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This was a fun, training day. I wanted to show Superbad a little about the dock shooting system and to learn from him about my new locator which I just installed, emoScratch Since he had it before me and offered to teach me how to run it, ( He didn't know what he had gotten himself into, emoSmile on that one) I took him up on his offer, emoTongue We started out looking under some docks and then at some humps near the river channel which was loaded with fish who weren't hungry at all, emoAngry but we tried. Then on to some more docks where we met another crappie fisherman, Brian, who isn't on our forum but said, "Join me here, they are hitting pretty good" so we fished the opposite side of the dock from him, (it's a big dock!). This is where Superbad got his start at dock shooting for crappie, emoTongue Of course he took to it like a duck to water and in a few minutes was putting that jig under the dock like a pro and catchin' fish. He just needs to remember that he's fishing for crappie and not bass and don't take the jig away from them when you set the hook, emoSmile (I know someone else who had that trouble, emoRolleyes )<br />Anyway I'll let him add his views about the shooting when he posts but I thought he did a great job with a very steep learning curve, emoThumbsup We only caught 12 crappie, 2 spaaatts, a couple 'gills and about a 2 lb flathead cat but spent an awful lot of time teaching this ole dog how to read the scanner, emoScratch Superbad is a great teacher so I learned a lot so now I just need practice.<br />Water temp was around 82* but the wind made it a busy day trying to hold the boat and fish too, emoAngry <br />It was fun and looking forward to another trip, Craig you can fish with me anytime you would like, emoThumbsup