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Originally Posted by Jim
Hi all,
I fished Old Hickory this morning with a friend. I had some creek minnows and the usual assortment of bass baits to see what we could find.
First spot was loaded with fish on the depthfinder. It is one of my favorite striper holes and I thought we may have gotten lucky. The depthfinder was full of big hooks from 20 to 50 ft deep. An hour and a half of drifting big creek minnows through them and no bites. There were paddlefish surfacing all around us, so maybe that is what we were seeing on the depthfinder.
Oh well, off to find some bass. We did pretty well on the bass, catching a dozen or so between us. My friend lost a good one when it jumped at the boat. Then later he had a fish on and he thought it was a small one when it took off and pull a bunch of drag and then got off. Bummer. I gave him a bunch of grief about his wimpy hook set 
Last spot of the day, just after noon I hooked a big fish off a bluff bank. It powered straight at me and then blasted under the boat. I lost it. It felt like a huge smallmouth. My friend didn't forget to mention that it must have been my weak hookset that was the problem. Karma I guess 
Overall a fun day and the main channel is really rolling. For us, the best fishing was along current edges on the main channel. Not much action if we got away from the current.
No pics as the big ones all got away.
Jim |
Well you got 12 fish to the boat.....so a good day IMHO. But yes ones heart sinks when those big ones get off. We only will get so may shots at those big ones and it feels sick when they get away....but man it is thrill....even short lived...when we hook one.
Regards