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Old Hickory Lake Guide Service Fishing Report- Feb 1- Feb 14

Posted by ian on February 14, 2016

 

Fishing on Old Hickory has remained about the same as it has with the fish slowing down maybe just a touch. Typical Tennessee winter has come to visit again after about week worth of nice warm weather we were hit again with some nasty cold snowy weather. The snow and cold have caused a pretty significant drop in water temp from low 50’s to low 40’s and the water has been slightly stained. Towards the end of next week the weather appears to be breaking again and temps look to be trending upwards.

 Bass fishing has been inconsistent with good days mixed in. We are catching bass in about the same areas as we were before but have had to work a bit harder for bites. Fish have seems to be hanging off the edge a bit more then they were and their feeding windows appear to be shorter. I do not think the bass have necessarily moved out of these areas but I do think they are not nearly as active as they were. A change from upper 40’s to lower 40’s is huge for a bass and there is a tremendous difference between fish in these temps.  We are still catching some beautiful healthy fish and with the weather change next week the bite should improve.  The same baits that were producing over the last several weeks are still do so with jerkbait’s and A Rigs do most of the work. Natural colors with chartreuse for jerkbaits and swimbaits.

 Crappie fishing has been excellent through the cold front with the better bite moving a bit deeper. Minnows have been good since the cold front fished vertically either dead still or slowly moving the bait up and down paying particular attention when the bait is heading down for bites. Crappie fishing several days prior to the weather change was excellent as we were catching the majority of our fish in 8-12 fow right off creek channels. Fish should move back up to the shallower water next week as the water begins to warm and fish become more active again. The same baits are also still producing for the crappie as have been with white, blue/white, chartreuse/white and blue/chartreuse catching them consistently.

 

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