Old Hickory Lake
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Striped BassTechniqueUmbrella RigsSeasonWinterStructureLaydownsTough day on Hick trying to find some big stripers. My friend Brandon did catch an amazing 30 lb Spoonbill while trying.
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Largemouth BassTechniqueSpinnerbaitsSeasonWinterStructureHumpsSlow rolling spinner baits over humps and ledges. Mix in flipping and pitching around timber and you will be set. Cover water.
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueFinesse JigsSeasonWinterStructureDocks
Fishing around some boat ramps and docks from the bank. Caught 4 small largemouth and a green sunfish. Every bite came on a 1/4oz Tightrope finesse jig in green pumpkin with a Finesse TRD in Coppertreuse for a trailer.
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White BassTechniqueBlade BaitsSeasonWinterStructureStanding TimberThe stripers were not at my usually locations yet. Did catch some white bass.
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueNed RigsSeasonWinterStructureRiver Channels
West fork of Drakes Creek on Old Hickory. Had to work for the fish today. Caught 6 on this bait fishing it with a mushroom ned rig head. Nothing to write home about. Was out in the yak for about 4 hours. Seems like everyone I talked to was having a rough time of it and most didn't catch anything, patience prevailed. Seemed to get bit around deep drop offs going from 8-10 feet to around 16-18 feet to the sides of the creek channel. Working the bait slow and dragging. Hopping didn't seem to work at all. Slow and steady.
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueHard JerkbaitsSeasonWinterStructureRip Rap
Well seems I still can’t pick the bait or the reel used. Ark Gravity BFS reel and the bait is a Eurotackle Z-Spender jerkbait from Amazon or the Eurotackle web site. The threadfin shad color specifically. Caught a few of these. They didn’t seem to look twice at any other baits around me. This is a 2 inch suspending jerk bait. I also tried a sinking bitsy jerk bait from strike king and they were not interested. Not a big fish, but where there are a few smaller ones there are larger ones somewhere. Anyway, I didn’t have time to try a larger size before night fall. So maybe something to try for others that want to. I am guessing any shad color suspending jerkbait may work. I just chose the duo realis bait in this case because that was the closest option.
- SpeciesStriped BassTechniqueUmbrella RigsSeasonWinterStructureLaydowns
Stripers are in the Bledsoe Creek area near shorelines with a flat before a drop-off into the river channel. Had success in 8-15 feet of water on the A-Rig. Have a spoon ready when you spot schools of white bass.
- SpeciesStriped BassTechniqueUmbrella RigsSeasonWinterStructureLaydowns
Fished at the Gallatin steam plant and up river to Bledsoe creek. Found some smaller stripers in 10-15 ft off the end of laydowns close to steep channel ledges. The weather today was classic post-front blue bird conditions. We also caught lots of skipjack in the bay below the steam plant on white and silver spoons.
