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Old Hickory Lake Guide Service Fishing Report-04/15/2015- 04/29/2015

Posted by ian on April 29, 2015

I apologize for the delayed fishing report as my son was born this week and has been keeping us a bit busy.

Fishing on Old Hickory has remained good over the last several weeks for both the bass and crappie. Over the last week we have had a pretty significant water temp drop due to the colder nights with lows in the low 40's dropping the temp into the upper to mid 50's. This along with dirty water has made it challenging at times but overall the bite has remained good.The shallow bite was very good up until 2 days ago when they dropped the water level by 1.5 feet overnight killing any quality bite up shallow. I do believe the largest wave of bass have hit the banks and are actively spawning and lots of smaller juvenile buck bass running the banks have offered steady action.

Over the last week we have begun catching more post-spawn fish that have pulled off bed looking beat up and thin. After this weekend and the full moon coming next week I believe we will begin to see a bit of the “spring lull.” Typically after fish pull off bed and before they really begin feeding up we have a lull when the fish are recuperating and don’t really want to do anything.  It is believed a lot of fish actually pull off and basically suspend as they try and heal up which can be incredibly frustrating, considering they don’t want to bite in the first place. This can be a discouraging period to fish as we have it in our minds as fisherman that the spring is when we should be catching big number and lots of quality fish.  Keep in mind that following the lull awesome offshore fishing is waiting and in my opinion the best time of the year to catch big numbers and good quality.

Fish seem to be pretty well scattered all over and multiple techniques catching fish. We have fished several different patterns this week with the fluctuating water levels including, points all the way back to the backs of the pockets. Junk fishing is the name of the game right now and will continue to be that way until the fish begin stacking up on off shore structure. Our best baits over the last week have been shallow and medium running crankbaits, spinnerbaits, Bass Kandi Baits Texas Craw and shaky heads.

The crappie bite has remained pretty strong with good quality and numbers. The crappie are not as far along as the bass as I believe they are waiting for a bit more stability in both the weather and water levels before fully committing but do believe the stable weather forecast for next week should kick the crappie bite into overdrive. The crappie bite is good and should get better. Most of our crappie have been coming out of 4-10 fow with white, blue/white, chartreuse, chartreuse/white and motor oil being the top producers fished on a 1/8 oz lead head.

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