EricfromGP
07-19-2012, 01:57 AM
I am embarrassed even posting this, but my fishing partner and I are having the absolute most rotten luck at Shaw's Point today, and are desperate for any advice.
Long story short, we spent roughly 5 hours in the boat today, and had one borderline legal pike. Just bizarre. I took my two girls out, figuring that I would cast while they jigged, and as soon as anyone had something, I could pass the rod off to them so they could bring it in.
Nothing. Zip. Skunked.
We went to the east of Shaw's Point Resort, (where there are always 2-4 boats hanging out), we went far east (well past Hilliards bay towards the narrow), we went just a little past Hilliards Bay, we went almost all the way to the narrow, and we also went west of Shaw's point (talk about weeds!).
OUr fishfinder broke it's underwater part, so thats long gone. We tried going by the boat's depth finder, so we could find the shelfs, but that proved useless. Another angler told us he had success at the 12 ft mark about half way between Shaw's and the narrow.
We do have GPS units though, so if anyone could share GPS coordinates of decent spots, I would be truly grateful. I am hoping the last day was just a bad fishing day in general and that business picks up.
RE: lures, you name it, we tried it. Jigs (Yellow, white, black, pink, pink sparkly, glow in the dark), spoons (5 of diamonds, red devils, other expensive ones with cool names), and anything else I had in the box. Tried them with minnows on them, and tried with out. We went out at 1pm, 4pm and 10 pm.
Thanks for any tips guys. :)
Long story short, we spent roughly 5 hours in the boat today, and had one borderline legal pike. Just bizarre. I took my two girls out, figuring that I would cast while they jigged, and as soon as anyone had something, I could pass the rod off to them so they could bring it in.
Nothing. Zip. Skunked.
We went to the east of Shaw's Point Resort, (where there are always 2-4 boats hanging out), we went far east (well past Hilliards bay towards the narrow), we went just a little past Hilliards Bay, we went almost all the way to the narrow, and we also went west of Shaw's point (talk about weeds!).
OUr fishfinder broke it's underwater part, so thats long gone. We tried going by the boat's depth finder, so we could find the shelfs, but that proved useless. Another angler told us he had success at the 12 ft mark about half way between Shaw's and the narrow.
We do have GPS units though, so if anyone could share GPS coordinates of decent spots, I would be truly grateful. I am hoping the last day was just a bad fishing day in general and that business picks up.
RE: lures, you name it, we tried it. Jigs (Yellow, white, black, pink, pink sparkly, glow in the dark), spoons (5 of diamonds, red devils, other expensive ones with cool names), and anything else I had in the box. Tried them with minnows on them, and tried with out. We went out at 1pm, 4pm and 10 pm.
Thanks for any tips guys. :)