Hybrids at Tims Ford

[aero320]

This is what Hybrids looked like in a cove at Tims Ford the other day. The entire cove was full of fish:

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These are Alewives under the boat attracted with a Green Magnet light at night:

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This is a bait tank with some of the Alewives in it!

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Used an 8' Old Salt Deep Hole cast net to get down to the Alewives. There were at least 100 baits in this photo:

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I took those baits to that cove with the Hybrids and started fishing at daybreak. By 5:46 am, I had boated 20 Hybrids from six to eight pounds. Decided to troll for Rockfish and boated 13 fish using Urigs. Largest was 11 pounds. Fishing is just getting better!

[TNTomtaker01]

Nicely done! Unfortunately the tims ford hybrids and rock fish have always eluded me!

[XxthejuicexX]

DANG! that is such a pretty sight when you see that on your sonar. Tons of fish feeding all throughout the water column. Glad you had a good trip out.

[Travis C.]

Fish spaghetti....that's the stuff right there. I didn't realize there were alewives in Tims. That helps out a lot once the fish go deep.

Its about time to hit that up on Percy.

[aero320]

Fish spaghetti....that's the stuff right there. I didn't realize there were alewives in Tims. That helps out a lot once the fish go deep.

Its about time to hit that up on Percy.

For the last 28 years, I have believed that you could not consistently catch live bait at Tims. Thanks to some of the guys who fish in the East TN lakes, I can now catch live bait on Tims. Changes everything.

[Transplanted Sportsman]

Nicely done! Unfortunately the tims ford hybrids and rock fish have always eluded me!

First post but not introducing yourself that may come across a bit rude to some folks, maybe you would get more action at tims if you were not having so much fun with the crappie at woods I heard, any news on Dan?

[Transplanted Sportsman]

Sounds like you had a great day at tims as usual Aero, may have a chance to fish in a couple of weeks for first time in a while, may give tims a try for a change, you certainly know how to catch them, congrats!

[TNTomtaker01]

First post but not introducing yourself that may come across a bit rude to some folks, maybe you would get more action at tims if you were not having so much fun with the crappie at woods I heard, any news on Dan?

No crappie at woods!!! Lol haven't heard much from dan. How have you been doing?

[eksfish]

About how long did the light take to attract the bait? Is this a night before you fish thing or do you think it could be done a couple hours before daylight? Thanks

[Transplanted Sportsman]

No crappie at woods!!! Lol haven't heard much from dan. How have you been doing?
Doing ok I recon, just working too much, night shift 12 hrs 6 days a week, and taking care of the family doesn't leave much time to fish, welcome to the forum Matt!, a lot of great folks here that are willing to share all kinds of info.

sorry to hijack your post Aero, this is a good frind of mine

[agelesssone]

About how long did the light take to attract the bait? Is this a night before you fish thing or do you think it could be done a couple hours before daylight? Thanks

I know aero pretty well and we talk every time he's coming home from the lake.
He gets to the lake a coupla hours before daylight, goes to a spot 27 ft deep, sets his light out and waits about 15-30 minutes then starts casting. He says it usually doesn't take many throws til he's got his bait. Sometimes he'll put a bait on a hook and fish below the light and catch hybrids.

Your welcome aero!

[aero320]

About how long did the light take to attract the bait? Is this a night before you fish thing or do you think it could be done a couple hours before daylight? Thanks

I went out again this morning. I arrived at the lake at 2:45am, motored out to a bait spot and used the Terrova to hold position. It was windy this morning. I set out the Green Magnet, then filled the bait tank with water and treated it. Within a few minutes, bait was showing up on the depthfinder. Probably had waited 15 minutes. Caught a net full of baits on first throw and kept the best 20. Was finished catching bait at 4:00 am and fished under the boat for about thirty minutes. Caught a Hybrid and had a couple of more bites. Started fishing for real at 5:00 am!

[white95v6]

Awsome job as always....those striped fish in Tims Ford better look out

[StriperFan]

Great wright up. Love fishing the alewives on Tims Ford, it is the key.

[aero320]

My next task is to catch the alewives during the daytime.

[StriperFan]

My next task is to catch the alewives during the daytime.

I saw a video of someone catching alewives in one of the northern lakes using sabiki rigs during the day. I have tried this a little on Tims Ford with no luck. But maybe a tiny piece of worm on the hook might help out. I have been catching another type of shiner close to the bank with #12 gold hooks and a tiny piece of worm. I kept feeling the little bait stealers while fishing for blue gill, but couldn't get the hook in them till I downsized the hook. These shiners, not sure exactly what they are but they are not shad or alewife, but are a shiny silver and have been 3-5" long and have produced all of the desired species of game fish.

[MNfisher]

Awesome post!


Mike

[eksfish]

I know aero pretty well and we talk every time he's coming home from the lake.
He gets to the lake a coupla hours before daylight, goes to a spot 27 ft deep, sets his light out and waits about 15-30 minutes then starts casting. He says it usually doesn't take many throws til he's got his bait. Sometimes he'll put a bait on a hook and fish below the light and catch hybrids.

Your welcome aero!

Thanks, I appreciate the info, I've not fished Tim's very much because of the whole bait issue. Agelessone and Aero always provide great information for this board.

[jaystaler88]

How do you like The Green Magnet? Which size do you have? We leased a slip for the boat this summer on Cheatham and it's in about 20'' of water, so I was thinking about trying for some crappie under the lights.

Had luck up at Center Hill in the dead of summer fishing under lights