Center Hill lake 4-29-19

[barryburk]

Fished a small club tournament on Center Hill Monday. It was on fire. Started at 5:30 and had a limit by 7:30. Culled all day with big fish in 2 to 3 lb range mostly largemouth and small mouth. Came in second with 15 lbs. 1st place had 16 lbs. big fish was 4.10 I think or somewhere close to that. We probably caught 3 to 4 limits of fish.

[Texas_Rig]

I've had a couple friends say the same thing. I'm headed up there Monday

[commdd]

where do ya'll launch with the water at 627? thanks!

[Schleprock]

Just got back from CH, put in at Cookeville Boat Dock and mainly fished main lake points and bluff walls, we caught 49 total most being smallmouths in the 2-3lb range, , I did catch 3 fish that were 19" and were all around 4lbs , most fish were caught on ned rigs , also caught a lot on a 3.3 keitech with a belly weighted underspin , caught a few on crank baits and a few on a bubble gum floating worm


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[Texas_Rig]

where do ya'll launch with the water at 627? thanks!

You can safely launch at cove Hollow

[Texas_Rig]

Went to Center Hill today and had a small buddy tournament with a few of my friends. Today was what you could call The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly. I didn't experience the unbelievable bite that everyone I know has been raving about but I did have a good day and won our little tournament with 16lbs 7ounces and got big fish with a 5lb even largemouth. I had 9 keepers total. That's the good. The bad was a broken rod on a hookset. And The Ugly, oh man the ugly. The Ugly is I noticed my boat taking slightly longer to plane out and running about 2mph slower and about 200rpms higher. I noticed this when I made a short run from my first stop. Luckily I was close to the ramp so I just idled around the rest of the day and never got on plane again.

I did a compression check when I got home and I have 118-120 psi on 5 cylinders and 100 on the other one. Looks like I'm gonna be spending a good chunk of money on this motor. I hope my mechanic has better news but I don't see how.

I haven't fished Center Hill this spring except for 1 hour when the lake was about 40 feet high. The water temp ranged from 73-75 on the lower end around the dam. A lot of the fish spawned quite some time ago because they are already healed up, fat, and healthy with tails almost healed up to. I'll leave a picture of my best 2 fish.

[Texas_Rig]

Just got back from CH, put in at Cookeville Boat Dock and mainly fished main lake points and bluff walls, we caught 49 total most being smallmouths in the 2-3lb range, , I did catch 3 fish that were 19" and were all around 4lbs , most fish were caught on ned rigs , also caught a lot on a 3.3 keitech with a belly weighted underspin , caught a few on crank baits and a few on a bubble gum floating worm


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Nice fish man!

[Texas_Rig]

Schleprok, how do you post a picture where it shows without a link

[spottedbass]

Texas_Rig, the picture has to be hosted on the web somewhere. You click insert image icon and enter a URL where the picture is.

[Texas_Rig]

Texas_Rig, the picture has to be hosted on the web somewhere. You click insert image icon and enter a URL where the picture is.

Thanks

[commdd]

tx rig thanks for the ramp info.. sorry about the motor

[Schleprock]

Nice fish man!

Thanks, was my first time at CH this year, we were going to Nickajack but changed our minds last minute, glad we did

[Texas_Rig]

tx rig thanks for the ramp info.. sorry about the motor

Broken motors come with the territory, especially if you put as many hours on the water as I do. I'm just glad it didn't happen in my tournament at Old Hickory. We launched out of Davis Corner and I ran all the way to the dam. By the way anyone fishing OH; the last pocket on the LEFT up by the dam had a lot of fish in it a couple weeks ago. Commdd you can also safely launch at Edgar Evins.