Old hickory this week

[Smithcotrapper]

I've caught a few small keepers on a white spinnerbait this week. Has anybody figured the fish out? You guys think they've pulled out to the creek channels? I'm going this weekend hopefully so maybe I can bring back a better report

[skillet]

From what I have seen, there's been some better fish move shallow. Last Sunday we tried fishing deep and shallow, ended up with the better fish shallow on rocky banks with laydowns on them. For me the fishing this year has been tougher than the last 5. I don't know what my problem is, but some people have them figured out and their lips are sealed! Lol good luck to ya


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[Texas_Rig]

I fished Tuesday and had about 20 keepers fishing bluffs in the main lake. Mid lake to upper lake. I had one bluff in particular where I pulled up and had 3 over 2.5lbs on 3 casts. I left that spot knowing it was gonna fish a tournament last night. I started there in the tournament and there was a boat that had already fished through there and they were sitting on the "juice". They never moved from there. I went to different bluffs and never caught a fish. The water was down from the day before so I started fishing cover out in front of grass beds and had 3 that went 9.16lbs. With a 5.45 kicker. The trny is only 3.5 hours and only had about an hour left to fish when I gave up on the bluff pattern. My thinking was any fish in the grass would move out to the first available piece of cover since the water had dropped so much. It paid off just ran out of time.

[luckystratos]

My son and friend went Thursday and had 12 with 2 keepers. Lost 5 one of witch his friend lost was a toad. Fishing jigs and shakey head around docks mid lake. They are both 19 and honest as they come.

[Travis C.]

I fish OH about 5 out 7 days a week and where I fish they are in the grass and relating to grass edges. No big fish in the last couple weeks but catching 14-16" fish is consistent. They have been hitting spinnerbaits and lipless both burned along edges.

[skillet]

Originally Posted by Texas_Rig

I fished Tuesday and had about 20 keepers fishing bluffs in the main lake. Mid lake to upper lake. I had one bluff in particular where I pulled up and had 3 over 2.5lbs on 3 casts. I left that spot knowing it was gonna fish a tournament last night. I started there in the tournament and there was a boat that had already fished through there and they were sitting on the "juice". They never moved from there. I went to different bluffs and never caught a fish. The water was down from the day before so I started fishing cover out in front of grass beds and had 3 that went 9.16lbs. With a 5.45 kicker. The trny is only 3.5 hours and only had about an hour left to fish when I gave up on the bluff pattern. My thinking was any fish in the grass would move out to the first available piece of cover since the water had dropped so much. It paid off just ran out of time.

When you say "bluffs" is that underwater or the actual bluff walls?? I'm not looking for coordinates or any of that. Just a little info to point in the right direction. Lol

[Texas_Rig]

Main lake bluff walls. I was catching them where there was a lot of current. Also the points where a bluff might start was a key spot. The bluff needed to have kind of a stair stepped feature down to about 10-15 foot deep at least. If not then the best targets were little cut ins or anywhere a bass could sit just out of the current

[Heiny57]

I have never been on Old Hickory and my son and I are going to give it a whirl next Friday. I plan on putting in at Drakes Creek cause it is closest to Franklin and Bass fish our way out,,,, I guess. LOL any suggestions would be appreciated. It sounds like,,, work the grass or weeds if any? Priest has no grass and I miss that from living in Florida and South Mississippi.

[Smithcotrapper]

Man sounds like junk fishing for sure lol. If you guys don't mind me asking what type of lures are yall throwing at the bluffs?

[Texas_Rig]

I prefer a 4 inch twin tailed grub with a 3/8 to 1/2 oz tungsten weight

[thehick176]

For me it's either a 1/4 ounce jig or I like to get up tight to the bluff and wake a spinnerbait just under the surface. The Spots and Smallmouth lose their minds!!

[Smithcotrapper]

Now I've always been curious as to where to catch smallmouth on old hickory. Is it way upstream or down stream? I'm gonna try and go Wednesday for a few hours anyways

[thehick176]

I catch more Smallies down lake. Say from Cedar Creek to the dam.

[Travis C.]

Originally Posted by thehick176

For me it's either a 1/4 ounce jig or I like to get up tight to the bluff and wake a spinnerbait just under the surface. The Spots and Smallmouth lose their minds!!

x2 on the spinnerbait part.

I replace the first part with a 10.5" zoom worm and 3/8 oz weight texas rigged. Also on the spinnerbait, once the shad have spawned and the minnows are relating to about any cover I will flip a spinnerbait along creek channel banks with overhanging brush or brush that extends into the water. Treat it like a jig (no trailer keep it compact and shad colored prefer double willow) and put it back into pockets then crank it out about 2 ft past the brush then repeat. Fish will crush it right about the edge of the brush.

[Smithcotrapper]

Thanks guys! I'm just trying to learn the lakes around here as nobody in my family bass fishes so it's very much so a trial and error. I may be going Wednesday before all this rain gets here so I'm gonna try a few new tactics