Deer Island

[WLaMarr]

Anyone have any advice on fishing Deer Island? I have had luck with live herring at Deer Island long ago. Yesterday (6/9/04) I was going out in my friends boat and couldn't pick up any live bait though, so I tried trolling. I was out there from 4:30 am to ~11:30 am (though I wasn;t at Deer Island the whole time). I used a 2 oz. bucktail jig for some of it and a 9-way umbrella with blue/white shad bodies for the rest of the time. Kept both lures real close to the bottom. Unfortunately, I didn't pick up a bite. Did catch some bird activity near Spectacle Island at one point and picked up a couple of short fish. Must have been the tail end of a frenzy cause it went dead right after these two catches. Any advice on fishing Deer Island without live bait? Also, I read that a lot of regulars on this board were going to go out on Tuesday or Wednesday of this week. Anyone have good luck in Boston harbor yesterday? I am new to fishing the Harbor so I would appreciate any help you could give me.