Thread: Old Hickory Frustrated

Looking for some guidance on crappie fishing in and around Nashville. I've lived here for 5 years and up until Nov. I lived in Madison 10 min from the dam. I fished that part of OH a lot in spring and summer. I had 2 springs where I did well finding crappie in some creeks off the main lake, but this year and last year I can't buy a crappie in those same areas. The other two areas I've spent time in are Shutes Branch and Cedar Creek. I really like those two areas better, but just haven't gone as much since I lived so close to the dam. Now that I live up north of Nashville, I'll be driving 30-40 min. no matter what part of the lake I fish. I have a small 1442 Crappie Jon w a 25 Johnson. I can get around quick, but when the wind gets up and boat traffic gets up; I don't feel safe running the main lake.

My next trip, I'm thinking of launching in Drakes Creek or driving over to Cedar Creek. With my boat size and setup; I need some semi-protected areas off the main lake to fish that are deep enough to hold some crappie. I'm a single-pole fisherman exclusively.

Any tips or other areas I should check out? Docks? Laydowns?

I'm tired of going and catching 0 crappie; especially with my kids I'm afraid they will lose interest! If I can't figure out something on OH in the next couple trips, I'm going to check out Percy I guess! I've deer hunted on Percy Priest and the areas I hunted and accessed by boat looked like good crappie spawning habitat!

Thanks!

Originally Posted by johnboy1

Good luck with information on OH, those are some really tight lip fisher man on that lake. I wish you the best.

LOL, don't blame em; its a hard lake to fish from my experience! I've gotten some good direction though and a list of areas to try where I should be somewhat protected from main-lake wind and boat traffic. I'm hoping to have a boat upgrade this year that will open up more of OH and PP to me.