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Old Hickory Lake Guide Service Fishing Report- 03/28/2015- 04/05/2015

Posted by ian on April 5, 2015

Old Hickory is continuing to pump out big fish and the bite should just keep getting better. Old Hickory seems to really be hitting its stride and I can’t remember a spring with as many quality fish being caught and 20lb bags so common.  I am unsure why Old hickory is fishing so good this year but have several different theories. 1) anglers are figuring out different ways to fish the A Rig and fish that were previously conditioned to it are seeing a new look or 2) we have had several good spawns in a row and are now seeing the results with more fish reaching the 4-6 lb range. Whichever one it is one thing is for sure; Old Hickory is a healthy fishery and the fishing is good. So far this year Old Hickory has be on fire and the fish population looks to be healthier then we have seen in quite a while.

Water temps have stayed pretty stable over the last week with a slow but steady rise. Main river is hanging around and just below 50 with the creeks, depending on where you are, hanging just a bit below 60. Clarity has remained good but I look for that to change this week as we have several days of rain forecasted for the upcoming week.  The warm rains we are forecasted to receive this week should stain up the water and help the shallow bite even more as long as it doesn’t get too muddy.

The bass are in full pre-spawn now and a variety of baits and techniques are productive.  More fish are continuing to show up on main lake and secondary points in creeks and the quality has begun to improve up shallow.  The deep bite is still good but as the fish continue to push towards the spawning grounds look for shallower patterns to out produce the deeper ones.

Over the last week we have focused on secondary points and early and later in the day fishing shallow flats adjacent to deeper water half way back in pockets and creeks have produced the most consistent bite. A variety of baits have produced well for us but the Fish Terror Baits Thundering Herd and Fish Terror Baits jerkbaits in Pro Blue and Sexy Shad have been the best. When fishing deeper football Jigs in green pumpkin, green pumpkin Bass Kandi Baits Sweet Sick on a ½ oz shakey head and the Thundering Herd have been top producers.

We are still waiting on the crappie to do their thing this year and it seems they are several weeks behind their normal schedule. It should break open any day now and the first wave of crappie hitting the shallows should be ridiculous!!!

The boys at Fish Terror Baits have just come out with an AFFORDABLE custom painted jerkbait and let me tell you, THEY FLAT CATCH’EM!!! They have several stock colors and are able to reproduce most any color as long as they have a picture to work with. We have been throwing these jerkbaits almost exclusively over the last week and have been more then impressed with the results. Do yourself a favor and give them a try; you wont be disappointed.

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