting out there in the next 2 hours and fishing to dark.

[zbigbadaaron]

For plastics try senkos, fat ikas, shaky head worms, ribbontail worms texas rigged, weightless trick worms, baby brush hogs, 10" rage tail andacondas.

Try jerk baits such as: bomber long a's, rapala husky jerk, or x-raps.

Try burning spinnerbaits or slow rolling spinnerbaits.

[aarogb]

    You are one lucky man to have docks to fish.

    When it comes to fishing docks, the bait I use the most is a green pumpkin Spot Remover with a Roboworm Aaron's Magic Zipper Shakin' worm.  I will pitch the Spot Remover with the Roboworm to the pilings of the dock and give it a few hops and wiggles.  If I don't get a bite I will reel the bait in and pitch it to the same piling again (keep in mind that you might have to make multiple pitches to the same piling to get the fish to bite).  

    Another bait I use for docks is a wacky rigged Senko in gld/clr/blk color.  I will fish this when I am not getting bites pitching the Roboworm to the pilings.  I will skip the Senko as far as I can under the dock and let it fall to the bottom.  Sometimes I will get a bite on the fall so be ready right after you skip it.  If I do not get a bite on the fall I will twitch it all the way back to the boat and re-cast.

    When it comes to floating docks the only bait I use is a white and chartreuse War Eagle double willow spinnerbait.  I usually don't fish floating docks a lot because they have never really produced for me, but I have caught fish on them.

[JellyMan]

didnt catch anything.

[5bass]

Anytime the fish seem suspended under the docks, I dont think you can beat an *** trick stick. Sometimes the fish will hang right up under the dock near the surface, other times they'll be halfway down suspended. Either way, the trick stick falls just fast enough for them to get a look at it but have to make a decision real fast. Soft stick baits are money around docks.

Another bait that has entered the dock fishing scene is the Jackall Cover Craw. This bait will float away from you once it hits the water. Cast to the edge of a dock and give it a little line and it will glide right under the dock. Sometimes in very bright sunny conditions, the fish won't come into the sun to eat but if something gets up under the dock, they'll hammer it. I see this a lot. My home lake has about a million docks and if you cant get your bait in the shade of the dock, you dont get bit.

All docks are not created equal. In my opinion, for summer fishing, the best docks have wooden posts and also have at least 17' of water on the end. In the summertime I catch a lot more fish from docks that have a steeper slope under them or any docks that may have sunken brush under or around them. The fish can find shade under these docks and they also find cooler water under a dock that has deeper water.

Sometimes you need to throw a 'bottom' bait to get 'em. Just be sure that if you are fishing a deep dock like I described above that you throw shallow as far as you can get it and allow enough line to your bait so that it stays on the bottom during your retrieve from shallow to deep.

As far as knowing what to start with....I say the trick stick is the most dependable for gauging what the fish are doing. If you cast and get bit pretty quick, the fish are most likely up tight to the dock. If it sinks for 5 or 6 seconds, they're a little deeper. If it hits the bottom before you get a bite, well, they could be all on the bottom. In that case, I'd throw a bottom bait like a jig or a big worm. Docks are very easy to pattern once you catch a couple a certain way. You should be able to do the same thing on similar docks all day long.

[Gone_Phishin]

Spinnerbaits, run into the posts, have always produced in my home waters.  Shallow cranks as well.  Wacky rigged senko baits, as mentioned before, are a favorite too.

When I first started fishing docks, a t-rigged Powerworm was my bread-and-butter.

[Muddy]

FBL is right on with the *** Trick Stiks, depending on the depth of the water and weed growth under the dock. Deep, less weeds I wacky Rig a 5 inch trick, if there is a lot of weeds; t-rigged Wieght less.

I also have been having success fishing docks , if the bass are hugging the bottom of the posts with 4.5inch *** Brush Bugs on a Weedless Slider head. I hope this helps.

[DINK WHISPERER]

Senkos, Flukes and jigs are my favorites!

[bigfish88]

Senkos, Flukes and jigs are my favorites!

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[FishDontLikeMe1301600221]

skipping senkos and flukes under the docks if they are a good structure dock which sounds like yours are with the stumps and brush.

[bhos]

Cranks thrown to the shore side corners and fished along the sides is good, spinners or jigs too.  For skipping, I usually use a tube bait with internal weight, but other softbaits work for skipping with a little more practice.  I keep a spinning rod with a tube in the boat just for dock skipping.  Try to give whatever you're using some time under the dock, don't burn it back to the boat, let it fall and linger, twitch it a bit.

[roadwarrior]

What ever you try, DO NOT throw a GYCB Fat Ika.

Rigged skirt forward, weightless and weedless, the lure will

fall away from you and under the dock if your cast places the

bait near the edge. There is a good chance you will be either

jerked out of the boat or get your arm broken fishing this way.

Be careful!

8-)

[CWB]

I used to only skip tubes under docks and boats until I tried 5" senko style baits. 4lber on first skip. Now that's about all I throw around and under docks and boats unless I'm hitting ones I've already fished without a bite. Then the tube comes out.

[D4u2s0t]

skipping senkos and flukes under the docks if they are a good structure dock which sounds like yours are with the stumps and brush.

that's what works well for me, skipping a senko right under the dock.  Most people I see around tend to just fish around the docks, but don't really try to get under them.

[csizzle]

A shallow crank tuned to run to the left or right can be deadly.  Not many people get a crank actually under a dock, and this way it will constantly smack into each piling if it isn't a floating dock.  Give it a try, I don't think you'll be disappointed.

[The Outdoorsman]

-Running a shallow crank and banging into the dock posts.

-Berkely Beast or RI Sweet Beaver skipped under the dock

-Tube skipped under the dock

-7" Super Fluke along the edges or deeply under the dock and worked back slowly

[Mottfia]

I'm like a number of guys around here. I'm a run and gun guy so generally I fish spinnerbaits around the edges but the best things for catch any size bass around the docks are trick worms.

under the docks I love tube type baits. I catch fish consistently by skipping paca craws. but if its real touch, its hard to beat a very light shakey head under there. Spinning reels are a must.

Mottfia