[Travis C.]

Which lake do you normally fish?

I fish for them on Old Hickory but have some places on Percy that we caught them as well.

Casting with a float, vertically jigging, trolling and strolling are some of my favorite ways to catch them. Right now you can really slay them trolling small crankbaits along creek channel drops where you find baitfish schooled up.Strolling can be a killer too this time of year. Its simply a slower version of trolling by using a trolling motor and pauses so that it don't run constantly. You'll have one rod out in hand on channel slope vertically jigging as you follow the contour of the drop.

Finding baitfish the key to these techniques then preferably a change in contour like a creek channel giving them an ambush spot as well as a place to pin bait against. Finding timber along places like this only makes them better.