Category: Fishing Reports

I fished Woods yesterday with long time friend and a great young fisherman Jared Hollingsworth, I made a early mistake in the direction I took us on the lake and it cost us several hours. It wasn’t until late in the afternoon that we found the ones that you see below. We had 8 bites in a hour. . We put 6 in the boat and both lost one. The fish were i n(3-4 feet) 52 degree water. Sufix Yellow Braid with a fluorocarbon leader and a jig. www.sufix.com Sorry about all the pictures being in single file-still working on how to get them side by side. Rick

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Just a FYI. My site is going to look a little different for a while. My original site was constructed in 2007-19 years ago. It contained literally 1000’s of fish pictures from the trips that I had with clients and friends through the years. Those pictures WILL NOT be able to be viewed until we can figure out how to transfer them and still comply with the hosting services guidelines, You will be able to see NEW PIC beginning with my next trips. Thank you for visiting my site and we will work through the change as we go. Rick

I have a new computer that I just pick up yesterday, I’m  trouble uploading pictures to my web site  They transferred all of my data BUT it appears that the program for uploading pictures didn`t   Hopefully I can get it straightened out soon    If not I will have to contact my web master for help    I haven`t stopped fishing  just delayed in posting  Thanks Rick 

Ken and I fished OH for 3 1/2 hours today to check out some work that he had done on his motor. Truthfully we had 1 area that gave up the fish that you see above-All on a Luhr-Jensen Crystal Red Speed Trap.  www.luhrjensen.com You can see from the pictures above they engulfed it. Water temp was 46 degrees and the fish were in  2-3 feet of water. Thats always been typical for OH for as long as I can remember. Shallow fish Not just in warm water but cold water as well.  Are there deep water FFS fish “sure” but there is alway an abundance of shallow water fish as well. I know I harp on this but it’s a good idea to have a Rapala Red Craw DT6 www.rapala.com and a Red Luhr-Jensen Speed Trap tied on in the winter months.  Everything caught on Sufix 8lb Blue ProMix Mono www.sufix.com . Thanks for visiting my site  Rick

My oldest son Rick Jr. and I fished Tim’s today from 8:00am until 2:00pm and had 7 total with the ones above being our best. It was tough all day-we may have had 8 or 9 total bites .  VMC Weedless Jig www.vmchooks.com and soft plastics was by far the best for us.  I hope to fish Friday IF SO I’ll post what we do. Thanks for visiting my site and MERRY CHRISTMAS   Rick

Ken and I fished Tim’s today  for 6 hours. We caught and released 9 total with the ones above being our best,  They hit a Rapala OG DeepTiny 7 Green Gizzard Shad www.rapala.com  or a VMC Weedless Finesse Jig www.vmchooks.com and soft plastics . The OG’s are great flat sided balsa baits with a circuit board lip that runs true every time . “I THOUGHT” they would hit RED today but it didn’t happen-they liked the shad instead.  Water temp when we started was 49 degrees and got up to 51 degrees before we left. No real pattern to tell you about-just keep your trolling motor down  and keep chunk’n. 6lb Sufix Clear Blue Promix mono and Sufix Yellow Performance Braid with a  Sufix Advance fluorocarbon leader .  Check out all of our great items at Rapala.com Maybe 1 more post this week before the bas weather sit’s in. Thanks for visiting my site.  Rick McFerrin

Once again no big fish BUT a lot of them. I caught and released 26 today on Tim’s all about the size that you see me holding above. I went to the lake today with this mind set. I’m going to throw baits that I haven’t used in a while.  So I tied on a  06 Rapala Blue/Chrome Rippin Rap and a DT Flat . They were working so I just kept chunking.  (the DT Flat has been discontinued) BUT we have the Ott’s Garage Slim 6 that works equally as well in colder water.  Water temp is right at 60 degrees and the lake is 8 feet down from summer pool. This was a classic Tim’s late fall crankbait day-The More Wind The Better.  Rapala makes so many great crankbaits including the OG Flat series that are available in all depth ranges and colors to meet ever fishing situation and you can view them at Rapala.com  Sufix mono as always.  I”m looking for some “BIGGER ONE’S” after Thanksgiving. Thanks for visiting my site. Rick McFerrin www.tennesseebassguides.com