Fishing Docks

We have this lake here in S/W Michigan that has lots of 3-4 lb bass,
most of the fish I catch are the 2-2 1/2 lbers. he only way I can catch
these fish are on docks close to deep water on senko's and tubes, what
other bait do you guys think might catch the bigger fish? or am I
wasting my time on the docks.

"BIG FISH 2006" wrote in message
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We have this lake here in S/W Michigan that has lots of 3-4 lb bass,
most of the fish I catch are the 2-2 1/2 lbers. he only way I can catch
these fish are on docks close to deep water on senko's and tubes, what
other bait do you guys think might catch the bigger fish? or am I
wasting my time on the docks.


I have caught a few fish around docks by pitching jigs with twister tail
grub trailers to vertical poles and allowing or feeding enough slack for the
jig to fall vertically along the poles. Occassionally I have also provoked
reaction strikes with the jigs by ripping them away from the dock pole the
instant they stop falling, but more often it either comes on the fall or
shaking them on the bottom at the base of the pole.

I have also caught 4 pounders around docks on senkos by skipping and
pitching them way up under the docks.

Depending on the bottom composition I might also walk a craw along the dock
from shallow to deep.

You can also deliberately de-tune a crankbait so that when you cast along a
dock it will run up under it on the retrieve.

A hard jerkbait worked fast and erratically can provoke fish to come out
from under a dock, and sometimes a popper can be just the ticket at the
right time of day.

Bob La Londe
www.YumaBassMan.com

"BIG FISH 2006" wrote in message
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We have this lake here in S/W Michigan that has lots of 3-4 lb bass,
most of the fish I catch are the 2-2 1/2 lbers. he only way I can catch
these fish are on docks close to deep water on senko's and tubes, what
other bait do you guys think might catch the bigger fish? or am I
wasting my time on the docks.

Some of my best fish have come from underneath boat docks. I fish tubes,
wacky rigged senko-style lures and T-rigged Zoom Super Flukes.

It seems sometimes that the smaller fish are staged on the outer edges and
the bigger ones are buried way back underneath.
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On Thu, 30 Jul 2009 22:49:11 -0400, (BIG FISH
2006) backed into a tree whilst ridin inna park then wrote:

We have this lake here in S/W Michigan that has lots of 3-4 lb bass,
most of the fish I catch are the 2-2 1/2 lbers. he only way I can catch
these fish are on docks close to deep water on senko's and tubes, what
other bait do you guys think might catch the bigger fish? or am I
wasting my time on the docks.




My best dock bait is a 1/8 oz craw/jig in brown/pumpkin seed. Cast as
far under as you can and let it sit, be patient. Even get it up
onshore and wiggle it into the water if you can. Slowly hop it to the
end of the pier if nothing takes it. I never tried magnum sizes when
dock fishing, but it should work. I also use a red shad or tequila
sunrise power worm with good luck. Senko's and the copies are also a
good bait to "skip" to the back of docks.
In WI the best docks had deeper water and weed growth close by also.

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Dan TOASTY in Florida for now

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