9/9/11 old hick

[skillet]

Braved the rain yesterday, my dad was in town for my sons birthday party this weekend and wanted to do some fishing. So we hit old hick at daybreak, three top water a lot, caught some decent fish on buzz baits. None out or around grass at all. Idk if that’s just my luck or what, but couldn’t buy a bite around grass. We boated 12-15 bass with 6 keepers, had some nice healthy fish, dad lost a 5+ on a buzzbait. He was heartbroken. I had to hear about it all day. By the end of the day it was a12lber 🤦*♂️ hopefully the lake is about to turn a new leaf and get to fishing better. ROLL TIDE!!!
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[coveman]

Way to go Skillet. Wish I would have seen your post before I went out this morning. I fished Station Camp and Town Creek coves; heavy overcast skies tossing a black buzzbait in and along grass. NOTHING. I tried squarebill and deeper cranks, again no bite. I guess I just don't know what the hell I'm doing! Any tho'ts?

[jaybird]

Way to go Skillet. Wish I would have seen your post before I went out this morning. I fished Station Camp and Town Creek coves; heavy overcast skies tossing a black buzzbait in and along grass. NOTHING. I tried squarebill and deeper cranks, again no bite. I guess I just don't know what the hell I'm doing! Any tho'ts?

Best thing you could do is do the opposite of Skillet. Took him out last spring to guaranteed honey holes and well.... it was bad lol

[skillet]

Way to go Skillet. Wish I would have seen your post before I went out this morning. I fished Station Camp and Town Creek coves; heavy overcast skies tossing a black buzzbait in and along grass. NOTHING. I tried squarebill and deeper cranks, again no bite. I guess I just don't know what the hell I'm doing! Any tho'ts?



Zoom z craw and white 1/4oz buzz bait. That was all I caught them on. I threw a shakey head, squarebills, rat l traps, sexy dawg, and a Texas rigged worm. I should’ve put a white spinner bait on and tried that.


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[skillet]

Best thing you could do is do the opposite of Skillet. Took him out last spring to guaranteed honey holes and well.... it was bad lol



Says the man that follows a guide around Percy priest! 🤦*♂️


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[coveman]

Zoom z craw and white 1/4oz buzz bait. That was all I caught them on. I threw a shakey head, squarebills, rat l traps, sexy dawg, and a Texas rigged worm. I should’ve put a white spinner bait on and tried that.


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Tho't 3/8 might've been too big especially with the Keitech swing impact trailer, but that's all I had.

[jaybird]

Says the man that follows a guide around Percy priest! 🤦*♂️


Sent from my iPhone using TapatalkLmao. I find fish that way

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[skillet]

Tho't 3/8 might've been too big especially with the Keitech swing impact trailer, but that's all I had.



I don’t use a trailer. Straight up old skirt or no skirt with a swim bait on it. But prefer the skirt.


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[skillet]

Lmao. I find fish that way

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I’d hope so!!! At least when you follow him you catch fish. If Tnbronzeback follows him he can’t catch a cold!!!


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[jaybird]

I still chuckle when I think back to the TWRA flipping you guys crap on JPP two winters ago. LOL

[Texas_Rig]

I still chuckle when I think back to the TWRA flipping you guys crap on JPP two winters ago. LOL

I'm curious now. What happened?

[Texas_Rig]

Way to go Skillet. I'm starting to get a little OH itch. I think I'm gonna spend the next couple of weeks to see what I can grind out. The weather is supposed to be much nicer for the foreseeable future and I can actually fish in some daylight hours.

[jaybird]

I'm curious now. What happened?Bunch of boats in one area catching hybrids. Skillet and Bronzeback were there too but they hadn't caught any. TWRA was making the rounds. When they got checked, Twra found out they hadn't caught anything and was cracking on them about it. It was hillarious

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[Halli]

No Tide here but pods!!!

:)

[skillet]

I'm curious now. What happened?



The TWRA agent just couldn’t believe out of the 10-20 boats in the area, that WE were the only ones to not have a fish in the well. He proceeded to let us know how bad of fishermen we were and that maybe we should get a new hobby.

But we were trolling and holding our rods with our hands and only had one rod a piece, unlike all the other boats that were pulling boards and had multiple rods out. Either way, we managed to catch a few. And I caught my personal best striper. Wasn’t a great big one but around 10-12lbs!!!


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[skillet]

Way to go Skillet. I'm starting to get a little OH itch. I think I'm gonna spend the next couple of weeks to see what I can grind out. The weather is supposed to be much nicer for the foreseeable future and I can actually fish in some daylight hours.



Really hoping for good conditions Saturday and Sunday. We have our club fishoff and it’s a two day deal. I’ve been praying every day and night to let the good lord shine some light on this dogs ass and catch some fish.


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[luckystratos]

Old hickory sure can/usually is pretty stingy this time of year. Wish I could be some help to you. After early morning buzz bait I would prolly be throwing big worm or shakey head. Good luck to you Skillet.

[agelesssone]

The TWRA agent just couldn’t believe out of the 10-20 boats in the area, that WE were the only ones to not have a fish in the well. He proceeded to let us know how bad of fishermen we were and that maybe we should get a new hobby.

But we were trolling and holding our rods with our hands and only had one rod a piece, unlike all the other boats that were pulling boards and had multiple rods out. Either way, we managed to catch a few. And I caught my personal best striper. Wasn’t a great big one but around 10-12lbs!!!


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And when I gently reminded him that I had just released #28, this is the response see I got...tsk tsk

[Halli]

You need some gojo!!!

And a UT hat!

[FishAddict]

I fished mid lake Sat AM for a few hours and for me was pretty dead, 3 fish only 1 keeper. Cant wait for some cooler water...

[skillet]

You need some gojo!!!

And a UT hat!



Gojo sucks, those ain’t my hands anyways. And I’ll NEVER wear a UT 🤢🤮 hat. You better hope I don’t see your truck and trailer at the river....it’ll have a Bama sticker on it when you get back!!! 😂😂😂


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[skillet]

Old hickory sure can/usually is pretty stingy this time of year. Wish I could be some help to you. After early morning buzz bait I would prolly be throwing big worm or shakey head. Good luck to you Skillet.



Shakey head has been a big producer for me this year. If it don’t, then the neko usually will. But as of late, it seems that bite has fallen off. The jig bite picked up for me though, which was a shocker. I’m ready to get after it this weekend.

Honestly, I’ll be glad this tournament season will be over, I’m ready to focus on some crappie or sauger or something different. I love bass fishing but this last 2 months has been hell.


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[TNBronzeback]

Thanks guys....i ALMOST forgot about the day i got laughed at by the TWRA guy for not catching anything. It was not a good feeling to. Lol. The surprise on his face was torture enough! lol.
"you guys SURE you havent caught anything? Everybody else out here has"
I offered to let him board the boat and see for himself. Sad, sad day.
But, my man Skillet did catch his PB striper so that was cool.