Anything at Frenchman's Bay?

[MuskieBait]

I was there last in mid-June looking for Gizzard Shad at the mouth of Frenchman's Bay

Saw a few medium size Northern Pike around 4-6lbs cruising in and out of the shallows...consistently.

Saw pods of Common Carp of 3-10 individuals around 10-15lbs breezing through the shallows...consistently.

Saw a few Largemouth Bass around 2lbs cruising in and out of the shallows...consistently.

I was targeting Gizzard Shad and was traveling light. I didn't have any lures with my except for a few plastic grubs and a few leadhead jigs. I tossed it around and the few Northern Pike would follow a few inches until it looked up and saw me. Then it refused to bite complete for the next 2 hours. I was casting to a Northern Pike when a Largemouth Bass cruised by and bumped the jig but dropper it. Of course, none of the Common Carp cared for fluorescently coloured plastic grubs. They didn't even care for a whole nightcrawler. I also saw a Freshwater Drum around 6-7lbs feeding in the rocks. As soon as I started to stalk it and try to get a nightcrawler to it, it picked up and left for deep water. I was at a high and visible position so stalking was almost impossible unless you can cast 70 feet with an unweighted nightcralwer.

Fishing pressure is very high in that area. By observing the fish, I can tell they are very wary. I saw Common Carp feeding along the shoreline until they were 30 feet from my position, then they would pick up speed and skirt around my position. The Northern Pike were less spooked. They would still set up ambush near my position but they would completely ignore lure (there were two other people fishing specifically for Pike that day). As for the Largemouth Bass, they were out of season so they were a bit more brazen...but still, not committing to any presentation at all.

And unfortunately...the Gizzard Shad school had left when I finally had time to check them out. Oh well...