Had 7.6 lbs on 5 clones (all around 14"). All keepers caught on wacky worm around marina slips.
Finished second.
Tough day, all in all, but at least I had a limit.
Saturday, August 16, 2008
Saturday, August 9, 2008
8-9-08 Pre-fish OHL
My non-boater partner for next week, Carl A, and I went out to OHL this morning to try to find some more groups of fish for our club tourney next weekend. We actually wore sweatshirts this morning, as it was around 60 degrees when we hit the lake.
We threw topwater baits on some shallow wood early and had no luck, so we went to some docks that have been holding a lot of bait and fish the last few weeks. the fish never came up like they have been, but we did manage two small fish off the docks on a wacky worm, one of which was a 14" keeper.
From there, we just went looking. We hit some deep stuff for around 30 minutes and each caught a fish, with mine on a worm being a solid 2 lbr. Then we went to a cranking spot in a creek, but the only taker was a solid 2 lb white bass.
After that we headed back in a shallow creek arm down lake and found tons of shad fry and some schooling action. We caught around five in that area, but these guys didn't have their training wheels off yet (dink city).
From there, we went back to one of my best ledges in a creek mouth, but no takers.
By now it's around 11:00, and we decided to go flippin for the last hour. We caught around four more flippin shallow wood and called it a day. For the day, we had 3 or 4 14 " + keepers for not much weight.
Tough day, but we did eliminate some water, and confirmed some of the patterns that have been working lately. We'll see how it pans out next week.
Later-
RBK
We threw topwater baits on some shallow wood early and had no luck, so we went to some docks that have been holding a lot of bait and fish the last few weeks. the fish never came up like they have been, but we did manage two small fish off the docks on a wacky worm, one of which was a 14" keeper.
From there, we just went looking. We hit some deep stuff for around 30 minutes and each caught a fish, with mine on a worm being a solid 2 lbr. Then we went to a cranking spot in a creek, but the only taker was a solid 2 lb white bass.
After that we headed back in a shallow creek arm down lake and found tons of shad fry and some schooling action. We caught around five in that area, but these guys didn't have their training wheels off yet (dink city).
From there, we went back to one of my best ledges in a creek mouth, but no takers.
By now it's around 11:00, and we decided to go flippin for the last hour. We caught around four more flippin shallow wood and called it a day. For the day, we had 3 or 4 14 " + keepers for not much weight.
Tough day, but we did eliminate some water, and confirmed some of the patterns that have been working lately. We'll see how it pans out next week.
Later-
RBK
Tuesday, August 5, 2008
Recent fishing on Old Hickory Lake
I've spent the last month on OHL trying to pattern fish in the dog days of summer.
The Army Corps of Engineers has not been generating any current, so the ledge fishing has been spotty at best.
A friend of mine and I fished PBF on Old Hickory two weekends ago, and all I can say is, what might have been. He broke off a 4 lbr right at the boat, and 30 minutes later, I lost an absolute pig in the 6-7 lb class. Those were the only two fish we lost all day, but they were the ones we needed make a run at first place. We ended up with a limit just shy of 9 lbs, which put us in 23rd place. With the two we lost, we'd have had between 16-17 lbs (good for 2nd or 3rd and big fish pot)- OUCH!
The patterns I have working now are as follows:
1. Early morning bite around docks and marina slips (tons of shad fry).
2. Shallow cranking bite on flats in the major creeks in the mid-lake area (3-5 ft).
3. Deeper cranking secondary drops half way back in the same creeks (6-12 ft).
4. Creek channel drops with slow moving baits (6-15 ft).
5. Dirt shallow flipping bite way back in the creeks in the shade.
The good thing is I'm on multiple patterns in a relatively small area, so I don't have to waste a lot of time running around. The bad news is the bait is moving day to day, and the fish are moving with them.
We have our August F3 tourney on OHL on 8-16, and I am fairly confident that I can catch a limit of 14" fish. The wild card, as always will be the key big bite, and whether I can actually get the good ones in the net.
Heading back out to pre-fish this Saturday, and I will report back on what I find.
Tight lines,
RBK
The Army Corps of Engineers has not been generating any current, so the ledge fishing has been spotty at best.
A friend of mine and I fished PBF on Old Hickory two weekends ago, and all I can say is, what might have been. He broke off a 4 lbr right at the boat, and 30 minutes later, I lost an absolute pig in the 6-7 lb class. Those were the only two fish we lost all day, but they were the ones we needed make a run at first place. We ended up with a limit just shy of 9 lbs, which put us in 23rd place. With the two we lost, we'd have had between 16-17 lbs (good for 2nd or 3rd and big fish pot)- OUCH!
The patterns I have working now are as follows:
1. Early morning bite around docks and marina slips (tons of shad fry).
2. Shallow cranking bite on flats in the major creeks in the mid-lake area (3-5 ft).
3. Deeper cranking secondary drops half way back in the same creeks (6-12 ft).
4. Creek channel drops with slow moving baits (6-15 ft).
5. Dirt shallow flipping bite way back in the creeks in the shade.
The good thing is I'm on multiple patterns in a relatively small area, so I don't have to waste a lot of time running around. The bad news is the bait is moving day to day, and the fish are moving with them.
We have our August F3 tourney on OHL on 8-16, and I am fairly confident that I can catch a limit of 14" fish. The wild card, as always will be the key big bite, and whether I can actually get the good ones in the net.
Heading back out to pre-fish this Saturday, and I will report back on what I find.
Tight lines,
RBK
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