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Old Hickory Lake Guide Service Fishing Report- 04/19/2014- 04/29/2014

Posted by ian on April 29, 2014

                                         

This report is for 04/19/2014- 04/19/2014.

  Fishing has remained good on Old Hickory over the last week with good quality fish and numbers to go along with the bigguns. The fish has defiantly made their move to the banks and the shallow bite has been on.  The weather overall has remained stable over the last week with highs in the 80s and the lows in the 50s which has allowed the water temperatures to remain consistent allowing the fish to move and stay up. I feel like a lot of the 6+ lb fish are on bed now and the local tournament scales have been down from what they were with 5.5-6 lb fish taking big fish and 16-18 lbs winning most local tournaments.  Crappie fishing has also been excellent this past week as it appears that the crappie have finally really got turned on and are feeding up in a huge way. Sunday, just before the storms began to roll in we had our best day of the year with 52 keeper crappie in around 5 hrs. And these weren’t small crappie averging 12 -13 in crappie for the majority with several over 15 and a few over 16 in!!! We also had several trips this week with 20-30 keeper crappie in 4hrs or less with the same quality as above.

            Last night here in middle Tennessee we received a massive amount of rain and as I was on the water today it became more and more evident as the day went on that the water is going to be changing in a BIG way for the next week or so. We saw several whole giant trees that were washed into the river and that were floating down the channel along with tons of logs and other debris.  As the day went on the water continued to dirty up with a lot of the creeks turning to chocolate milk and debris floating around everywhere. The rain last night also dropped the water temps down into the mid 60s in the creeks and the river into the low 60s.

This week we have been focusing on spawning areas and the banks leading to them throwing shallow running crankbaits, Santone Lures spinnerbaits  and jerkbaits in 1-6 fow. Flipping Bass Kandi Texas Craws and T Craws around cover has been producing fish as well.

The crappie have been stacking up in 6-9 fow and we are catching them throwing 1/8 jig heads tipped with tube baits and curly tail grubs. Top colors have been white, white/chartreuse, chartreuse, and blue/white.

Here at OHGS we use brand new high grade fishing equipment from Denali Rods, Lews reels, Sunline fishing line, Santone Jigs, Fish Terror Baits, Bass Kandi soft plastics 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 have dates available May so call today and and get in on some of the best fishing of the year!!!