A little help please.

[jamess2008]

Went out of the Portage river. Went out to the northeast to start cause wanted to try something away from where everybody else. Marked some fish holding tight to bottom and got a couple of hits but didnt land any. Went northwest of portage river where the head boats and other boats were. Same thing couple of hits seen a couple of nets dig. Was trying all hair jigs tipped. Was pissed off I left all my blade baits in my ice fishing box. Any ideas or help would be greatly appreciated. At least I went in and caught some bass. Jim

[fishnhunt]

james,

we had good luck this weekend after we launced from wild wings in about 13-14 fow of water. Black w/ white hair jig tipped was our best jig but purple had bites too. Best method we found was a slow lift off the bottom up about 8-12" and tight line it back down. Only had a couple that really hit hard, the rest took it right off the bottom. All we could feel was weight when we started to lift the jigs. Also, the fish hit the best between 5:30am and 7:30am and more bites were had the deeper the drift took us. Hopefully this will help put some fish in the box for you. Good luck if you are headed out tomorrow.