Percy Priest 6-29-11

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Old Hickory 6-18-2011

After the last few reports of limited success, I am pleased to report this trip was more satisfying. Our club F-3 was fishing a tournament with 5 boats. My partner, Carl, and i launched from Davis Corner ramp on Old Hickory at safe light, motored a short distance up Spencer Creek to a large grass bed. Carl lost a nice keeper bass on his fifth cast. A few minutes later he lost another. Things looked good except I couldn't get a bite. In fact, we caught none in the big grass bed.

Motored on up to the mouth of Spencer to a point with grass. I caught a nice 15" keeper, lost another and Carl had a good bite. We moved down lake a short distance to cove with 2 arms. One side has an excellent grass bed that I have had some success with in the past. First cast produced my second keeper. I caught 2 more keepers and Carl caught 1. I caught mine on a Zoom Ultra Vibe Speed worm (Candy Bug) and Carl caught his on a Swim bait by Lake Fork.

We moved back up the lake and fished the bank and some tiny inlets by the Boy Scout camp. At the mouth of one of the inlets I caught a 4.5 bass on a KVD 1.5 square bill crank bait (bluegill). Caught a few more dinks here and watched as the sky turned dark as a storm approached. We headed back to Spencer Creek. Just as we turned into the creek the rain started. We spotted a private marina with several boat slips. Just as moved into the slip the bottom dropped out, the wind came up the storm unleashed its fury on us. We sat for an hour until the lightning stopped. Fished a drop in the Creek and picked up one more keeper on a jig that culled a smaller one. Caught a couple of more dinks and decided to load up.

I was fortunate to win today's tournament with 10.67 pounds and the 4.5 was the big fish for the day. Fun day in spite of the storm and continued rain. Most every one caught at least one or more fish. Not a bad tournament.

Old Hickory 6-8-11

Hate to even post this report but if I only posted good reports there wouldn't be very many. Got on the lake at 5:15 still twilight. Fished a big grass bed in Spencer Creek with my old faithful, Zoom Ultra Vibe Speed worm. Nothing moving. Finally caught my first fish about 7:30. Water temp 78. moved down lake a little way to a cove with a good bit of grass. Caught zip. Finally moved out to a ledge on the river. Caught 1 keeper on a crankbait in about 4 feet of water on the edge of the channel. Moved to Station Camp creek but no bites. Moved back into Spencer Creek. Caught 1 more keeper off some wood and grass. That was my catch for the day (except for a tiny white bass). I did lose 4-5 fish but overall a disappointing day. The water temp was a mystery. The river and the cove off the river was 68-70 but saw 78-80 in Spencer Creek. Fished until noon with the air temp rising above 95.

Percy Priest 6-3-11

Was it hot? Wasss it hotttt? You bet it was hot. When I came off the lake at noon, my car showed 95. But, it was actually pretty nice until about 9:30-10:00. There was a bit of cloud cover that hid the sun a few hours. I got on the lake about 5:15am at Stewart's Creek. Headed up toward the 3 rivers junction. Stopped at the rock bluff before getting there and picked up 1 fish about 13" on a Fluke. Proceeded on to one of my favorite places, an island with grass around the edge. The water could have been about 10 inches higher for best effect. I wound up catching 12 fish, most around 13" with 3-4 going 13" all on Zoom Ultra Vibe Speed worm. Colors were Candy Bug and Black Sapphire. Any dark color would work. All were caught around grass or under overhanging trees in 1-2 feet of water. They weren't big but they were feisty and fun. Also caught a bull bream on crankbait in bluegill pattern. What do you suppose he was thinking?  The bite stopped at 10 am and I finally got the message and stopped at 12.