Dale Report

Put in at Wisdom early Friday morning. Water temp 52 degrees and cloudy. Tried to get a grip on the pattern the fish were in and out in the main lake you could find pods of shad with fish holding on them in 40 to 45 ft of water suspended from 20 to 40 ft. A lot of fish were holding in the chanel at Wisdom. The sad word on these fish we could not get to bite. Otherwise, there seemed to be alot of fish holding on wood pushed out in the lake by old slides. We couldn't get them to hit as well. We ended up with 40 nice bluegill taken on redworms in 45 ft of water off slide wood on cliffs. These were in the 6 to 10 inch range. They will be good on a cold winter's night with corn bread, cold slaw and coffee. Wish I had a better report, but that's the way it was. We were going to stop by Cumberland on Saturday, but the rain set in and the wind was howling. From what we saw all fish were 20 ft and down, so maybe with this cold weather, the F-N-F will pick up. Merry Christmas to all.

Good gills, nice report. Bluegills can be tough when it's cold, those will be some fine eating.

Thanks Bonefish,

That's just the worst thing, finding the fish but having them laugh at your offerings! That's when my wife will offer some comforting words like- "It's okay, you're just not as smart as these fish." Thanks, I feel sooo much better now. :o

Those 'gills will be tasty! Doesn't get any better!

[quote=birdstrike;310746]Thanks Bonefish,

That's just the worst thing, finding the fish but having them laugh at your offerings! That's when my wife will offer some comforting words like- "It's okay, you're just not as smart as these fish." Thanks, I feel sooo much better now. :o

Those 'gills will be tasty! Doesn't get any better![/quote]

O those wife's they do have a way with words--I had my wife with me one day over at Taylorsville Lake she was in the back seat reading a book-now here i was catching fish on every 3rd an 4th cast not big 12 -13 inch range, i turned around and asked her if she was going to fish-She dropped down that book and said when you start catching bigger fish i will start fishing ouch--Yes that was the last time she went fishing with me lol :)

I vividly remember the last time my wife fished with me. Picture your Sweetheart, Darling Wife who wants to bluegill fish with a bobber and worm, and you a bass fisherman, who is use to being on the constant move. Well, let me tell you that situation was as volatile as black power in a camp fire. I was trying to find a hot spot for bluegill for her, and she just not understand the "moving thing." She got so mad she wrapped the bobber and line around my neck and tried to chock me. Needless to say she has not fished with me since. I guess my failure was I did not introduce her to bass fishing early in our relationship. However, she doesn't mind me fishing, but then that might be because I am out of her way at home.

Man, I got to have one cool wife. She loves to fish and sometimes it's her idea for when we get to go sometimes. She now like to Bass fish, tie her on an RC5 ShadRap and give her her pole and she will be content until she catches a fish. Then the screaming and stuff like whoooo get it off, get it off, look how much bigger mine are than the ones your catching. Want me to show you how to catch them honey.... But I take all the wisdom she has to offer and just laugh inside..... But once she's done, she just grabs a book and is content on however long I want to fish. Can't ask for a better fishing partner than her at times I guess.....:)

I went down to Green to do some night fishing and my wife decided that sounded romantic and wanted to go. We get out at dusk and I get the light out and get all my gear in order and she's already cold and board. Well, this night is a bust right? wait a minute, she lays all the life jackets on the floor, puts on her coat, uses mine for a blanket and goes to sleep! :) Back in business. Soon enough the baitfish show up, a little later the fishfinder lights up like a Christmas tree. There are fish from the surface to the bottom 40 feet below. I can't believe my eyes or my luck... well guess who wakes up? When she realizes she's been asleep on the cold floor of a john boat it's game over! I don't know how a 120 lb woman can scare a 210 lb man, but I was scared and we did go home.

Ok we are on the wife thing now lol--This is true guys - had my wife with me at Beaver Lake we come in to a cove on the right going up the lake,i said you throw a buzz bait an ill throw what ever--so i showed how to work it don,t let it hit the water hard crank it and keep it on top--down the cove we go splash an splash she was killing the fishing lol ..we went down the cove an worked our way back out i got a few small ones right at the end of the cove i said give me that and i will show you how to do that again-It didn,t make a splash i was bringing it back slow BAM a fish.. got it in the boat it went 5 lbs i turned an said thats how you do it-she got a real mean look on her face--But i loved it--guess thats why the smart answer at Taylorsville--lol get r done :)

hey thats great news for me, I'm a bluegill fishermen most of the summer. were thjese fish on the bottom? I have had little luck with finding them once the real cold water sets in.

Larry, there were a lot of fish on these old slide trees on the bottom. I think a lot of fisherman do not realize how much fish relate to old slides on rivers or on lakes. These trees can slide 50 to 100 ft out into the lake. The trees we were fishing were a good 100 ft out in the lake. When a slide occurs, sometimes the trees still stand erect, and now that the water is low, you can see some the tops of these trees standing in 25 to 35 ft of water. If you did not know what to look for, you would not know these trees would be so far out in the lake. You can find these slides by looking at the hillside above the water. There will a section of earth missing. I am sure some of these fish were crappie, bass and catfish, as well as bluegill, but the crappie and bass would not bite. I try to carry in the boat a few redworms. Redworms are candy to bluegill. You can use night crawlers, but it you want a sure thing, the redworm is the way to go because nothing smells like a redworm to a bluegill. They give off a odor all to their own. They are like the "green worms" you dig off the river banks that have an odor that channel cats are crazy about. In these trees use 6 lb line with a number 8 or 10 wire # hook so if you get hung up, you can pull it off without loosing the hook. Since these gills were in 45 ft of water on the bottom, I used a 1/8 oz sinker 18 inches from the hook, so it takes less time to reach the bottom. Dale has some good size gills and crackers. It seems right now they are holding on bluff slides on the wood. Use your graph to located these fish. Good luck and Happy Holidays!