It's been a great 10-days of Spring fishing during the Tennessee Spawn!

25# Striper from Tim's Ford

#5 at Center Hill

4# @ Center Hill

Nice chunky Ky Spot

3-4# LM @ Center Hill

#4 on my scale @ Center Hill Lake - 5-1-15

Another biggun'

...another nice one

No. 4 out of 9 caught 5-1-15

No. 5 was a nice spot

Notice the beat up tale...IT'S TIME!

Close to #5

Too much fun - where's the pot tourney when your need it!

Tough fighting Spot

Today finally warmed up to about 55 with West winds of 1-4 mph.  I busied myself this morning with all my chores and headed for the lake at 10:30 AM.

I unloaded and tied on some baits and headed out of the no wake zone about 10:45.  

Water Temperature varied between 46-48 so I headed to a rock cliff with Northern Exposure.

I threw a jerk bait for about an hour with no hits.  I changed to 1/4 oz black/blue hair jig (Punisher) and a black Zoom Super Chunk Jr. with the tails dipped in Chartreuse Dip n Dye.  The dye turns the Black tail a dark green.  Well, it wasn't long before I landed a nice Spotted Bass; almost 3#.   Three casts later I hooked up with a smaller Spot.

Twenty yards away, just off of a deep point and up the beginning of a flat, I caught a nice Large mouth; 20" long and 5.14#.   On the very next cast I catch a 19" Small mouth weighing 4.8#.

At 2:00 PM with the wind picking up and getting colder, I called it a day and loaded the boat.  A good few hours with benefits!  Cheers!

Last Wednesday, August 20th, high winds and storms took the Maple Tree down in the front yard.  On of my Grandsons, BJ,  came over, spent the night and helped me cut it up and put in on the burn pile Thursday. 

When we finished we headed to Center Hill for some fun fishing.  It was a good day and we found some fish.  BJ caught 5 fish including this respectable Small Mouth of 14".  I only caught two and one was a good 19" Small Mouth.

Center Hill can be a tough lake and I'm glad BJ is starting to catch more fish.  You need to catch some to really learn how they feel, etc. 

Thankful for his help and companionship.

Went out on Center Hill Lake for a couple of hours last night and hung this pretty 4# on a jig - classic location of Timber fallen in the water.  Also caught 3 other smaller LM.  Strange, no spots or SM.

I'm looking forward to Labor Day weekend as all the family meets at a big Rental house on Tim's Ford for fishing, boating, skiing, tubing and eating.  Always a great 3-days.  There will be about 25 of us.

Before that, though, I have some business in Argentina from the 25 - 28th.  Then straight home and straight to the lake. 

Thanks for reading!

Had a great Wednesday with my 2nd oldest Grandson fishing Center Hill Lake.  Water temps were 82-84, light breeze (often not enough) and partly cloudy skies.  We used Booza Football jigs; I used 3/4 on casting gear and he use 1/2 oz on spinning.  I hooked an 18" LM and flipped him in the boat - while that was going on BJ was just standing with his jig in the water watching me.  When I boated, measured and but it in the live well, he returned to fishing and had a fish on his line...a nice 17.8" spot - about 3#, that he brought to the boat.  It was gut hooked so I cut off the jig and placed him in the treated live well.  He didn't make it but we took a picture of him with it and also a picture with my LM.  He's a Freshman in College this year.

We also caught 4 others but smaller in size but just as much fun.  Came home to homemade chili and chips and he decided to spend the night.  He starts college Aug 25th so we need to make a few more trips before then.  The whole family (25+) will rent a big place on Tim's Ford for the Labor Day Weekend...we'll get some fishing done then for sure.

 Wow.  It's been a long time since I posted but in regards to fishing, there hasn't been much to share.  My oldest Daughter (45+) gave one of her kidneys to her son (My Grandson) in February - that was a long ordeal but everyone is fine and healthy now.  I had some overseas travel in March and April.  A neighbor's tree fell on our Buick.  It grazed the house, took out the fence, landed on my Tahoe (thankfully no damage) and bent up the frame on my mower trailer.  When I came home from my travels in May, I found the boat's onboard battery charger failed, putting 32VDC into the starting battery.  Long story short, the battery top was loose from the battery and completely dried out upon my return.  It had shorted out the rectifiers on the boat along with the Tachometer.  That brings us to today as I finally got the boat back (in repair since 2-weeks before 4th of July.  So, I finally went fishing late this afternoon and with decent results.  These were the biggest but also caught 2 other smaller SM, 1 other small LM and a decent Spot.  Thankful to get on the water at last.

Late Fall and early Winter means tackle cleaning and rod building time.  This year I took some old boat-rashed reels, tore them down to parts, repainted the bodies and then reassembled.  I'll be the first to say I'm no expert and they're not fancy but they look great - fresh and ready to go.  I've also rebuilt about 5 rods that were also pretty beaten up.  Fishing?  Not much yet...too much going on with holidays, family, concerts, travel and other things that get in the way of time on the water.  Been darn right frigid here in Middle TN too.  I have one more rod to wrap and epoxy then I'm done tinkering and ready to bundle up and fish. 

My daughter is giving one of her kidneys to my Grandson (her son) on Monday, Jan. 20th.  It will be tough with two having surgery but I think the support group is in place.  I have to be Dallas for a meeting that day but I'll hurry home and relieve some of the folks during aftercare.  I expect they will both be in the hospital a good week and they have to stay close to Vanderbilt Child Hospital for about 3 weeks after that.  A long journey but it will be good to see my G'son have a chance at a "real" life.

Sweetie's at Callaway Gardens for 7 days - she's big into needlepoint and has signed up for 3-classes during that time.  We have a deal...she doesn't tell me how much she spends on her stash and I don't tell her what I spend on mine.

Have a great late winter and spring!  Cheers!