Dock: Common mistakes and fixes

Only throwing to the very back on every dock

This overlooks active fish on outside corners and often spooks the whole dock first. Work in order: outside corners, posts, shadow lines, then go inside. Don’t spend ages rescuing a bait from cables—that disturbs the spot and ruins follow-up chances.

“Dark underneath means fish” isn’t evidence. If two similar docks in a row don’t produce, compare docks with different depth or bottom instead of endlessly copying the same target. After a missed bite, you can follow up with a soft plastic, but recreate the fish’s last position; tossing to a different patch of shade isn’t a true same-spot follow-up.

How to validate on the next pass

Return to Specific Holding Spots and choose just one target you haven’t effectively covered. Record boat position, landing spot, bite stage, and day’s conditions; repeat the same route, then go to another similar structure for comparison. If you can’t replicate it, keep the observation without rushing to declare a pattern.

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