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Tim's Ford Archived Trip Pictures
April 2008 and back!
TIM'S FORD 4-26-2008
I had another good day with Mr. Masahiro Iwagaki
on Tim's Ford. The pictures above are of our larger fish all
caught on a Prowler Soft Shad.
www.prowlerlures.com Our bite was very good early and at
least for us it got thinner and thinner as the day progressed. I
will be fishing with Masahiro in May and will look forward to that
trip. Rick McFerrin
www.tennesseebassguides.com
Tim's Ford 4-24-2008
I fished Tim's Ford today with Wayne and Vicki
Barnes who have a house on the lake at Estelle Springs. When Wayne
called me he said that he wanted to fish the river and learn some
new areas and techniques. We fished for several hours in the river
and it was dead. By mid-morning the sun was getting high so I
suggested that we make a run to the areas where I have been on fish
so off we went. It didn't take Vicki long to hanging multiple
Smallmouth and a Kentucky. This was a birthday present for Vicki
from Wayne and you can tell by the look on her face she had a good
time. By the way she is "Gooood" with a Prowler Soft Shad
www.prowlerlures.com
We had multiple short hits on Smallmouth and Hybrids and for two
trips in a row 2 broken lines, one on a Secret Weapon Spinner Bait
www.secretweaponlures.com
and one on the Soft Shad.
Happy Birthday Vicki.............Rick
McFerrin
www.tennesseebassguides.com
Tim's Ford 4-22-2008
Good day on Tim's today with Mr. Jay Arnold. All
of our fish today came on a Rapala X Rap
www.rapala.com and a
Prowler Soft Shad
www.prowlerlures.com . We had multiple misses and short hook
up's and even a broken line on top of all of that. I back
tracked on several areas that had been producing prior to this moon
and they were there. Hang on we are close to some great days on
Tim's. Great day with Jay and he and I will be doing it again in May
and June. I have scattered dates open in May and June and special
pricing on multiple trips. Rick McFerrin (6150765-7303)
www.tennesseebassguides.com
Tim's Ford 4-14-15-16-2008
For the past three days I have fished Tim's Ford
with Mr. Joe Walsh and Mr. Steve Fields. We were faced with several
challenges. (1) 3 days of high pressure and blue bird sky's (2) Bass
are on the bed (3) a major spring cold front moved in the past week
end (4) the first two days it was in the 30's when we put the boat
in the water and 41 today. (5) Full moon and an early bite. We
managed to over come some of these simply by working our tails off
and moving, moving, moving. The pictures above are just some of the
fish we caught in the past 3 days, plus we lost 3 big largemouth and
had our line broken once on a big hybrid. All of our fish were
caught on a Secret Weapon Spinner Bait
www.secretweaponlures.com
in zero water. Joe and Steve already booked a trip for May 09....2
great guy's 3 tough days...but persistence pays off. Rick McFerrin
www.tennesseebassguides.com
Tim's Ford 4-14-2008
It was a tough cold mid-April day today for Mr.
Bill Brooks and me. Air Temperature was 39 degrees when we put in
today and the surface temps had fallen almost 3 degrees. We caught 3
and missed 3 or 4 more in the first 2 or 3 hours and then everything
died for us. Most of our fish came on a Prowler Soft Shad
www.prowlerlures.com
and a Rapala DT6 Crank Bait
www.rapal.com Unless something changes I will be back on the
water 3 more days this week and will keep you posted. Rick Mcferrin
www.tennesseebassguides.com
Tim's Ford 4-11-2008
I
fished 4 hours today on Tim's with two great people Joseph and
Shelly Durbak. The trip was in jeopardy almost from the beginning
with huge super cell storm systems and tornado activity moving into
middle Tennessee. I always say I like wind and today I had all I
wanted. (30-35+mph) With the Smallmouth being on bed and the high
winds I decided to key in on the Hybrids. With the cells
moving in we started hitting areas where I have been on fish over
the past several weeks. Joseph and Shelly put 5 Hybrid in the boat
before the cell phone started ringing every few minutes telling us
to get off the water. We are planning another run at this sometime
in June for some early am top water action. . I look forward to the
next trip. Rick McFerrin
www.tennesseebassguides.com
Tim's Ford 4-8/9/2008
I
fished Tim's Ford the last two days with Mr. Michael Brock, Mr.
Ronnie Brock, Mr. David Seibel and Mr. Bruce Jarvis. The pictures
above are some larger fish caught on a Prowler Soft Shad
www.prowlerlures.com
on a Mustad #4 wide gap hook
www.mustad.com and a Secret Weapon Spinner Double Willow
Leaf blade
www.secretweaponlures.com. Tim's will just get better and better
as we enter into the late spring and early summer. Water
temperatures are rising andfish are being caught on a variety of
baits and techniques. I have some scattered dates open in May and
June. The early morning top water bite will be in full gear by then
so give me a call (615-765-7303) or e-mail me at
rickm@dtccom.net Rick
McFerrin
www.tennesseebassguides.com
Tim's Ford 4-7-2008
I
fished Tim's today with Mr. David Honey from Tullahoma. We put in at
the State Park to 53 degree water temps-summer pool and more
floating stuff in the water than I have seen on Tim's in a long
time. There was wood pallets-huge logs-cooler-parts of people
docks-you could just about name it and it was floating. We started
out slowly and then finally got on a good pattern that yielded some
good fish all on a Rapala DT6
www.rapala.com We caught Largemouth, Smallmouth, Hybrid
and a 5lb 10oz Walleye. I had a great time with David and we are
going to do it again in May. Rick Mcferrin
www.tennesseebassguides.com
Tim's Ford 3-31-2008
This will be the only post for this week. I'm
taking the rest of the week off for revival in my church but
will back on the water 5 days next week. I spent 1/2 day with David
and Cardin on Tim's Ford yesterday with mixed results. The
Smallmouth bite was tough but we did put 2 good Hybrid and Rockfish
in the boat on light line (6lb Test) I have fished with David
3 times now and will be doing it again in the middle of the summer
when I get back on the daytime deep water dock bite. Water
temperature remained in the low 50's even with the cold front that
had pushed it's way into the middle of our state. I look forward to
fishing with them again this summer. Rick McFerrin
www.tennesseebassguides.com
Tim's Ford 3-29-2008
I
fished today with Massahiro Iwagaki and friend Okeki. These guys are
great to fish with and the language barrier didn't make any
difference when you start putting fish in the boat. We started out
like I have been over the past week fairly fast and then we had some
storms blow in that drove us back to the ramp where we stayed almost
a hour or better until it blew over. We went back out to less wind
and clearing slies. It took a little looking but we found them
again.16 Smallmouth in the boat and 5
lost. 2 Hybrids and 2 broken lines. All in all a good day with 2
good guys. We are planning to fish together in April and May as
well. Wind on the right banks was hard to come by but when it did it
paid off. Rick McFerrin
www.tennesseebassguides.com
Tim's Ford 3-28-2008
What a great day with Mr. Dee Eakins on Tim's
Ford. The bite started out quickly on a Rapala X Rap
www.rapala.com and then
switched over to a Whirly B later on in the day. Not only did Dee
catch some bragging size Smallmouth, he will also be telling the
story (a true one at that) about the 2 big fish that he lost right
at the boat that were much bigger than anything you see above. Just
a great day...6 of 12 shown above. Rick McFerrin
www.tennesseebassguides.com
Tim's Ford 3/25/ 2008 & 3/37/2008
Tuesday
Doug Markham (Doug Outdoors) Tim White (Rapala Pro Staff) fished
Tim's to shot a video for Doug's new T.V. show. Tuesday was a high
pressure clear day and although we had wind the bite was tough all
day. Tim is holding the largest of the day caught on a Rapala X Rap
www.rapala.com We are
going to do it again in May. Yesterday I fished with Mark and James
Schwartzkopf from New Jersey. We had a much better numbers day
putting 14 total in the boat. We also lost 6 or 8 that just came
unbuttoned. Most of our fish were caught on the X Rap as well and
when things slowed down a Prowler Drop Shot Worm on a shaky head.
www.prowlerlures.com
Great time with everyone. Water temp was 51-52 degrees and a good
wind out of the south east. I have scattered dates open in April and
May and Tim's will only get better give me a call. Rick McFerrin
www.tennesseebassguides.com
Tim's Ford 3-24-2008
What a great day with 2 brothers-Mr. Don Collier
and Mr. JD Collier. JD lives in Wisconsin and Don lives in Ohio and
they are here on a short vacation. It was 32 degrees air temp-51
degree water temp and a light snow shower when we put in this
morning but things heated up quickly. For the day we caught 12
Smallmouth, 1 Largemouth, 1 Spot, 1 Black nose and 5 Hybrids.
Pattern? Simple, Wind-Wind-Wind was the key for us today. The
stronger the better. Whirly B's did the trick. Rick Mcferrin
www.tennesseebassguides.com
Tim"s Ford 3-20-2008
Daniel my youngest has been on break all this week
and we have been busy doing allot of other things so this was my
first time on Tim's this week. I met Mr. Kevin Israel at the ramp
and 6:30am and we already had blue sky's and 34 degrees air
temperatures. For those of you that don't live in Tennessee we had a
major storm with 50 mph + straight line winds, tornados and a 40
degree drop in air temperature since 2:00pm yesterday. All in all
today turned out good though with us putting 11 Smallmouth and 3
Largemouth in the boat. All were caught on either a Rapala DT6 Shad
or Crawfish colored crank bait
www.rapala.com. Our largest 2 are pictured above. Kevin I had a
very enjoyable day....your great to fish with. Rick McFerrin
www.tennesseebassguides.com
Tim's Ford 3-15-2008
All you have t
o
do is look at Lewis face to
see that this young man had a great time today chasing those brown
fish. I met Mr. Ronnie Richards and son Lewis in Manchester
and they rode to the lake with me. We put in right at day light and
the storms were already moving quickly our way. On our 2nd stop
Lewis caught the biggest Smallmouth that he has ever caught (Way to
go Lewis!) The lighting drove us back to the ramp twice early on and
I guess we sat out 1 1/2 hours or more waiting for things to clear. But
all in all we had a good time and our biggest Smallmouth weighted in
at 4lbs 4oz right on the nose. Rapala DT6's in Shad
www.rapala.com was the ticket
for us today. I had a good time with Ronnie and Lewis and hope
to do it again in May and see if we can't put Lewis on some big
Hybrids......Rick Mcferrin
www.tennesseebassguides.com
Tim's Ford 3-13-2008
I fished 1/2 day with Mr. Jay Arnold today on
Tim's Ford. We spent the first 2 hours without much wind but when we
could find some it paid off. Rapala DT6's
www.rapala.com paid off
again today. Water temperatures was just above 50 degrees and the
rains that we have coming in this week end should help as well. Hope
this helps. I have some scattered dates available if your interested
in a Tim's' Normandy or Woods trip. Rick McFerrin
www.tennesseebassguides.com
Tim's Ford 3-11-2008
I have been off the water the past several days
because my boat has been in the shop-just picked it up after the
trip today. I fished Tim's today with Mr. Danny Woodard and Mr.
Bubba Crouch and had a great day. We put Bubbas Triton in the water
(thanks Bubba) right at day light and caught 5 at our first stop and
then the wind died. I explained to the guys to just hold on and when
the wind picked back up we would be back in the fish an that's
exactly what happened. 20 total for the day with several misses. All
on Rapala DT's and Whirly B's......Guys I had a great time, hope to
do it again soon. Rick McFerrin
www.tennesseebassguides.com
Normandy 3-3-2008
I met Jerry Steakley in Manchester at 5:45am and
we put the boat in the water at Fire Lake on Normandy about 6:30am.
The sole purpose for the trip was to catch some of the big spots
that Normandy is known for. Water temperatures was in the high 40's
and the wind was already 10-15mph but that was clam to the 25-30mph
we had later in the day. No matter where you went you just
couldn't get away from the the wind. We even had water come up over
the front of the boat a couple times and it would work you to death
just to keep the boat where you could make a decent cast. We did
manger 10 total for the day and lost 3 others. We had 4 Spots 5
Largemouth and one big black nose Crappie. Normandy is another
good choice here in middle Tennessee. Hope this helps Rick McFerrin
www.tennesseebassguides.com
Tim's Ford 2-29-2008
I fished with Mr. Ronny Murray today on Tim's and
I think this had to be the coldest rain that I have had on my hands
for a long time. True to the weather mans norm, the temperatures
never reached the 50's as forecasted and the rains that was going to
blow through early never did. But I not complaining It was a
Smallmouth day and once again they would hammer the bait. 9
Smallmouth and 2 Largemouth for the day. Good days ahead on Tim's
give me a call. Rick Mcferrin
www.tennesseebassguides.com
Tim's Ford 2-25-2008
I met Mr. Bob Hinds and his son
Cody at the state park ramp at 7:00am. Cody
just
turned 15 years old and this was a birthday present from his dad.
Things couldn't have worked out better for Cody. It didn't take me
long to find out that he knows his way around a boat and fishing
equipment. Cody also isn't bashful about putting the big fish in the
boat. Things started out quickly with a 4lb 14 ounce Smallmouth the
slammed a Rapala DT10 Parrot crank bait off the 1st windy point that
we stopped on. www.rapala.com
Then later Cody hooked up with some bragging size Hybrids on a
Lure Jensen Krocodile spoon
www.lurejensen.com. The largest Hybrid was knocking on 8lbs and
was the largest fish that Cody has ever caught. Way to go Cody!!!!
All these fish were caught on light tackle All Pro APX 7' Medium
rods www.allprorods.com
and 6 or 8 pound test P-Line.
www.pline.com Things will heat up quickly on Tim's as we enter
into the spring season. I have scattered open dates available so
just give me a call (615-765-7303) if you want to get in on some
great Bass/Hybrid action. Rick McFerrin
www.tennesseebassguides.com
Tim's Ford 2-15-16-2008
I had a
great day on Tim's today with Mr. Don Schleicher and Mr. Chris Zimmerman. Many of you know Don from being one of the premier
Striper guides in the south. We were on fish from the get go and caught
fish at every stop except for 2. The Smallmouth and Largemouth would unload on
either a Rapala DT 10 Parrott or or DT 6 Parrott colored crank
bait. www.rapala.com Because of their
design the DT Series baits reach their depth potential quicker that any other
crank bait that I have ever used. When you combine that with a side by side
action that emits a sound that can only be achieved by a balsa wood bait it
becomes extremely effective. I throw these on 6lb P-Line
www.pline.com and on a 7' Med All Pro
APX series rod www.allprorods.com .
What a combination! Today I fished with Mr. Jim Sipes and Mr. Earl Hull of
Franklin Tennessee. The going was a little tougher today but all of our fish
still came on the DT10 same color and basically in the same areas. Jim is
holding our largest fish of the day in the lower left hand picture. Hope this helps you on your next trip. Rick McFerrin
www.tennesseebassguides.com
Tim's Ford 2-5&7-2008
I fished Tim's Ford today with my favorite
fishing partner, Daniel my 12 year old son. Daniel is holding two of the fish
he caught today. One on a Chartreuse Buckeye Shad
www.buckeyeshad.com and the other on
a Parrott DT10 www.rapala.com Water level
is up about 18 inches and the water temperatures have risen to 48-49 in some
areas. There is a lot of color in the Rock Creek-Dry Creek areas as well as in
the backs of many pockets and coves. I fished the 7th with Mr. jay Arnold and
we didn't have any picture fish. Tim's continues to be off and on just about
like every where else in the state. More next week. Rick McFerrin
www.tennesseebassguides.com
Tim's Ford 1-31-2008
I fished Tim's Ford today with Mr. Thomas
Ebbecke from New Field New Jersey. We had a good amount of wind today
after 8:00am and we keyed in on the points that had the mot chop. Just like
the first of the week these fish would hammer the bait and there wasn't any
doubt in you mind when the hit.....Man nothing like a Smallmouth slamming a
crank bait. DT 10's did the trick again.
www.rapala.com I'll be fishing with Tom again
in a couple weeks and look forward it. More to come stand by. Rick McFerrin
www.tennesseebassguides.com
Tim's Ford 1-28-2008
I fished Tim's Ford today with Ron Kairdolf from Murfreesboro. We
put in right at daylight to 27 degree air temps and 44.3 water temps. We
searched until noon for wind....any wind.....but to no avail them near 12:30pm
the wind picked up and so did the brown fish. These Smallmouth would almost
knock the rod out of your hands when they it. As a matter of fact I had one hit
so hard that it stripped the drag and still didn't get him stuck...sometimes
hard to understand. Today Rapala DT10 Parrott was the ticket
www.rapala.com Largest was just over
4lbs. I'll be back on Tim's Thursday and will update you them. Rick Mcferrin
www.tennesseebassguides.com
Tim's Ford 1-25-2008
First let me say this was a cold but fun work day that I spent
with Mr. Ken Jenkins on Tim's Ford planting Porcupine Fish Attractors
www.porcupinefishattractors.com
and spending a little time throwing some new baits from Sworming Hornet Lures
www.fishheadspin.com and DT's
from Rapala www.rapala.com Just a heads up I
will have new articles written on all 3 of these exciting products in the next
month or so. My web site is in the process of being changed and I hope to have
these up on the "New Look" shortly. Ken and I originally planned on
meeting at 7:00am but with the bitter cold we pushed back until 9:00am and it
was still a chilly 17 degrees when we reached the lake. Water temperature ranged
from 42 to 47 in various parts of the lake and there was zero wind any where.
We put in at Holiday Marina, built and loaded several attractors and proceeded
to drop them at the following GPS coordinates @#$%^&*()_+ something must be
wrong with my key board. After that we worked a few areas loosing 4 Smallmouth
on DT's and catching 1 on the 1/8 ounce Fish Head Spin with a white beetle tail
dipped in Red JJ's Magic
www.jjsmagic.com....Fun relaxing day....I will be on Tim's 3 days next week
and will update you each day. Rick McFerrin
www.tennesseebassguides.com
