Fishing Tennessee & jimduckworth.com

Message Having some luck with smallmouth bass in the Stones River in Murfreesboro. Not a lot of size but good numbers. Caught 10, lost 4 in 30 minutes on rooster tails and jerk baits.. Just wondering the size limit in that area. Does it follow the Percy Priest size limit, or the state size limit? Rcranfield

As far as I know the Percy priest limit and the state limit are the same but am not sure about the upper stones, call the TWRA and they will tell you or pick up one of the reg. books at your local bait shops. Jim

Guys they finally slowed the water enough on Old Hickory for saugr fishing, from all the reports I have gotten by phone the bite is from Bartons creek mouth to the Cordell Hull Dam. Jim

Took my son out below Cordell Hull looking to catch some SkipJack for catfishing later this summer. Saw some guys on the bank using heavy weights and large white curly-tailed grubs on a carolina rig and they had several stripers that would go 6-7lbs easy along with 4 or 5 slightly smaller ones. Might be worth a try if you’re looking for striper action! Steve

Message 2-5-12
Went out to Old Hickory Lake yesterday with my wife to catch some bass. It was a tuff one! It was the day after a cold front in the winter. Started out slow, but the bite got better as the day went on. I ended up with 11 bass, 4 keepers! Biggest one was 4 pounds caught on a jig. Second biggest was 3 and half and caught on a tennessee rig. Total weight of the 4 keepers was little over 12 pounds. Not a bad day for post frontal conditional. The rest came on a jig. The key to today was fishing slow and around cover. All bass were between 8 and 15 ft. Also caught a 4 pound walleye, my first on old hickory! Good Luck to all, Robert Hunter

Sauger Fishing
Message During the entire month of January I’ve done something I’ve never done before. That is caught sauger off the bank below Old Hickory Dam. Due to the heavy rains, this is about the only way you can catch them. I’ve probably caught 40 with 17 keeper fish the whole month. Now, you have to know what you are doing and the guys are great at sharing information with you. I’ve been using an 1/8 th oz. White head jig with a black and chartruse tail, fishing from 4pm-7pm at night. Good luck guys. I will be doing it in February and for years to come! SHANK

Guy’s as bad as you know I want to sauger fish all these rains have not given us a single good day all winter and untill the rain stops and the river calms down they just will not bite. On the good side they have had many good day’s below Pickwick Dam so check the generation and as long as the gates are not open you should be able to catch fish there, Hope this help’s ya’ll. Jim

Message Fished below Old Hickory dam 1-21-12
Caught three undersized sauger in the mouth of a creek and one in the river. Didn’t see anything happening from the two other boats there. The water is very fast and dingy. 44-45 degrees water temp.
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Is anyone catching any sauger below cheatham or cordell hull? Looking to get out this weekend. Thanks, CB

Guy’s it took awhile but we finaly got the new website up at www.duckworthlures.com and it has my new 2 lure and my 3 lure rigs on it I have been desiegning. These rigs are much less in cost than what is out there and they lay flat in a plastic bag in your boat when you stow them which is very handy if you have tried to stow 3 or 4 of the other five lure rigs which are illegal in our state, in TN we are allowed only 3 hooked lures which is what promted me to build these lures and the 2 lure rig is awesome for crankbaits and for a double buzzbait with a 3 or 4 inch grub or swimbait following underneath it. Check them out and I have recomendations on what lures work and I will also be selling them at the Expo-South Boat show the 10th thru the 12th of Feb. at the fairgrounds and my booth will be right at the front door and thank all of you for the support you have given me over the years. Jim Duckworth