Best of 9 today with Billy Campbell on Chickamauga. Billy has a tournament there this week end so I’m holding back on what we used and the area that out fish came from. Good day on the water with a very good friend. Rick McFerrin www.tennesseebassguides.com
This is the 1st day out of the house for me since Monday morning-Met Ronnie at Normandy at 10am he could only fish until noon. We caught 2 Spots and one short Largemouth. After Ronnie left I caught the Smallmouth above and 2 short Spots. 42 degree water temps and a lot of color. 4 on a Rapala Red Craw DT6 www.rapala.com and the other on a VMC Weedless Jig and soft plastics www.vmchook.com. Back home by 3:00pm. More next week Lord willing Rick McFerrin www.tennesseebassguides.com
Good Day on the Hill today-Started out with a nice DT6 Red Craw and Deon bite-They would nail it. (Better get you some) www.rapala.com After the Crankbait bite went away I caught the remained on a VMC Weedless Finesse Jig www.vmchooks.com and soft plastics. Sufix 6lb mono on the crankbaits and 10lb Sufix 832 Braid with a 6lb VMC Fluorocarbon leader. 46 degree water and good color. Get out your snow shovel it sound like we are going to need it Sunday Morning. Rick McFerin www.tennesseebassguides.com
Ronnie and I fished from 7:00am until 11:30am without bite one! Nothing-zero-nada-goose egg! They were pulling the water hard enough that it would continually pull your boat out and down stream. The generation stopped and from 11:30am until 12:30 we had 7 bites-5 in the boat (4 like the bottom pic) and one pushing 4. Ronnie needed to go so we loaded the boat and headed home. Everything on a VMC Finesse Weedless Jig and soft plastics www.vmchooks.com . I believe that I found a pattern if could have stayed-or at least I’ like to believe that. More the end of the week. Rick
Ronnie and I fished from 6:30 until 11:15 and had 11 Spot/Largemouth mix. I fished an additional hour and had the 2 that you see me holding above. We caught a couple early on a DT6 Red Craw www.rapala.com then switched over to a VMC Finesse Weedless Jig and soft plastics and caught the rest. www.vmchooks.com Ronnie was using *8b Sufix Mono and I was using Sufix 10lb Braid and a 6lb Sufix Fluorocarbon leader www.sufix.com. The bite was extremely light , most of the time you didn’t see a twitch-slack line nothing-just a subtle heaviness. Thanks for visiting my site. Rick McFerrin www.tennesseebassguides.com
Best of 11 that Ronnie and I had on Normandy this morning on a Rapala DT6 Red Craw www.tennesseebassguides.com . LOT’S of color and differing water temps as high as 54 degrees and as low as 48 degrees. I got Ronnie to try Sufix 6lb mono several years ago and he is a walking commercial for how great the line is. If you haven’t tried it pick some up and you will be hooked to. Rick McFerrin www.tennesseebassguides.com
I have been trying to get all my pictures to load for over an hour and have just gave up. I had a good day on Normandy-10 spots and 1 Largemouth all on a Rapala DT6 Red Craw www.rapala.com on Sufix 6lb Pro Mix www.sufix.com If I can get the other pictures to load I will add them to the post. Thanks for visiting my site. Rick McFerrin www.tennesseebassguides.com
Ronnie and I caught 17 today on Normandy on a Rapala DT6 Red Craw. We had 10 off 1 bank and the others were scattered. Water temp 44 to 46 with great cranking color. www.rapala.com We both used Sufix 6lb mono on these DT6’s-Slow and easy and very shallow. Rick McFerrin www.tennesseebassguides.com
Here are 6 pictures that I have been holding back because of a tournament that Bill and Braxton fished this pass week end. Bill is holding 4 that we (he) caught (I was a good net guy) on a Float N Fly and the other 2 pics are of Braxton on tournament day. Their club has a 3 fish limit which is great and these 3 Smallmouth won them 2nd place and a good payday in their club fish off. Billy and I also had several smaller Smallmouth on soft plastics. Once again I was using a VMC Weedless Finesse Jig www.vmchooks.com on Sufix Yellow Braid with a Sufix Fluorocarbon leader. Headed to Center Hill to fish with Billy this morning and the actual air temp here at 4:38am is 22 degrees. Burrrrr! Rick McFerrin www.tennesseebassguides.com
Good day on the Hill today. Best pictured above-A little unexpected extra on the Walleye that hit a Rapala Albino Shiner www.rapala.com the rest hit a LuhrJensen Live Image Blue Krocodile Spoon www.luhrjensencom–3/16 -Terminator PBJ Finesse JIg www.terminator.com-3/16 VMC Weedless Finesse Jig and soft plastics-www.vmchooks.com All on Sufix Mono-Braid and Fluorocarbon leader www.sufix.com Thanks for visiting my site. Rick McFerin www.tennesseebassguides.com