07-31-2020, 11:44 AM
(07-31-2020, 12:02 AM)Freakyfisherman Wrote: Nice work Pat. I too was out on Willard bay on my tube as well. I drove around the back and hiked my gear over the dike near the lightpole. The water was really murky back there. I worked depths from 3 to 23 ft. Saw some activity on the sonar. Not one fished harmed by my offerings today. I did get one bump on a shiver minnow while I was sharpshooting in about 16 ft of water. Sharpshooting is when you drop your presentation as soon as you see a mark on the sonar. I was using an ice fishing rod to keep my jig in the transducer cone.Bummer. That is usually a good place to fish...even this time of year. And after braving that road around the back and launching off the rocks you deserved better treatment.
Gabe
Sharpshooting. I have always called it "sniping"...shooting one high value target at a time. That has worked well on Starvation at times, when the fish are scattered but still active. But I have found that solitary fish are usually not as aggressive as those in a school...where feeding is more competitive. Howsomever, it is a fun video game to play. Look hard for a fish on sonar, send down your jig, wiggle and jiggle it seductively and get smacked. Don't get no better than that. And it becomes painful after 100 tries for different fish and no results. That's fishing for ya.