cordell hull sauger

[white95v6]

Fished from about 930 to 5. Caught about 12 sauger got 4 keepers in the boat. Missed atleaat 12. Two ppl jigging all day. It was our first time trying this soo not bad

[agelesssone]

Were you using stinger hooks. Jigs with minnows.

[white95v6]

Were you using stinger hooks. Jigs with minnows.

Yes.

[StriperFan]

Jigging in the channel? Holes, creek mouths, or some other? Just curious, those are the areas I was fishing on Old Hick before work got in the way. Was catching some sauger here and there.

[agelesssone]

7 1/2 hours.....two guys.....12 fish......four keepers. Doesn't make me want to drive 82 miles to fish Cordell Hull just yet. Fished Old Hickory below the dam for a few hours yesterday.....two white bass....two short saugers....two bluegill. Slow day.
Fished Old Hickory lake today for a coupla hours, more or less just starting to learn the lake. Four keeper crappie and five non keeper bass. A fun coupla hours this afternoon.

My New Year's resolution.....learn Old Hickory lake. I fished JPP for the last couple of years. JPP is 45 minutes away. Rockland launch is 8 minutes away. Time to scout out and investigate OH lake.

Using my Humminbird 997 cSI, I should be able to locate a lot of brush, downed trees, etc. that will hold crappie. I did locate one today. First cast on it pulled out a 12 inch crappie. 30 minutes= 4 keepers. So, off to a good start. I'll be hittin it hard from now til spring.

[white95v6]

We caught most fish in the lock.

And its called fishing ya know lol. This was our first attempt at sauger fishing. Still have lots to learn.

[agelesssone]

White, the biggest thing in sauger fishing, is to be there when they are! And that's the tough part.
gboyce and I went sauger fishing earlier (back in November) and caught 18 sauger and only boated four keepers. We have been back to the same place a dozen times now and some days catch no keepers, no saugers, one or two with no keepers, two or three keepers and no shorts. It's a crap shoot with those fish! If you have a place near you to fish for them, good for you. The places near me seem to have very limited sauger action so I have to drive 45 minutes or more to get anywhere decent, then HOPE I can catch a couple/few/some to take home for dinner.
There isn't a long learning curve to catching them, just a long learning curve to FINDING them. I'd love to find them "stacked up" someday, but it hasn't happened in the two years I've been fishing for them. I can always hope......and keep looking.

[white95v6]

Yea I heard timing is everything when it comes to those jokers...and I don't have anywhere close. The hull is a good haul lol about 90miles or soo.