Dale Hollow in october

[JHill]

My parents are wanting me to take them down to the lodge at dale in october and do some fishing. My question is what would i expect in oct at dale. I normaly only fish dale in the winter for smallmouth and they will be happy with anything. tried to get them to go to a different lake but they r set on dale because of the beauty in the fall there. what should I expect as far as the fishing goes? thanks in advance. P.S. it doesn't have to be bass we are chasing.

[Dave Clark]

Hit me up Dude and I'll give you some patterns for then. [email protected]

[artcarney_agr]

In October:

The smallies are more than willing to take a topwater if it's a little bit cloudy. Nothing more fun than catching smallie on topwater. They'll smack it and leap 4 ft in the air!

As for sunny days, I had better luck with the largemouth than the smallmouth. The largemouth were up shallow, in the grass. I caught some really nice ones with a Spro Bronze-eye over the grass beds. Spinnerbaits worked good as well. Lots of spotted bass in with them too.

[newriver]

Transition time at Dale from what I have experienced. Night bite is slowing down. I have trouble with the day bite this time of year so I usually wait until Mid to late Nov when the water cools down more. Go to Smalljaw.com and look back at previous years reports and water temps for the times you will be there.