08-30-2010, 09:00 AM
Dr Phil and I took Phil&#39;s new friend, Gary Waters, out for a morning of crappie fishing and introduce him to dock shooting. First time ever for dock shooting for Gary. After giving him a quick lesson on how to hold the jig and flex the rod before pointing and releasing the jig, it was no time before he was making 8 foot casts. All the while, Phil and I were shooting jigs about 15-20 feet back under the first dock that we came to and were catching crappie. Gary couldn&#39;t get the jig to the edge of the dock initially. <br /><br />I ask for his rod to see if it was the rod or him. After shooting the jig about 25-30 feet back under the dock, I informed Gary that it was him and not the rod. emoPoke emoBig
It took a while, but he finally caught on to the technique and was shooting the jig out there pretty good. <br /><br />We had a great morning for crappie fishing. 33 total of which 20 were 11&quot; or better and we let Gary have all these fish to take home. Gary&#39;s wife, Jane, loves to eat fish so I know that she will be happy with the catch of the day.<br /><br />We caught the fish on mostly 1.5&quot; stubby butts in both crystal shad and salt/pepper colors with chartreuse tail lights. Later on in the morning, I did tie on a Bayou Boogie 2&quot; BG shad and caught a couple of nice keepers with that color as well. Gary caught 1 bluegill to go along with a couple of crappie that finally committed suicide on his rod/reel/lure presentations.<br /><br />We had to dock hop a lot to get our totals. Just a couple of fish on each dock. We did finally catch about 6 or 7 keepers under one dock and the last dock that we tried before running out of time produced 3 crappie in about 1 minute and was only 5 feet deep. Surprising to me to say the least. Most of the fish were on deeper docks and about a 6-8 count deep. I caught the only trashy green fish of the day. 3 spotted bass which were released after a good 
lashing. emoBig emoGeezer We were on the water from 7:15 til 10:45.<br /><br />Gary is a great guy and funny guy as well. It was an entertaining AM to say the least. I&#39;m almost afraid to meet his wife, if she is as mean as he says that she is. emoPoke emoBig emoGeezer
It took a while, but he finally caught on to the technique and was shooting the jig out there pretty good. <br /><br />We had a great morning for crappie fishing. 33 total of which 20 were 11&quot; or better and we let Gary have all these fish to take home. Gary&#39;s wife, Jane, loves to eat fish so I know that she will be happy with the catch of the day.<br /><br />We caught the fish on mostly 1.5&quot; stubby butts in both crystal shad and salt/pepper colors with chartreuse tail lights. Later on in the morning, I did tie on a Bayou Boogie 2&quot; BG shad and caught a couple of nice keepers with that color as well. Gary caught 1 bluegill to go along with a couple of crappie that finally committed suicide on his rod/reel/lure presentations.<br /><br />We had to dock hop a lot to get our totals. Just a couple of fish on each dock. We did finally catch about 6 or 7 keepers under one dock and the last dock that we tried before running out of time produced 3 crappie in about 1 minute and was only 5 feet deep. Surprising to me to say the least. Most of the fish were on deeper docks and about a 6-8 count deep. I caught the only trashy green fish of the day. 3 spotted bass which were released after a good lashing. emoBig emoGeezer We were on the water from 7:15 til 10:45.<br /><br />Gary is a great guy and funny guy as well. It was an entertaining AM to say the least. I&#39;m almost afraid to meet his wife, if she is as mean as he says that she is. emoPoke emoBig emoGeezer