Got my PB (10.10) last year off the corner of a dock at Weatherford.

cc is a older lake with many boat docks, water level up and down a lot. i love boat docks on lakes like this. it take time on the water, but a few inches of depth means everything. i may fish 1,2,3 docks in row and idle down a few, also looking for depth, drop offs, points, brush, bait fish, but don't cut off other fishermen. i love fishing creeks and deep timber, but many lakes don't have them. i lived on eagle mountain and now fish cypress springs a lot. caught many nice fish off boat docks. low water level and blue bird sky, biggest problem. scouting and putting time in always helps.

Catch, do you have a place on Cypress Springs? I do and spend a lot of time fishing there.

Book a trip with James Biggs if you think there's no consistency with fish on docks!

But he said there ain�t no fish on docks... lol

James and I go way back. I learned a ton from him on fishing slips, but I don�t recall us ever spending much time on dock fishing. I�m sure some of the same principals apply, but definitely still different.

Place your bait in areas that the average bass fisherman would not flip in , I stay away from corners , ladders etc , these places have been saturated , I violently skip the bait where it�s a guarantee of getting hung , let it sit , twitch it little , whatever it takes . No takers , move on .

Kevin and James how do u fish a boat slip marina? That�s somthing I absolutely do not like to do

Skip a Chatterbait or Swimjig fish them fast, & cover enough of them to stumble into a school of fish. Many times I�ve had a limit out of 1 slip.

Never had confidence in fishing docks. Then went to Cedar Creek when our wives were in Canton to scout it out before Bud Light championship.

Fished all day for a couple fish.

Saw an older gentleman at the dock and he told us to only fish docks the next day. Said if you fish 50 without a bite, fish 51. Only takes 1 dock to make you right.

Next day we only fished docks. Don�t remember how many we fished but we caught fish at 5 or 6.

1 month later we caught fish at those same 5-6 docks.

So not too enjoyable if on new lake cause you have to rule so many out. But once you have an idea of which ones produce, it�s a fun way to fish.

This worked on Leon a couple of weeks ago on pole docks!!

try not to wake up cranky dock owners

try a bikini pattern
or the float plane pattern

It is not uncommon to see 10-12 boats fishing my dock, per day. It's 7:55 am Sunday morning and the 3rd boat is leaving now. I can't help but wonder what impact the high traffic rate has. I'm in the last sub-division before you go up Caney Creek.

I have liked fishing open water more the past couple of years,
but before I got deep water confidence I used to and still do Fish docks ! They are great places for Fish to hide and can be predictable especially during the summer.
On some lakes you will have a set of docks that will always hold Fish . My favorite way to fish them is with a 1/2oz Hvy. Finesse jig.