What a fun 4 hours on Old Hickory today with good friend Ken Jenkins catching and releasing at least 75 Blue Gill with many as big as your hand. (What you see in the net is 50) which we released and then we kept count on the remainder.  Ken knew exactly where to look and before I got rigged he had 3 or 4 in the boat. These fish wouldn’t hit a float rig so we used the drop shot method which kept our baits up out of the snags . VMC makes a great drop shot hook called the “Spin Shot” in sizes #8 to 2/0  and Tungsten Drop Shot Ball Weights from 1/8ounce to 1/2 ounce.  www.vmchooks.com . We used nibbles and red worms for bait and truthfully they both worked well. Combine this set up with 4lb or 6lb test Sufix mono www.sufix.com and a ultra light rod and you are in for some great battles.  Thanks Ken for a lot of fun-by the way by 10:30 in was already HOT in capital letters-be  careful on the water-it was 10 years ago that I had a heat stroke on Old Hickory and I have never been the same when it come to heat. Stay in the shad-drink liquids and there is always another day….Rick www.tennesseebassguides.com