Old Hickory Lake Guide Service Fishing Report- 03/20/2015- 03/28/2015

Posted by ian on March 27, 2015

This report is for the last week on Old Hickory. Old Hickory is still fishing good over the last week and should continue to for a while.  I believe we had a false water temp reading for several days last week as it read low to mid 60’s for several days. I think it happened due to a layer of water several feet below the surface that is still cold and after the warm water began to mix with the colder layer it dropped considerably. We have a pretty substantial front pushing through this weekend that will probably have an effect on the fish for several days but hopefully they will rebound pretty quickly as the weather looks to stabilize after it passes.  Water temps are hanging in the high 40’s on the main river and low to mid 50’s in the creeks. Water clarity has remained good as well. The crappie bite is still inconsistent and I think again this has something to do with the cold layer of water several feet below the surface. When the crappie decide to pull up and do their thing, there should be a huge first wave and the bite should be awesome. This year the crappie in particular seem to be several weeks behind their normal schedule for this time of year but should be just around the corner.

We have been targeting staging banks and points outside the spawning grounds with a variety of baits. Depending on the day the fish can either be found inside the pockets and points and cruising in some pretty shallow water. When we can get wind and clouds the bite has been considerably better as the wind seems to really jump start the food chain and everything becomes more active.  Moving baits like jerkbaits, crankbaits and a rigs have been best with some wind and with no wind we have had to slow way down and throw 1/8 oz Bass Kandi Sweet Sticks shakey heads and a Bass Kandi T-Craw on a Swing Head Jig.

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