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Old Hickory Lake
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Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Hard Jerkbaits
Structure
Open Water/Basin
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Hard Jerkbaits
Structure
Pilings
Actual bait was a Megabass X-80 and not the X-70. They don’t have that as an option. 2.5 inch and not the 2.75 inch and .25 oz bait. They would not eat anything else. Used larger jerk baits, structure jigs, swim baits, and even swim baits. They liked the smaller profile and with very light twitches of the rod tip. Actual rod is the Orochi xx “Ronin” which is no longer produced. Great jerk bait rod. Reel used is a Shimano Miravel with 15lb braid with a 6lb Seaguar leader.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Hard Jerkbaits
Structure
Flooded Brush
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
55°
On this day, I targeted submerged timber on transition areas in front of shallow flats off the main lake. Medium retrieve speeds with the occasional long pause. I looked for softer bottom areas with sand/mud. 6-10ft was where I found them stacked but I would catch the occasional fish moving up onto the flat. Wind was moderate and variable (5-10 mph NW) with blue bird skies. Outside temp was in the upper 50’s.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Texas Rigs (Worming)
Structure
Laydowns
Water Temperature
60°
Covered lots of water in a large creek mid lake. Water temp was 57 in the morning and up to 63 by late afternoon. Lots of small bass are up shallow in spawning areas adjacent to deeper water. We had to sort through the small ones to scratch out decent keepers. The larger fish seemed to be buried in wood cover, possibly due to the recent front that moved through.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Bladed Jigs
Structure
Rip Rap
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
56°
Went out to Old Hickory Lake with my buddy and he was able to catch a nice 3 lb largemouth and 2.8 lb smallmouth on a green pumpkin z-man chatterbait close to rip rap with some grass off a point. Had about 2 ft water visibility with a little wind coming from the east.
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3/21/22
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Structure Jigs
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Most of the fish were still deep. Water had about 2 feet of visibility. The vegetation is still very dead but a nice 3lb large mouth hit it on the first hop right up next to the vegetation.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Crankbaits 0-6'
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
56°
My PB came on a cold windy day in some shallow water not too far off the main lake. We started off by fishing in a cove as we thought some of the fish have started to move back but after hitting a few different areas we decided to move towards the main lake. Water clarity had a nice green tint with a 8 to 12 inch visibility. This 6.8 lb bass was caught with a shad color OG Rocco that dives to around 5 ft with 10-12 lb flurocarbon. I personally like to spool my Shimano Metanium MGL with Sunline FC sniper. For this technique, I like to use the Shimano Expride B in a 6'10 medium power, moderate action. The shorter length rod allows me to make short accurate cast and the moderate action helps keeps the fish pinned.
Species
Striped BassSeason
Winter
Technique
Hard Jerkbaits
Structure
Baitfish
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
52°
Send er with 14lb in 20ft. Look for bait balls, around slopping points. Big girls are on the feed.
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Wacky Rigs
Structure
Rip Rap
Weather was partly cloudy with light winds gusting to 10 mph. Fished 3 days, 1 practice day and 2 tournament days. Practice day we were able to find smallmouth on beds using a 4: wacky rigged Senko. They would pick it up and move it off the bed and drop it. would not set the hook except for one 3lbs 9oz Largemouth that hooked itself. Found probably 20 beds with fish on them throughout the day. 1st day we never made it to our spot due to motor issues, so we worked the bank heading back toward the launch. was able to boat a few non keepers on the wacky rig. lost 1 keeper on a nose hooked 4" Caffeine shad in Green Pumkin with tail dipped in chartreuse. had a few bites with a 3/8 oz Swim jig working it through laydowns but they were typically hitting the pinchers.
