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TENNESSEE FISHING REPORTS
Reports submitted by Capt. Jack Davis
Mid South Bass Guide
www.midsouthbassguide.com
30 Jan 2012, Tim’s Ford Fishing Report – With the mild winter here in Southern Tennessee so far; the Smallmouth have really come to play. With several trips in the book already this year, we are seeing/catching lots of quality fish on Tim’s Ford. We found great conditions with most fish still relating to secondary points that had shad on them. The upper end of the lake remains stained to muddy with the recent rains and the lower end is clear for the most part. Most fish where in the 2-5 pound range with mainly smallmouth with a few largemouth in the mix. Water temps are 49-53 degrees depending on the time of day. Our better fish came on Tightline Football Jig’s (Guntersville Special or Pumpkin Orange). We also fished Crank Baits and curly tail grubs rigged on shaky heads with good results. As waters continue to cool over the next month; the smallmouth fishing will only improve if that is possible. I still have several days available in February and we’re already taking reservations for the spring! Make your reservations now for some great action on Guntersville, Nickajack or Tim’s Ford. We supply all fishing gear, lures at no additional cost you, Military Discount and 110% dedication to making your trip successful. “Let’s go fish’ in”
Capt. Jake Davis
Mid South Bass Guide
www.midsouthbassguide.com
msbassguide@comcast.net
615-613-2382*********************************************************************
Reports submitted by Rick McFerrin
www.tennesseebassguides.com
Nick A Jack Dam - January 17, 2012
Nick A Jack 1-17-2012
I have been blessed through the years to have several memorable day's on the water and today was near the top. Doug Markham and I set out for the lake early this morning to shoot a video for his site. To make what could be a very long story short we caught and released approx 70lbs of Largemouth with our best 5 weighing in at 37lbs with the big fish weighing 10lbs 12 ounces. Everything was caught on a Real Bait Company 3 wire Tennessee Rig, and swim baits rigged on VMC Smoochin Head Minnows www.vmchooks.com and 65lb test Sufix 832 Braid www.sufix.com . Doug shot several more pictures that I will get up when he sends them and we have the entire day on video that will be up and running within a week or so. Doug and I have had some great trips through the years together and this today was no exception. Wow!!!
Rick McFerrin
www.tennesseebassguides.com*********************************************************************
Reports submitted by Mark Adams
www.adamsguidesvc.com
Percy Priest December 29 & 30, 2011Friday Dec 30 - Today I spent the day on the lake with Tom Lowder from China via Texas, and his 2 sons Lewis and Logan, recently married this month congratulations! We fished Percy Priest and given the weather conditions, 25+ mph winds and 3+ft waves, it was extremely tough to get to the areas we had been catching them. Water temps were in the 48-50 range and the water had some color in the Elm Hill section of the lake. We did manage to catch a few fish on heavy Strike King football head jigs with Gene Larew salty craw trailers. Guys thank you for a great day despite the conditions, and I look forward to our next trip this spring!
Thursday Dec 29 - I spent the day on Percy Priest with Donnie Rubel of Murfreesboro. we started the day around Fate Sanders and had some success with swimbaits off points early. The water color is pretty dirty and cold 48/49 degrees The creeks are warmer with water temps in the 53/54 range. Donnie and I decided to check some down-lake areas around Bryant's Grove area, water color here is pretty dirty as well. We finished up our day in the Elm Hill area of the lake, water temps ranged from 47 to 49 in this section of the lake. We caught several bass in this section of the lake on 3/4oz Strike King Jigs with Gene Larew craw trailers. Overall it was a solid day, bites are tough to come by and the fish with all the changing weather patterns are sluggish. The warming trend of the next few days should get the shallow bite picked back up and the jerkbait bite should be back in full swing this weekend. Hope to see you on the water, call and set a date to go.
Come check us out.
Mark Adams
www.adamsguidesvc.com
615-828-8103**********************************************************************
