Old Hickory Lake Guide Service Fishing Report- 03/30/2014

Posted by ian on March 30, 2014

This report is for the week of 03/23/2014- 03/30/2014.

This past week on Old Hickory Lake has been by far the best week of fishing we have seen this year. We have focused our time on the lower end of the lake and in 4 trips this week we were able to put 2 fish in the boat that were over 6lbs with one just shy of 7lbs with numerous 2 and 3 lb fish. Not to mention the 30lb Rock Fish Colt caught on the last cast of the day that he battled for a good 15 minutes on a 6'6 Deanli topwater/jerkbait rod, paired with a 6.4.1 Lews Speed Spool and 10lb Sunline florocarbon line. (Goes to show what the best equiptment available can do!!!) The quality of fish has defiantly gone up and the quantity is still excellent. The fish have continued their move to staging areas and are showing up by the day. Water temps have stayed pretty consistant on the main river at around 49-50 and the creeks have been in the low 50's. Look for those water temps to jump up this week with the forcasted warming. With the beautiful weather forcasted this week the fishing should get really, really good and this is definitely your best opportunity at catching your biggest fish of the year. The Sunday morning tournament out of Flippers Bait and Tackle took over 23lbs to win which shows you what kind of fish are starting to show up.

  Our best baits this week have been Alabama Rig, Jerkbaits and Jigs. We have been focusing on typical staging areas and are catching fish out of 5-15 fow. There are new fish showing up by the day now and should only continue to improve. Check out my write-up, at the bottom of this post, about the new A-Rig we are catching the majority of our fish on. This things RIDICULUS!!!

  Just this week I received an almost completed prototype Alabama Rig from a sponsor of mine, Fish Terror Baits, that is unbelievable and honestly catches more fish then any other A-Rig I have thrown!!!  For starters it has more blades then any other and from top to bottom is put together with premium components. There are no cheap swivels, light wire or weak snaps that are going to break and not only cost you money but possibly that fish to put you in the money. These guys have invested a lot of time money and effort to make, literally, the best A-Rig offered and at a $20.00 the weekend angler is able to fish with top of the line, guide quality equipment.

Here at OHGS we use brand new high grade fishing equipment fron Denali Rods, Lews reels, Sunline fishing line, Santone Jigs, Fish Terror Baits and other top of the line equipment. I am a United States Coast Guard licensed captain and 100% dedicated to making your trip the trip of a lifetime. I still have dates available for April so get in on some of the best action of the year!!!