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Originally Posted by Travis C.
Finally a couple hours to shake some cabin fever off at Old Hickory. So I took the little one and my 5wt over to a place I usually catch crappie but they were no where to be found. As she munched fishy crackers I noticed a couple what looked like root balls or some sunk wood out in the water. They had never been there that I remembered. Regardless, I lobbed my float -n-trout magnet over to them. No sooner than it hit the water it went under and it was like that for over an hour and half. There were no real size to the bluegill maybe could have had 8 or 10 clean worthy but I literally stopped counting at 30.
Of course the little one had to touch each fish and giggle then out of the kindness of her heart offered a few some fishy crackers. Not sure what the fish thought about that....  |
Travis...the day I tore my rotator cuff even though I was in a little pain from that I continued to fish at Pickwick that day. I was catching Crappie but came upon a spot where cast after cast were big Bluegill. I mean it was just like finding a bed of them in the Spring. That was a little unusual for December. Talked to my Crappie fishing buddies down there this past Friday. They had been trying to locate me as they thought I had died or something...LOL. They had not seen me since mid December. In our conversation I asked about our Crappie hole. Was told the water was so high they could not get to the Crappie hole. But they told me that everyday for the past two weeks they were fishing on generator side at TVA boat ramp and were catching around 100 White Bass a day...all of them big sows in the 2 to 3 pound range. Now you can catch White Bass year round down there...but the activity they are having is not common for this time of year there. I don't know if it is because the water is not as cold as it usually is this time of year or what. But sitting home and watching 10 hours of fishing shows I have learned things I did not know but am sure many do know. Learned that any specie of fish can go into pre-spawn as much as 3 months ahead of spawn and sometimes even longer. That may be what is happening with the Bluegill...White Bass and other fish. I know I need to get back out there and find out...LOL.
Regards