You couldn't ask for a better weekend...

Now that I've got a
good GPS, I would probably feel better about fishing OH more often, but
JPP
is just SO close.
Charles,it's hard to get lost on Old Hickory,and I know that Nitro has a
depth finder.Be careful not to fish the same water all the time,it will
stunt your growth as a versatile angler. I'm not a shallow water fisherman,
but will fish it when I have too.
From now till the weather really heats up aren't most of the fish
shallow,getting ready to spawn,then spawning,them moving out to the first
break?
Charles Summers wrote in message
...
Prist should kick in here shortly. I'm surprised that it wasn't this past
weekend, but it is still March.

.. That's
what I like best about JPP, there's shallows and depth.

"BassMr" wrote in message
ink.net...
You're right Charles,it was a great weekend here.We went out at 6 on
Sat.
morning and had a good day all in all.We went up the river and fished
Bartons Creek,started throwing spinner baits with no luck and then it
hit
me.The FLW guys were fishing jigs shallow when they were here so I
started
hitting any wood close to the bank with a bl/blue jig w/green chunk,on
the
4th or 5th pitch I nailed a 3 # bass.We ended up catching 5 bass on jigs
and
3 more on shallow crankbaits,only 2 of them wouldn't have been keepers.
This is perfect weather w/ no jet skiers around and plenty of water to
fish.With the reports I hear from Priest I am surprised you don't make
the
drive to Old Hickory and catch some fish,becausae they are ON!
Charles B. Summers wrote in message
news
Well, if the fish were biting it could have been a little better.

I met Joshuall and his buddy at Percy Priest yesterday morning, and
had
already picked up Robby at K-Mart. Josh was down from Chicago and
wanted
to
meet at 6:00am. The weather was absolutely beautiful with clear skies
and
70
degree weather. We fished until about 2:00pm before I had to leave.
Only
caught one bass and a rock bass, both taken on a powerworm, but missed
a
good fish on three different occasions. Robby switched over to bream
and
crappie for the last hour of the day and was doing pretty well.

Everything was tight to cover/structure as I would have expected for a
clear
day, and there were a TON of other anglers out. The crappie guys were
everywhere too, but they were having a better day than us bassers.

Water temps started in the 50's and before noon had climbed up to 60
degree.
The water was as clear as I think I've ever seen it. The bass should
be
getting ready to spawn any day now. As long as they don't raise the
lake...
they'll be very easy to spot.

With the water level down about 6', I've really discovered how much I
enjoy
having a good GPS with lake detail. We were able to run way up river
without
incident. Sometimes, being 5' off course would have ended the day and
left
me trolling back the 10 miles back to the ramp. Unfortunately, one guy
found
out the hard way. We could hear the damage from a half mile away.
Hopefully
he had an extra prop on board.

Next week is Center Hill!

Oh yeah... next Sunday at 1:00 central, OLN is showing the FLW event
on
Old
Hickory.

--
Charles B. Summers
Secret Weapon Lures
http://www.secretweaponlures.com