Originally Posted by
kygorski
ever think about dale? good gill and some shell crackers,and there is ery little boat travel.Right there in the launch area at the state dock, on the east shore there are a few good areas, the water drops off, there are some deep weeds,I've caught a lot of gills that are 7" inches and a few better. Across from the launch there is a channel that runs to the Tn side, Stay on the east side of the channel, there are weedbeds all over and some good deep water fishing for shell crackers and gills.Get a hold of rick hise maybe hell even lend you a few dozen alewives. He also can let you in some of good pan fish sites on dale, the spawning should almost be over,but that area near the state dock has some very good pan fish.but the boat traffic is a birch, Since I lived close to dale and cumberland and I liked to eat fish, I did a fair amount of gill fishing, Sometimes I'd go twice a day, once for eaters and then some bass or stripers, or even stay closer to home and go trout fishing.