My dad and I ended up fishing Shirey yesterday from about 9-2. We did ok and came home w 6 keepers. It actually wasn't a bad day to fish yesterday; we kept warm and were able to get out of the wind most of the day. We started out jigging trees and structure along deeper bank lines; then moved to a slow troll technique about 10 yards away from outer bank structure and that is how we found the fish. Caught them about 4-6 ft deep in 7-9 fow. We used a comb of black/wht, black/chart, and a smoke/sparkle jigs. No clue on water temp because I left my finder at home which was really frustrating! But I had a great day with my dad yesterday; we haven't been able to fish together much over the past 13 years. Glad to be living back in AR now!
We were proud of ourselves for finding any at all especially since we don't troll and aren't set up to troll. We felt pretty good until we went to the other end of the bay and watched two different boats put on a spider rigging clinic! They definitely knew what they were doing. It wasn't fast action but consistent.
Also, we drove over to Robinson Bay first to see if we could launch because I felt Shirey had been yo-yo'd pretty hard lately. The bay looked great but we didn't feel like we could launch without possibly getting stuck and didn't want to chance it. Shirey and Robinson have way better water clarity over Portia right now.
