Old Hickory Tuning Over

[JandSCattleCo]

Buddy of mine was on OH today and saw a ton of dead, floating shad. Said the banks and mud was black as coal. Said he overheard two or three folks, at different times / places, say the lake is turning over.

Anyone have news on this?

Want to say he was up towards gallatin

[Buccaneer]

Old Hickory doesn't "turn over" because it is a run of the river lake with generally steady current flow. The shad kill would be expected particularly as the shad have likely begun a slow migration into the creeks and shallows and we had a couple of nights in the 20's which could have shocked them. As for the mud color, black can be expected in many areas because Old Hickory is heavily silted from the constant flow of nutrients from the feeder creeks into the main river flow.

[JandSCattleCo]

Originally Posted by Buccaneer

Old Hickory doesn't "turn over" because it is a run of the river lake with generally steady current flow. The shad kill would be expected particularly as the shad have likely begun a slow migration into the creeks and shallows and we had a couple of nights in the 20's which could have shocked them. As for the mud color, black can be expected in many areas because Old Hickory is heavily silted from the constant flow of nutrients from the feeder creeks into the main river flow.

That's what I was thinking also, but my buddy is one of those "I heard more than one person say it so it must be truth" kind of guys. I've heard of ponds and small impoundments turning, but never a river / lake system like that.

The shad kill has been going of about 4-5 days now.....theres usually some shad dying off this time of year but there has been ALOT this time....

[bigbird]

....and this has slowed the fish catching down ( at least for me), but it will fatten up those crappie/bass/cats for later this spring and summer.

[Pookie]

Originally Posted by Buccaneer

Old Hickory doesn't "turn over" because it is a run of the river lake with generally steady current flow.

That's right.