Another thing I dig about the docks on weekends is the fact that families bring their kids down to fish. Now most vacationers can't tell scrub brush from a planted crib, but us regulars do! If I see the kids having a rough time of it, I'll usually make a comment to the parent that the kids should "cast over [there]" or "set the bobber depth to [whatever]" and whatnot.
Best I did last year was a two-fer. Mom had her son and daughter down at the docks using earthworms (not even nightcrawlers) and bobbers set about 4 inches deep." They weren't catching a thing except the occasional bluegill or sunfish. I pulled the mom aside and rigged her with a cheap little grub spinner and told her to cast straight off the dock to the center of the water, and gave her a cadence to count while reeling in. First cast, she landed a 12 inch largemouth bass. Fourth cast, a 10 incher. LOL! Her son could never get the cadence right, but he tried for a while before going back to the worm and bobbber. Her daughter however, showed us all up. Hock and bobber, and I'd told her to cast to the south end of the dock (deeper channel under the docks), and she landed a 24 inch, 6+ pound largemouth! Watching a kid light up like that after crapping their pants when the rod bends over on em...
It's a trip.
Reminds me, I need to give the lady a call sometime. She got divorced a couple years back, and the reason I didn't hit her up then was because of a rule I have about rebounders.... Hmmm.... maybe a different kind of fishing trip is in order now?