Johnnie;
Now I must confess: Docks are nice but pontoon boats are better.
My pals claim "I have never seen a pontoon boat that I didn't like". I would venture a guess that you do have bass under the pontoon boats, I have never been to any lake that did not. Personally I like the boats with the outboard down, I skip baits between the outboard and each pontoon chamber. Nice slow retrieve and I feel that little bluegill tick, only to find a 3 LB LM headed to my well for weigh-in.
What I often find very odd is: for some reason many bass take a liking to a specific boat and have no interest in boat right next to their favorite. Additionally; I know if it begins to rain these boat fish will move out from under the boat, this is especially true if its a downpour. I have found that a broken tip pole that is re-tipped (shortened) makes an out standing dock pole. The shorter pole makes me far more accurate with skipping and no need play the fish just get it out from under the boat ASAP so not to have it wrap you up and/or break off.
Experiment with soft plastics as some skip great, and others don't.
I have an entire worm wrap bag filled with baits exclusively used for dock fishing.
Bassin
Butch
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