8 on 4 in the boat this morning on Normandy. We had to hunt for the 8 bites we got which came out of only 2 places. Water temp in the low 60’s and the 15/20mph wind was cold-I was dressed like it was December/January. Sufix Braid with Sufix Fluorocarbon Leader www.sufix.com VMC Weedless Finesse Jig www.vmchooks.com and soft plastics. More later this week. Rick McFerrin www.tennesseebassguides.com
This is a 2 lake report. Ken and I fished CH last Friday looking for Shell Crackers-the lake is very high and we had trouble finding the old beds from the last couple years. We did catch 8 ShellCrackers (big one 1lb 6oz) several hand sized blue gill and a 3lb 6oz Smallmouth. I used a VMC #8 Spin Shot Hook and a VMC 8oz Tungsten Drop Shot Weight and a piece of crawler. www.vmchooks.com Yesterday Terry and I started out below the NAJ dam and had 1 Smallmouth (20inches) on a Rapala Red Craw DT6 www.rapala.com couple Largemouth and *8 Spots. It was very slow and people were loading out on a regular basis. We decided to move over to the lake where we caught 6 Largemouth. Over all slow (atleast for us) for how it has been on Nick A jack lately. Rick McFerrin www.tennesseebassguides.com
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Braxton and a buddy fished below the Nick A Jack Dam one day last week where Braxton caught his personal best Smallmouth a beautiful 5Lb 1oz . Sounds like the boys stayed busy they caught 60 White Bass-2 Smallmouth-4 Largemouth-6 spots-2 Meanmouth-10 Skip Jack-3 Yellow Strip and 2 Drum. Way to go Braxton! If you have never fished below the Nick Dam it can be fantastic when the generation is right, and you never know for sure what you might set the hook on. On the other hand if there is no to little generation it can be dead and tough as nails. Better check before you go. Rick McFerrin www.tennesseebassguides.com
Best of 14 that I caught today on Tim’s. Tuffy Minnows VMC Bait Keeper Hooks and Sufix Braid and Mono. www.sufix.com www.vmchooks. com Rick McFerrin www.tennesseebassguides.com
The first thing I need to do is thank good friends David Duvall and Robert Markham for putting me on a bank that had several Smallmouth. “THANKS GUY’S” This is a easy post as far as tackle is concerned–#6 VMC Live Bait Hook–Small Split Shot–Tuffy Minnow—Sufix 10lb Performance Braid -Sufix 8lb Fluorocarbon Leader www.vmchooks.com www.sufix.com I caught and released 21 Smallmouth and missed several and had my line broken 1 time. Thanks for visiting my site. Rick McFerrin wwww.tennesseebassguides.com
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Fished Tim’s this morning and started out slow-but I found 2 areas that held 12 Smallmouth and 1 Hybrid all caught on a Hay maker Rapala #9 Shadow Rap Shad with my best pictured above ww.rapala.com I also had 5 other that I stuck that jumped and threw the bait. I have found over the past couple years that the Haymaker color produces very well in the early spring on Tim’s. Everything died for me at about 11:30am-I fished until one with no takers. I was using Sufix Advance 10lb mono that has great sensitivity. Thanks for visiting my site. Water temp 67+ Rick McFerrin www.tennesseebassguides.com
Billy and Braxton fished Chick early this week and their best 5 weighed in over 20lbs-then today Billy, Jason and Braxton went again and had some great fish with Braxton catching his personal best of over 6lbs. Two great trips-way to go guys, and congrats Braxton.
Met Billy and Braxton at Tim’s yesterday-David Duval was there as well. Everyone caught Smallmouth but with very few keepers. I had 11 total with 2 keepers. For those of you that are from different states our Smallmouth length is 18 inches. Many of the other 9 that I caught was in the 15 to 17 inch range. VMC Weedless Finesse Jig and soft plastics www.vmchooks.com rigged on Sufix Braid and fluorocarbon leader . With the VIRUS going on I’m not sure how many more trips they will let us make here in Tennessee. I know that many states are shutting things down. Keep praying. Rick McFerrin www.tennesseebassguides.com