Old Hickory 4-19-2012

Jack Neal and I launched at Davis Corners ramp at 6:30 am on a beautiful, calm morning. Our first stop was a small cove near the launch. We threw topwaters for several minutes with no hits. I switched to a Strike King Square Bill 1.0 and picked up 3 quick fish but not much size. Fished the main point into Spencer Creek but no hits. Moved down river to a two arm cove looking for grass but no luck on grass or bass. Threw a few casts out on the river ledge but again nothing. Moved up river to the bank leading to the Boy Scout camp. Very surprised to get only one bass here, and a few bream bites. Hit one more big cove before the 109 bridge with no success. Water temp most places was 68-69. Couple of spots was a surprising 64-65. Pretty surprised how little success we were having. Further up river to the small cut with the water discharge. Jack picked up his first, a very nice bass just under 3 and a half pounds on a crank. Couple minutes later he got another nearly 2 lbs.

We then headed to Flipper's for a burger and to check out their tackle. The burger was great and we controlled ourselves on buying tackle. I bought a pack of Zoom Smoking Blue Finesse Worms that I had read reports of a guy who was always catching 'Em good on them. Jack got by only buying a 1.0 sq bill and a defensive pack of Smoking Blues.

We continued up river to the steam plant canal. Picked up one on a Bitsy Bug jig and lost another. Up the river to the bay under the power lines. I believed we caught 4 in here on jigs. Deadheaded back to Spencer Creek to finish the day. Made one stop on a drop but no takers. Fished one of my favorite banks and boated a few more......on the SBFW (hint, it was blue and smoking). One more bank finished us up as we pulled out at 5 pm, a long day. Our total for the day was 17 bass with Jack's near 3.5 the best. We had several 1.25-2.25 and, of course, a few dinks. All in all a great day to be on the water.