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old hickory (7/2/2008 10:49:55 PM)
.....out for a few hours today had 4 keeper largemouth for about 8.5-9.5 lbs. probally could have got 5 but i left. had several shorties that didnt measure. 2 keeps on a lipless 1\2 oz. red rye, 2 on a zoom mag 2 junebug worm 3/8 oz. bullet 3/0 ewg hook the better fish were on the worm 8-9 foot deep.. T
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Nashville Bass Pro Shops (7/1/2008 2:05:43 PM)
..... Ya'll I will be at the Nashville BPS Saturday from 10am till 3pm next to the reel counter where they sell my DVD's. I will be doing seminars on trolling for crappie, and if you need any help picking out some tackle I will be glad to help. Jim
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Percy Priest Bluegill (7/1/2008 2:02:38 PM)
.....Go to elm hill 2 and fish the old roadbed behind the atractors, you can see the end of it on the left side where it leaves the water and it runs next to the bank as you enter the cove right near the front, most lake maps will show it. Crickets is the ticket 2 foot down with a bobber. Next spot is behind the sailboat cove area and all around that cove and because it's no wake it's safe for the kids, good luck. Jim
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Percy priest bluegill (6/30/2008 8:58:36 AM)
.....Hey Jim any advice for where to take a boat full of kids to catch bluegill at JPP? Docks, fish attractors, or bank? We put in at Elm Hill. Thanks!
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Old Hickory Bass (6/27/2008 7:01:00 PM)
..... I would throw a Berkley sinking minnow or a white Berkley power jerk shad around any grass I could find after I got done throwing topwaters against the bank early in the morning. Jim
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PickWick Damn / bank (6/27/2008 1:30:02 PM)
.....Any reports on bankfishing on the damn? thanks in advance
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OH tomorrow (6/27/2008 8:13:29 AM)
.....What's gonna be our best bet for catching some Bass on Old Hickory tomorrow 6/28?
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White Bass below Old Hickory Dam (6/26/2008 6:10:54 AM)
.....You should be able to catch some on a 1\4 ounce grub below the dam. I have been Bass and Catfishing so I am not on any white bass now. Jim
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Catching White Bass Off the bank (6/25/2008 1:00:52 PM)
.....Hey Jim this is Aj i was wandering how the white bass bite is and that i go to a spot where normally i get lots of skipjack on my jig where now they dont hit as much. Plz answer soon as possible thanks.
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Sores on fish tails (6/25/2008 6:34:41 AM)
..... These are caused from the bass fanning the bed during the spawn and should clear up in the next 30 day's. Jim
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Sores on Bass Tail (6/24/2008 7:29:36 PM)
.....I was Fishing At Old Hickory Dam on monday and caught about 10 bass.
Two had red blister sores on there tail that would bleed if ruptured. Is that common or a disease? Thanks J. Sorro
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Cats Old Hickory (6/24/2008 7:30:27 AM)
.....I have been catching good cats in all the bays in the middle of the lake on my jugs with 3 foot of line and worm-glo worms. Jim
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catfish on OH (6/23/2008 8:48:24 PM)
.....Going catfishing wednsday night, any tips?
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fishing reports (6/12/2008 6:20:01 AM)
..... Guy's we are sorry for the fishing reports being down but the server our website was on got hit by lightning a week ago and they just got back on line, so go ahead and let us know what the fish are doing. I have been at Priest cranking a 100 Bandit in the shallow rocky area's and have had great luck and first thing in the morning I have had a fair topwater bite. Jim
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Cumberland R iver Stripers/Rockfish (5/30/2008 9:23:18 AM)
.....There are a few available, it will only get better and better over the next month and a half and stay good thru October. Live Skippies are better than swim baits, but they will work. BL
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cumberland river rockfish (5/25/2008 11:48:23 AM)
.....would right now be a good time to try and catch some rock fish on the cumberland if so would a big swim bait be a good choice?
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Bluegill and shellcrackers (5/23/2008 6:33:15 AM)
.....Guys we have been trying to film a new bluegill DVD for the last 2 weeks and it's like all of you have said its all small fish and mostly male. We have caught several keepers and cleaned them and they have either been male or females and the females had eggs in them so they have not spawned so it's looking like a full moon of June spawn this year. jim
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OH Bream (5/22/2008 10:47:45 PM)
.....Fished OH last Sunday for Bream. We had at least 400, but only one good Shellcracker. All the rest were samll or just short of the keeping size. We fished up river, above Bledsoe, in the creeks and tried all over. Is it still early or have they laready gone down?
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Kentucky Lake (5/22/2008 8:48:50 PM)
..... Just spent four days on the old pond. Trolling excellent for white bass. Easy limits each day with over 300 caught in four days. Trolling bandits and deep wee r's on the ledges. Also caught plenty of largemouth up to four pounds, some nice crappie, sauger, and catfish. Caught a few of pretty much anything that swims. Trolling will remain excellent in to the hot weather.
Mike - Old Hickory
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Old Hickory Bream (5/22/2008 2:41:53 PM)
.....Anyone had any luck with bream at OH this week?
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Center Hill Bass (5/16/2008 3:58:48 PM)
.....Yes sir it will, try it on the long gravel points next to the spawning areas, that would be my choice and I would use a 6 inch Gulp Lizard in watermelon. Jim
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The Hill (5/15/2008 8:23:13 AM)
.....Jim,
Do you think carolina rig would be worth trying if I don't have any wind for the blade.
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The hill Bass (5/13/2008 6:29:05 AM)
.....Yes they are coming off bed and there is a morning topwater bite and then throw a spinnerbait and a 100 or 200 bandit in rootbeer. Jim
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Centerhill (5/12/2008 8:12:47 AM)
.....Jim,
Haven't seen a post for Centerhill in a while do you have any info on whats goging on. I heard the are coming off bed.
Thanks
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Brim and shellcrakers (5/7/2008 5:10:18 PM)
..... Call the TWRA and they will give you a website that will have a map of all the sites to fit your needs, they are very good about helping. Jim
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Percy Priest Bass (5/7/2008 5:08:05 PM)
.....These black marks are not a problem or a disease, a lot of them are where they have been handled and released so don't worry you can eat the spoted bass but please don't eat the smallies or largemouth. jim
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Brim/Shellcrackers on Percy Priest (5/6/2008 4:32:45 PM)
.....Jim, helping with Saturday's Easter Seals Fishing Event for some of their children. This year's event has moved from Old Hickory to Percy Priest. Need some suggestions where we can catch some brim/shellcrackers on Percy Priest. Would like to fish the lower part of the Lake as we are going out of the YMCA Camp Site.
Practiced today with little results. Appreciate any ideas!
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Priest Bass (5/6/2008 11:48:03 AM)
.....I have caught a lot of small bass with black patches on them. Is this some kind of fish disease? Are they still eatable?
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OH Crappie (5/6/2008 8:07:43 AM)
.....I'm a little out of touch right now, are the crappie on the Hick done and moving out or are they still shallow? Thanks in advance. BL
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yellow perch (5/6/2008 12:26:30 AM)
.....are there any good yellow perch in the reservoirs, or family fishing lakes in middle tennessee?
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cordell hull stripe and carp (5/3/2008 9:28:02 PM)
.....went to cordell hull today caught 2 stripe and thirty skip jack and five twenty pound bufflo carp... any one no about the stripe in cordell hull???
c.c.
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kentucky lake crappie (4/28/2008 8:44:58 PM)
.....i havent fished them but my friend tells me that they having monster stringers for 2 weeks told me that last tuesday week ago they had 8 people in their party and all had limits.T
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lake barkley (4/28/2008 8:28:41 PM)
.....got on a great largemouth bite this past weekend on barkley. water temp went up and down between 64-69 degrees. found 1 spot dpoped anchors and caught over 100 bass that ranged from small dinks to 5 and 6 pounders. never changed baits and was reeling them in 2 at a time. thats right one cast and reel in 2 bass. without saying they were compeating for my crankbait. catfishing was slow caught 6 thursday nothing large only 5-6 lbs. crappie, i bombed, goy schooled only 1 keeper friday but the minnow fishermen killed saw 1 boat loading there creel.T-hendersonville
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Kentucky Lake (4/28/2008 3:55:15 PM)
..... Fished for 7 hours on Friday and caught nearly 100 fish. Trolling Teeny wee r's and Bandits in 8 to 15 feet of water. Caught Bass, Crappie, lots of stripe and yellows, sauger, bluegill, and even a northern pike. When cleaning the stripe most of the larger fish had 3 or 4 small (1 inch) bluegill in their stomachs.Crappie trolling will be excellent in the coming weeks at these depths after the spawn wraps up.
Mike W. - Old Hickory
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Percy Priest Hybrids (4/27/2008 5:29:50 PM)
.....Fish them straight down on a carolina rig with about a half ounce weight. I would use 15LB line and either a 4\0 hook for shiners or a 7\0 hook for bluegill, hook the bluegill behind the dorsal fin and the shiners through the eyes. I would start at 12 foot and work my way down as the sun came up. The fish will be from hobson pike bridge all the way to the dam and the old river banks that hits the bank are good areas or points that stick way out in the lake and the old river hits the tip of them, good luck. Jim
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percy priest hybrid (4/27/2008 4:34:12 PM)
.....Jim I have read that folks catch Hybrid on the lower part of the lake on shad or small bluegill this time of year. What is the best way to rig them up? Are they shollow or in the flats? thanks
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priest bream (4/27/2008 4:29:32 PM)
.....went out today to crappie fish but the bream kept stealing my minnow. So I swiched to crickets and caught a bream on almost every cast. When the weather rolled in they shut off quick.
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Percy Priest Bass (4/26/2008 7:01:20 AM)
..... The Bass are on the banks and we had a great day yesterday on 100 Bandits in silver sparkle minnow in all the coves. Jim
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Kentucky Lake (4/24/2008 7:05:04 PM)
.....The Bass and Crappie have both just hit the bank so it is time to head that way. I was down there for the last week and the last 3 days it was all you wanted shallow. Jim
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Percy Priest Crappie (4/18/2008 7:06:35 PM)
.....You are right, it is one of the few lakes that didn't go to a 15 fish crappie limit, better safe than sorry. Thanks for the kind words. Jim
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Crappie (4/18/2008 6:59:48 PM)
.....Jim, are you catching any crappie? If so, what lake do you like the best?
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Creel Limit from Mike Utterback (4/18/2008 4:05:34 PM)
.....Jim, I talked to you at Fate Sanders boat ramp Thursday morning. You indicated the Crappie limit was 15 per fishermen. Please check out page 23 in the latest fishing guide. Under reseviors it says PP is 30 per man at 10 inches long. Thanks for all you do for fishermen. We always go by the rules.
Good Fishing
Mike Utterback
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walleye (4/17/2008 9:31:15 PM)
.....there are walleye in old hickory and i have been told that they are in priest as well but havent tried them but i can say that i had over 200 good keepers last year on OH.. T
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old hickory (4/17/2008 8:02:31 PM)
.....I fished old stingy today. The fish are biting decent. I suspect it will only get better for the next few weeks. I have a solid crankbait bite going. I'am catching alot of little buck bass. Then all of a sudden a good one loads on. Water is murky to downright muddy in spots. But some of the creeks are clearing a little. It is beginning to come on. It should be good for awhile now. If there is one thing i've learned about that old lake its very important to keep covering water. So much bait and cover keeps those fish pretty spread out. But you'll find little patches of good fish here and there.
Anyone fished priest lately. That lake is normally ahead of old hickory as far as the spawn goes?
Anyone out there fishing any local tourneys? I'am looking for someone to fish them with. Most of my friends are just not into bass fishing. Mostly because when they get out with me they realize its harder than they expected it to be. I spend more time getting their lures unhung than actually fishing. I'am sure alot of you know what i mean. TC
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Walleye (4/16/2008 8:38:15 PM)
.....I do not think Priest gets stocked for walleye or sauger, OH and Cheatham do. Last yr for some reason OH got 5X the fingerlings than Cheatham. BL
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Walleye www. fishingtennesse.com/Reports/response (4/16/2008 3:11:45 PM)
.....Do priest percy have walleye in it. I'm not sure what I caught but it was taste really good. I 've been fishing at night because of all the wind lately. Throwing crankbaits around deep humps and on rocky bank shallow .After boating serval smallies I for the next ten cast caught four 18inch walleye or sauger. I thought that TWRA may have stock some in the lake but didn't find anything out from nobody. So do you know of anything?
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fishing the lakes in middle TN (4/15/2008 6:38:35 PM)
..... Planning on making a trip down from Lexington, Kentucky to fish several spots in middle Tn staring Saturday - Priest, the Hill, and Hickory. Recommend any particular bait/lure for a memorable trip?
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Woods resevoir (4/10/2008 9:37:27 PM)
.....bass are on caught over 30 bass 20 keepers on jig n small lizard
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Transducer (4/10/2008 6:42:51 AM)
.....To mount in the hull if this is where you go, go to bass pro shops and they will have a kit for this.
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lake barkley (4/9/2008 9:36:12 PM)
.....leaving tommorrow for LBL for 5 days on barkley catfish bass and crappie and opening turkey quota hunt anyone know what the fish are doing up there i was wondering how the water is on barkley with all the rain usally means alot of floaters any input? thanks T
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lowrance (4/9/2008 9:27:54 PM)
.....thing about through hull is the transducer must be epoxied to the sweet spot on the hull with no air bubbles. the hull must be uninterupted which means no gaps in fibeerglass lamination, floation material balsa wood excetra. on the transom dependingon your hull, needs to be as far away from lower unit as possible and in smooth clean water flow. if your transducer is mounted where the factory put it it is propally be in the best spot for transom mounting. now get this, i would leave it on the transom loosing bottom signal at high speeds is O.K. this is mainally because of water turblance try trimming down a little that may make it a little better. BUT WHAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT is best return at idle speed "locating fish and structure" and that wont reall happen too well at high speeds.make sure ping speed is 100% and chart speed is set at 100%. another important thing is the colrline try 78-84%. refer to the big book that came with unit or go to lowrance.com. hope this helps . and thanks jim for the good feedback on last post. T
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tranducer mounting (4/9/2008 8:41:53 PM)
.....I used a slow dry two part epoxy last time.
They didn't send any with the depthfinder.
Is there a different product to mount it with? Two part epoxy is all i've ever heard of being used. I've heard some claim that silicone will work if you use a thin bead of it. But i'am not going to try it and find out,lol.
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Transducer (4/9/2008 7:39:04 PM)
.....Mount it in the hull and use the product made for mounting it in the hull and be sure to clean and sand the surface before mounting Also put it as far back on the pad near the middle for the best reading, you will lose very little sensitivity if done right. Jim
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Transducer (4/9/2008 1:44:31 PM)
.....Right now its mounted on the transom. I have a 96 hydra sport i'am running it on. My last boat i had it mounted in the hull.
I never can get it to read bottom at high speed when i mount it to the transom.
I was thinking about mounting it in the hull again. I know you lose some sensitivity that way. I was trying to avoid that if possible.
I really don't think there is a optimal spot to mount it on the transom without it losing the bottom. If there is i've never been able to find it.Thanks for the info on the sensitivity settings,TC.
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Navionics Chip (4/9/2008 9:47:52 AM)
.....The new (2008) SD/Prem-E4 runs about $150 at Bass Pro. I would recommend checking around the local tackle shops to see if anyone has the old (2007) SD/Prem-E3 Navionics chip. There is no difference between the E3 & E4 for the Tennessee area. I just purchased an E3 at Gander Mountain for $89. Hope that helps. T-Wolfe
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Lowrance depthfinder (4/9/2008 6:45:50 AM)
.....The information provided below by T sounds right to me, you are always going to have surface clutter. The one thing I would recomend on sensitivity setting is turn the sensitivity up till you see 2 bottoms and then back it off till you see one bottom. Also remember the deeper you are the more you need and vice versa, thank you T for the fine info for him. Jim
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lowrance (4/8/2008 10:07:56 PM)
.....turn off asp noise reduction and surface clutter urder sonar features set unit to auto sensitivy and set sensitivy level to about 75-80 it will add more if necessary. question is where is your transducer mounted? transom, through hull. fiberglass or aluminum. make sure that unit power is grounder straight to battery. with everything in order you can run unit at 90-95% sensitivy yes it will show more clutter but will also show a better detailed return and a widder cone angle up to 60degrees depending on depth.T
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depthfinder sensitivity (4/8/2008 6:41:22 PM)
.....Hey jim,i just purchased a lowrance 522c gps/sonar combo. I fish old hickory mostly. I was out trying to adjust the settings on it manually. The more sensitive i got it the more junk would show up on the screen.I got a bunch of good looking fish arc's on it. Then i would turn it down and the arc's would go away along with most of the surface clutter. Is there a ideal sensitivity range that i should set it on. I don't know if it matter's from lake to lake. Like i said i'am on old hickory mostly. Also which navionics chip should i get? Thanks TC.
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Codell Hull (4/8/2008 7:06:47 AM)
.....The lower end is fine on the main lake but back in the creeks it's muddy. Jim
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Cordell Hull Conditions (4/7/2008 8:44:15 PM)
.....Nice friendly site you've got here Jim. Just wondering if you know what the water conditions are like on Cordell Hull at the dam end of the lake right now?
Thanks for any help.
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Percy Preist (4/7/2008 8:10:36 PM)
.....Water still very muddy from Fate sanders to Spring,and Fall creek.Lake level is also way up.Bass are so so. many small bass to be caught.The rains slowed up the spawn which was looking real good before the heavy rain.Water temps are anywhere from 58 to 65 degrees.
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Old Hickory Bass (4/7/2008 6:31:12 AM)
.....The bass should be on a white spinerbait and a 100 grey splatterback Bandit crankbait. The yellows love a little 3\8 to 1\4 spoon in the creek channels, good luck. jim
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Old Hickory (4/7/2008 2:43:05 AM)
.....Yea Jim i was wandering what would be the best thing for largemouth and those yellow bass at old hickory shutes branch area. Thanks. By the way water up high and muddy should clear out.
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center hill (4/5/2008 7:46:50 PM)
.....went to the hill sat.; lake in good condition and brown fish are hitting ; caught them on crankbait on rocky points ; lower end
ptv
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Priest (4/5/2008 7:32:57 PM)
.....Priest is good to go from 4 corners to the dam.
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Priest? (4/4/2008 4:44:47 PM)
.....I just took a look at OH and it is a mess, muddy and out of its banks bad. Anyone know what Priest looks like?
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Pickwick white bass (4/4/2008 3:45:12 PM)
.....They are at the end of there spawning run and are scattered from the Botel down to Shiloh. The secret is cover a lot of water on the banks, the water may be muddy and in that case a bandit 200 in a chartruece color is your best bet and hope they are generating. If it is clear go with a Bandit 200 blue and chrome. Jim
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pickwick white bass (4/4/2008 12:16:49 PM)
.....planning a trip to pickwick this weekend for some white bass. are they along the bank like you show in your video? are they biguns?
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Bass pro shops Nashville (4/4/2008 9:06:13 AM)
.....Guys I will be at the Nashville store tomorrow Saturday the 5th of April at my table by the reel counter, come on down and see me. jim
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OH Crappie (4/3/2008 10:01:46 PM)
.....I'd appreciate hearing what part of OH is giving up some crappie. Where I usually fish will not be very fishable for a while. Thanks, BL
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Codell Hull Lake (4/3/2008 10:47:37 AM)
.....I am not sure what they are going to do with the lake this year because of wolf river dam, you might give the corp of engineers a call and ask them. jim
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Airator problems (4/3/2008 10:45:35 AM)
.....Pull your pump out and take the bottom off of it so you can see the pump blades and look for trash, if you can't find any go spend 20 dollars and buy you another pump. If that doesn't fix it it will be something blocking the line and then you will want to pull your pump back off and use your hose and force water through the line because you might have some trash in the line. Jim
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Night Catfishing (4/3/2008 10:41:21 AM)
.....Load the jugs up it is time to go. Jim
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KY Crappie (4/3/2008 10:40:05 AM)
.....Sorry for the late reply guys but once again I have been a week at pickwick playing with those fine white bass and as with the last trip my hands are so sore from catching them I can't hardly tie my shoes. The crappie are starting to move shallow now but it is just the very beginning of the move. jim
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Cordell Hull (4/3/2008 8:51:01 AM)
.....Jim,
Do you know when they are going to fill Cordell Hull up? I thinks it usaully around this time isn't it?
Thanks
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catfish (4/3/2008 1:24:58 AM)
.....when would be a good time to start nighttime catfishing
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aerator problems (4/1/2008 6:36:24 PM)
.....having problems with aerator losing its prime constantly,any suggestions.
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KY Lake Crapie (4/1/2008 6:36:08 PM)
.....They haven't moved up yet, have they? I'd like to go over there when they get shallow. Thanks BL
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cumberland river (3/30/2008 9:33:20 PM)
..... i had a great day fishing if you like catching smallmouth and spots.largrst smallmouth was 19 inches and around 4lbs. probally had 10 that were 17 inch. ouch... to bad but they are to small now for weigh in scales. caught so many spots i couldnt count most were around 14 inch "nice river spots" water was 392> with 2-4 generators running
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OH Crappie (3/30/2008 10:26:04 AM)
.....I didn't do as well on the crappie, what end of the lake were you fishing? I was in Drakes early and didn't do too good. Don't know if it was the silt from the rains or what. Caught a few in 20' the week before. BL
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center hill (3/29/2008 6:29:51 PM)
.....the ramp at edgar evins #2 is usable but make sure to stay in the middle ; it narrows at the water with drop on each side
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catfish bite (3/29/2008 4:20:36 PM)
.....Now till 70 degrees then start back at 77 degrees. Jim
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catfish (3/29/2008 2:58:18 PM)
.....when will catfish start there aggressive prespawn bite
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old hickory (3/29/2008 1:13:39 AM)
.....crappie bite getting better. caught some 2 pounders shallow today spite all the wind and drizzle along with the cold on jigs 1\8 oz. and a buch of little buck bass,the biggest skiplack i ever saw, should have weighed it and one bluegille so big i really couldnt get my hand around it and ofcourse a drum
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