Mon/tues of this week at Dale

[rickhise]

The temp hovered around 67. Fished around goat island, pulsey.
Drifted shad neat the bottom split shot 30 ish plus nothing less than 25ft. Deep water was always close Not big numbers but caught fish through out the day. Four measured 19 or so, not any bigger.
At dark the lake was active with shad flippen on the surface, around wolf & obey area. Still catchen a lot of 14-16 inch fish
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notice the 2nd picture there is a trace of that black fungus we see so much of on the large mouth we catch in colder weather....

Tues AM: Caught 6-7 bigger fish this morning: Temp was 64 start,
bottom fished in 22 ft of water next to the channel. Used shad.
The biggest was well over 20, none would touch, all good healthy fish, didnt weigh any but all were solid. The bite was fast all morning, One picture is of one of the fish with the black (stuff) inside the mouth...The last 2 pic's was the pm sunset last night and the am sunrise today, (save u some time lol)

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black spot in the mouth next
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pm/am sunset
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[raincheck]

Nice looking fish.I mite have too hit Dale someday too add too the list of places i've been...............

[Fishin is life]

Good lookin fish Rick...glad to see theyre startin on the minnow bite....almost time for me to start headin down there

[colvin]

do you use a throw net for minnows?

[kygorski]

Rick, how many legal sized SMB have you caught this year? The past 2 yrs could only get one that was close but no cigar.Anyone fall into your shad net lately?Larry is itchin to get out, maybe tuesday.

[Shimano4Life]

Good lookin fish Rick...glad to see theyre startin on the minnow bite....almost time for me to start headin down there

I never knew there was a time to NOT go to the Hollow.LOL!

Nice fish indeed Rick. They appear to have some growing bellies from shad. Thank you very much for your reports.

As far as the black spots go I have caught several fish with the black spots on them, mostly in late fall - late winter when the water temps are very cold. Makes for some interesting pictures.

Again, thanks for your reports. Seems like we can always count on you for Dale's water temps, depths the fish are holding at, as well as what's working at the moment.

[rickhise]

thanks guys,
nothing has hit 21 this fall some 20.5's
dont use a throw net, i have a lift net off the back of a HBoat.

I try to give the info id like if i was coming this way.....

I usually fish deeper water and i seldom use a bank as a reference point, depth an slight structure changes, with deep water handy will produce the majority of the time.

for those of you who want particulars ill help but i seldom check here everyday, so email me and Ill help if i can [email protected]

Its almost light enough headN out