Old Hickory report from this weekend
 

Not as active this weekend for me like it was last weekend. In two mornings I probably caught about 10 fish. Throwing top water frog in the grass and deep cranking. Also got into a few fish in the jumps using Rapala Skitter prop bait which I love. No big bass, but always fun fishing that way. Also was fishing brush piles for Crappie and it ended up with a few white bass and yellow bass. Best catch of the day was I caught someones Alabama rig. Got hung up with my deep crank bait and I used my lure retriever and up come Alabama rig still in great shape maybe been there a few days the way it looked. if You are fishing deep crankbaits do yourself a favor and buy a lure retriever. This was the biggest of the weekend 2.4 pounds just shy of 17 inches when they've eaten this frog they have really wanted it.

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Nice bass and a bonus lure!

I did a similar thing on Friday afternoon. I was deep cranking and got hung. Took out my lure retriever and pulled up the crank bait. It was not my crank bait though. It was a brand new Norman DD 22. It looked like it had just come out of the package. Then I was able to get my crank bait back also. That lure retriever has paid for itself many times over.

Nice looking fish.


Regards

What lure retriever do youguys use?

You could pull a stump off the bottom with that 50 LB power pro!
:)

I have a retractable pole. It extends out to 20 feet. On the end of it, there is a "coil" to wrap around your line so you can go right down to the lure and knock it free.

This isn't the one I have but it is like it: http://www.basspro.com/Bass-Pro-Shop...product/37104/

+1 on the lure retriever. I think I only had 1 crank I couldn't get back since loosing the retriever and that is because I got the retriever hung so bad the line broke.

Blink, I use the one from Bass Pro Shops
http://www.basspro.com/Bass-Pro-Shop...product/44428/

and I just got this one a few months ago, but haven't used it
http://www.tacklewarehouse.com/Jewel...ge-JBHDLR.html

From the looks of it I don't know how I will like it.

For my line management I use a 5" piece of 3/4 PVC, it also give me something to grip and pull with.

That's what I have the one you posted from bass pro.



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