Old Hickory Lake Guide Service Fishing Report- 06/10/2019

Posted by ian on June 10, 2019

My favorite time of year has finally arrived and the bass have not disappointed! Over the last several weeks we have had some awesome days with great numbers and quality to boot. This year has been slightly different then the last several with the lack of rainfall and current but the fish have bit well and have shown up deep in good numbers. The fish move offshore in search of cooler more oxygenated water and without current the water warms and holds less oxygen therefor often the fish will push back off the ledges and get in surprisingly high numbers. With the rainfall over the weekend the Corp has generated more water  and prolonged the ledge bite. Over the weekend the water rose quite a bit and I think some fish pushed back up shallow hurting the bite for a few days but should quickly return to the deep more comfortable water. I have learned when there’s too much current, >30,000 cfs, prolonged over several days, a lot of fish will move off the ledges in search of calmer water where they do not have to work as hard staying put. Thankfully we only had a half day of heavy current and I do not think many fish moved off the ledges. I feel the deep bite is going to get even better and we have yet to see the best of what the ledges have to offer. 

We have been spending 90% of our time off shore ledge fishing with the first hour of the morning being the only exception. This year more then any other I can remember the first hour has been critical when looking for a grass bite. The fish seem to be heavy in the grass beds super early but quickly push out leaving very few fish hanging around. We have been catching good quality early out of the grass throwing frogs, spinner baits and swim jigs. Once you stop getting bites its time to move on as the grass bite dies and your fishing empty water.  Channel banks have also produced some fish for us throwing jigs and shakey heads, working the bait off the ledges of the banks and typically getting bit as the bait falls. A lot of anglers are still catching fish shallow on a variety of methods including light shakey heads, crankbaits, c-rigged creature baits, spinner baits and topwaters. While on the ledges Strike King 6xd crankbaits in natural shad patterns and blue/chart have been very effective. Strike King Shadalicious swimbaits , football head jigs, shakey heads, 10in worms and c-rigged creature baits have also been very good.  We have been throwing green pumpkin and slight variations when throwing plastic and jigs

If you are struggling with your electronics we can help. On our graph specific trips we spend a lot of time idling around looking at different areas and teaching you to interoperate what we are seeing. Not only will I teach you what you are seeing but we will also cover what kind of ledges are most productive, what areas to look at and how to setup properly after finding fish to be able to catch what you found. There is a lot to finding fish offshore but we can cut your learning time greatly. 

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