In summer, depending on the availability of food such as shad, bass may suspend under docks along banks closest to river channels. Well, maybe for you and me, but not for Swindle. It's a technique that any angler can learn but few fishermen master, mainly because it requires lots of practice. Before he casts, Swindle positions his boat so he can fish the outside edges of the dock where brushy cover might be submerged. Then he starts firing casts under the dock with his bait-casting outfit.
Swindle first lets about two feet of line hang down below the rod tip.
While holding the rod low to the side and positioning the tip at about 6 o'clock, he then rolls his wrist clockwise to gain momentum. When the rod tip comes back around to 6 o'clock and is parallel to the water, he takes his thumb off the reel spool. The lure usually lands just under the outside edge of the dock and then skips along the surface until it loses momentum and settles into the water. You're not skipping the lure forcefully across the water so much as just slipping it across the surface. Although Swindle uses bait-casting tackle, fishing docks with spinning tackle seems to make more sense.