Old Hickory 4-4-09 & 4-5-09 Crappie

Well to start Saturday 4th was terrible I found them but they had lockjaw, the lake had what looked like ( floating chocolate milk slicks ). Sunday 5th was better fished from 9:30 till 2:00 fish still had lockjaw but was able to catch 7 with 4 nice keepers. The wind was white capping the channel so I never left the boat dock area, for me when I look out across the channel and see sailboats leaning over at least 20° or more from the wind... I keep my life jacket on at all times, even when at the front of the boat fishing and do not venture out to the channel... best be safe today so I can fish tomorrow.

Have a question. I used to live in Gallatin. There was an oldman who lived next door who fished a place( pardon my spelling) Laguardo or Lagudia. Anyway I think it was off Hwy109. Do you ever fish there? He used to bring home some monster Crappie.

hello tenncrappie, I fish out of Shutes Branch and have heard of the place Laguardo ( I think ) but do not know where it is.

I have bass fished out at Laguardo, but never tried the crappie there. I usually fish out of Shutes Branch or Cedar Creek just because they are conveniently close for me. Laguardo is off of Hwy 109. It's the upper part of Spencer creek.

Nice fish Rudy! What did that big one weigh/measure?

I don't have scales but it was right at 15" long and was roughly 3.5" thick across belly. This fish bent my Fleuger Rod over and kept it bent the whole time. I thought it was a drum or something else at first until it came to the surface, I caught all the fish between 15ft and 18ft, except one that I caught in 12.5ft which was the smallest keeper. I believe that if the wind would not have blew me off the water I could have caught a few more.

Good looking fish.

nice catch rudy that one is a hog for sure.if it was 15inches it was probably 1lb10oz to 2lbs. thats a beast

Nice fish Rudy!! I tried Bledsoe Saturday and got skunked. I will look for you next time I am fishing Shutes.
I have fished Laguardo a few times this year. I caught small crappie on the beds marked by TWRA. There are three big areas in that cove and all can be fished from the bank or a boat.

Hey titan very cool I hope I get to meet a fellow crappie angler. I have a white fibergalss Nitro with blue on the bottom 16.5 ft. I have only been fishing Old Hickory for roughly 3 years and caught my 1st crappie last year ( by accident ) and nearly missed it all. But after studying on the pre spawn, the spawn, and the post spawn I hope to do better this year. All the reading on the fish and with all the info on this site from all the guys here I have learned much more and is starting to pay off... but I am still looking for that 1 day 30 fish limit. Give description of your boat. By the way don't hold it against me I am a life long Proud RAIDER Fan.

Nice looking crappie!!

Thanks Guys