Yep, I know the old brick factory pretty well. A very nice stretch of river
through there. My dad is from Decherd, and I enjoy getting back down that
way. He has lots of stories of fishing there in the first half of the 20th
century.

Today, when we visited Tim's Ford, the weather let us down.... it was mild,
partly sunny, in the lower 50's, and mostly calm. Not at all what we
wanted -- strong winds. We caught fish early (smallmouth mostly, but also
spots and largemouth), with the largest of the day over 3 pounds. Most were
caught on crankbaits (red Bombers for me) or Gene Larew Long John Minnows
on 3/16 ounce jig heads. The bite dropped off about noon, and we ended up
with ten for the day.

Joe
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"John Kerr" wrote in message
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Today's weather --What would you do?

Joe, I use to live in Estell Springs...a block from Tims Ford. I went
fishing almost every day . A lot of good water there, but I did most
of my fishing at the upper end from the bridge in Estell to the river
inlet. Caught some nice bass around the old brick factory site.

Have a geat day on the water!

JK




Group: rec.outdoors.fishing.bass Date: Mon, Jan 31, 2005, 10:25pm From:
rofbmail secretweaponlures com (Joe Haubenreich)
That's my usual tact these days, too... the older I get, the more I
enjoy being able to feel the reel in my hands as I fish, so I look for
warmer days and sheltered banks. But tomorrow I'm heading to Tims Ford
for some shallow-water smallmouth action. Temp should get up to the
mid-40's, NE wind about 10 mph, and we'll be in it most of the day,
looking for the banks and points that get the most pounding from
wind-swept waves. I expect to crank quite a bit, or throw small hair
jigs on 6-pound test Suffix line. My spinnerbaits usually get a rest
when the water temps drops below 45 degrees, but I might break out one
and jig it down a rocky bank a few times.
For an idea of what I can expect, go to http://tennesseebassguides.com
and read the latest two trip reports... 1/29 and 1/27.
Joe
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"John Kerr" wrote in message
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Phil, I am now a fair weather fisherman, but in my younger days, I went
fishing in some pretty miserable weather...quite often I might add . I
found that I did pretty good in conditions like you expect, by just
fishing a bit deeper cover, a bit slower than usual. I try and think
like what the bass may be thinking.....If it's cold out, I'm gonna
hunker down, and let the prey come to me grin.
JK