I’m sure there are some that are tired of Grandson pic’s “BUT”. Just a quick report. I took Marshall this morning to Tims and found that the lake had continued to rise over the walk way at the state park and was still rising while we were there. Debris floating every where-but we decided to try it any way. The 2 that Marshall is holding was his best—plus he got a hook in his leg—Oh Boy!  Hook out back to the marina and Pa  fixed  things by a 30 minute swim at the ramp.  Another fun day….Rick

Marshall and I fished Tim’s this morning from 5:45 until 9:45am and Marshall had another good day all on a Rapala Ultra Light Crank Silver Blue www.rapala.com and 6lb Sufix  Nanobraid and a micro light rod. He had several 1st.  He caught his 1st Crappie-1st Hybrid-1st Cat Fish and ALL MOST his 1st White Drum. Check out the scale from that fish that he has in his hands He got it up to the boat I had net in hand but then—-you know the rest of the story. I would guess it was in the 15lb class.  He also got to see the TWRA stock 20,000 White Bass fingerlings like the one he has in his hands. Marshall caught 14 total today.  For those that are reading this if you have a kid that likes to fish or just get out in a boat now is a great time to take them to Tim’s with ultra light equipment like the Rapala Ultra Light Crankbait-Light line like the Suix Nano Braid and troll with either motor.  And let me say many of these fish he has caught the last 2 trip are suspended  out in 30 feet of water in bait.  They WILL come up and hit this small bait. Try them out on Nano Braid—-everyone will have a good time.  Thanks for visiting my site. Rick McFerrin www.tennesseebassguides.com 

Marshall had several 1st today. (1) He had never been in a bass boat (2 He had never caught a Smallmouth-Largemouth or White Bass (3) Never caught anything on artificial.  His 2 Smallmouth’s was 17 3/4–and 17 inches and his Largemouth was almost 18 inches. He also caught 15 White bass ALL ON a Rapala Ultra Light Crank Silver (pic) and Blue www.rapala.com and 6lb Sufix  Nanobraid (pic)  www.sufix.com trolling with either the trolling motor or outboard.  The only help he got from me was holding up on the micro light rod when he had the bass on.  The Ultra Light Cranks and Nanobraid on a ultra light action rod will pay dividends as the water warm up into the 80’s… Check both of them out at Rapala.com  there are videos that correspond to them as well. Marshall is the next generation of McFerrin fishermen—I watched him today pay attention to exactly what I asked him to do —he wanted to catch fish and he did all by himself. Thanks for visiting my site. Rick McFerrin www.tennesseebassguides.com

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I fished Old Hickory this morning (5 to 10) with long time friend Ken Jenkins looking for Shell Crackers and boy did we find them. We caught 53 plus 20 big gills. We released all except out legal limit. We started out throwing jigs-I was using a VMC 1/32 Crappie Minnow Luv Bug and a Tungsten Bull Fly  1/32 Jig we had a few hits but then we switched over to small pieces of night crawlers and it was on.  We stopped on one of Ken’s beds and it was one Cracker or a big gill every cast. I like using the VMC  #8 long shank  Aberdeen hook www.vmchooks.com  You don’t have as many gut hook ups which is great for the fish you throw back. 6lb Sufix Clear Blue Pro Mix www.sufix.com on a M/L rod.  We had several as big or bigger as the 2 that Ken is holding.  Thanks for visiting my site. Rick McFerrin www.tennesseebassguides.com

I fished Tim’s for 5 hours caught 5 Smallmouth and 1 Hybrid with the 3 above being the best.  I fiddled with docks for the first 2 hours with no result. Knowing that it was going to be “HOT” by noon I shifted tactics. I used my side scan to find a few areas of blue gill beds and all 6 fish that I caught were associated with these beds.  I was throwing the Rapala  OG Tiny 4 Coosa Special www.rapala.com pictured above on 6lb Sufix Clear Blue Pro Mix Mono www.sufix.com . I set my boat in 6-8 feet of water and made my cast  parallel to the bank so that the OG Tiny would come though as much of the bed as possible. Full moon tomorrow night so the gill’s will be working away and the bass will chasing them. Pick  up a couple OG Tiny’s you won’t be sorry—-I have grown to really like and have a lot of confidence in the Coosa Special  it’s not only a great color but it has produced for me no matter the season. Thanks for visiting my site Rick McFerrin www.tennesseebassguides.com

Marshall caught 15 nice blue gill a little bit ago in the pond. He’s going to be a good fisherman—I’ve been the baby sitter for the last 6 weeks  most week days because of the massive computer virus attack on the hospital where my daughter-in law works. She is able to start working out of their house again starting tomorrow so I should be able to get back out on the lake.  He’s a good kid-for real. Rick McFerrin

I fished Center Hill today with Braxton Campbell from 7am until 1pm The 4 pictured above was our best.  Braxton had our 2 best fish early and then it slowed down to a crawl. We covered a variety of areas with a variety of baits-soft plastic on a VMC Weedless Jig was the best for me. www.vmchook.com  Braxton caught the best 2 flipping and jig.  An enjoyable 6 hours with a great young guy. Braxton just finished his 1st year in college and is fishing the BFL this year–so far so good.  Thanks for visiting my site Rick McFerrin www.tennesseebassguides.com

I fished CH today from 8:00am until 2:pm and the 6 above was my best of  (I’m guessing I had  20) several very small Spots and Smallmouth.  Everything today on a VMC Weedless Finesse Jig and soft plastics. www.vmchooks.com  10 Lb Yellow Sufix Braid and a 8lb Sufix fluorocarbon leader. www.sufix.com  water temp in the part of the lake I was on was 62 degrees .  I also lost 5 in bushes that I couldn’t get out.  Thanks for visiting my site Rick McFerrin www.tennesseebassguides.com

I fished Tim’s out of Rock Creek today and the 5 above was my best of nine. I’m still working on the camera angle-www.rapala.com  I caught most of them on a new rapala bait that won’t be out until December or JanuMore info to come later I throw 90% of all my crankbait of  Sufix Clear Blue 6lb Pro Mix Mono www.sufix.com   Thanks for visiting my site Rick McFerrin www.tennesseebassguides.com

SORRY ABOUT THE PICTURES—My main camera died and I tried to take these with my cell phone-and obviously not very well. I actually caught and released 14 today-I just gave up on taking pictures. Everything was on either a VMC Weedless 1/8ounce Finesse Jig www.vmchooks.com and soft plastic.  !0lb Sufix Yellow Performance Braid and a 8lb Sufix Fluorocarbon or a Storm Swim Bait rigged on  1/4 ounce VMC Darter Head Jig 8lb Sufix Clear Blue Pro Mix Mono.  I plan to fish Thursday this week as well and will have the camera situation worked out by then. Thank you for visiting my site. Rick McFerrin www.tennesseebassguides.com