Old Hickory Lake Guide Service Fishing Report- August 25th

Posted by ian on August 25, 2015

The fall season appears to be here a bit early this year and with the cooler temps and shorter days comes a challenge! In typical fall fashion, Old Hickory is fishing pretty inconsistent right now with good and tougher days mixed in. Fish are scattered from 20 fow to just inches and are from the main river all the way to the back of the creeks. The only thing that has been consistent over the last several weeks has been the inconsistency.

We are still catching a few fish on some shallower offshore humps, but I believe the majority of the fish have made the push towards the creeks and are headed super shallow chasing fry. Some typical fall patterns that have been productive for us are shallow cranking, flipping shallow wood and grass, fishing light shakey heads on points and rocky banks, swimming a jig around shallow grass and an often overlooked pattern this time of year is fishing main river bluffs.

Our most productive baits have been medium/shallow running crankbaits in rootbeer or natural shad patterns, 1/8^th and 1/4oz shakey heads in green pumpkin, flipping a BKB Flipping Jig in Magic Craw or Sinus Infection, flipping a BKB T-Craw around wood or grass and swimming a Silver Shad or Natural Craw BKB Swim Jig around grass.

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