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Old Hickory Lake Guide Service Fishing Report- 02/14/2015- 03/09/2015

Posted by ian on March 9, 2015

There is one word that explains Old Hickory over the last several weeks: TOUGH!!! With all the recent snow Old Hickory has been turned into a COLD mud bowl and if you ask me there is absolutely no tougher conditions. This week the river temp has been as low as 37 and as of yesterday it had climbed to 45 and still muddy.  But it appears that the weather may finally breaking. The 10 day weather outlook is defiantly promising with highs in the low 60’s and rain forecasted for 4 days this week that should warm the water up quicker then nice sunny weather would. After the rain clears and warms the water for a few days look for the fish to begin to start staging up as they begin thinking about spawning. After a few days of warm stable water it will not take long for the fish to pull up into shallower water, especially in the afternoons, looking to feed where jerk baits, crankbaits and A Rigs getting the brunt of the work.

 Bites over the last week or so have been few and you must take advantage when you do get one.  We have been unable to get bites in the muddy water and have had to run around looking for the cleanest water with most of the bigger creeks beginning to clear in the backs. Water temps have been very inconsistent with the river hanging around the mid 40s and creeks being in the low 40s to upper 30s depending on where you are.

 Our most productive patterns have been jerkbaits in the cleaner water and flipping a Bass Kandi Speed Bug and Texas Craw in the dirtier water.

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