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Old Hickory Lake Guide Service Fishing Report- 05/28/2014- 06/08/2014

Posted by ian on June 8, 2014

                                               

It’s that time of year finally and the fish have moved to the ledges!!! Fishing on Old Hickory has remained very good over the last several weeks and the quality bite is showing up once again. The fish have finally pulled out on off shore structure, particularly in the creeks, and have also begun to show up on the river ledges. The creek ledges and humps have been the most consistent and several of the schools we have found have had really good numbers. The river ledges are not as consistent as the creek stuff yet but are improving by the day. The TVA has been pulling pretty good current, around 19,000 cfs, about every afternoon and evening which has helped the bite. When there is no current the fish tend to scatter out and roam more then when there is current and they are forced to school up and willing to feed. The bite defiantly gets tougher without it and we have focused on the creek drops during times of low current. Current acts much like a dinner bell for the fish as it pushes and moves the bait fish around and brings their food right to them.  As long as we can continue to get some rain, the TVA should continue to generate current.

Our best bass bite has still been in the grass in the mornings and once the sun comes up pulling out to off shore drops and humps have been most productive.  When there is current a deep diving crankbait has been hard to beat and without current the slower presentations like jigs, big worms and c-rigged creature baits have been the deal.  Early in the morning the fish are still eating a frog and buzzbait pretty well and some days we have been forced to flip or swim a jig in the grass to get bit.

Right now can be a tough time for a lot of anglers when the majority of fish begin to pull out to offshore ledges and a lot of the bank fish disappear. Let me show you what you need to look for to find these fish and show you what the ledges are all about!!!

Here at OHGS we use brand new high grade fishing equipment from Denali Rods, Lews reels, Sunline, 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 still have dates available in June so lets go fishing!!!