Dale Hollow this week....

i have fished dale hollow for 30 years & there are no secret holes or spots . dale has more guides than any lake i have fished & more people fishing the lake every day, dale is not that big , so get to fishing behind somebody. jmho

You are correct in that ther are no secret spots at Dale Hollow, but there are those spots that DON"T stick out like a sore thumb on the map, those spots that you would run right by them at full plane and never give them a second thought to fish, those spots that if someone told you held fish you would still question it when you saw it and that is one of these spots. It may be fished by many that have found it over the years but I guarantee you it is not fished nearly as much as the other "Community Holes" that I see fished, or at least it used to not be.

It was good meeting you on the ramp. Good luck on your next trip for I am waiting until the 6th at least to get some steady cold temps to get this water temp to stabilize. At least it is my left shoulder and not my right, which takes the brunt of the FNF cast. It will defineately take more than this to keep me away for the next couple of months.

hey Elwood, sorry to hear about all of your troubles down there man. how's that shoulder doing? sorry to hear about your honey hole too. You told me about that spot and I never made it down there to give it a try. I'm the same way with my spots, I only tell the few people that I know arent going to be spreading it around. So far I've been lucky enough that no one has spread the word on them. you'll find you another spot like that, there are a hundred of them on every lake in ky man.

i think many have learned that lesson the hard way, i know i have lol. its gotten to a point where i have to start being selective about who i take fishing on certain lakes. some people just wont take the time to find their own spots. oh well, happy new years.

This whole thing is not about the "Spot" or the fact that fishing stunk last week and I am trying to blame someone for that. It is about the fact that I asked someone for his word not to take his clients to this particulars spot, that he said he had never fished before, and then I see more and more boats on this very spot time after time after time. People can say they have known about it for years, fished it for years, but funny thing is, I had not seen a boat on this hole until after I had my outstanding day and then subsequent days as well. Mike and Cliff both were in the boat with me on seperate days the past couple of weeks, when we were crowded out of the spot by 2 other boats it is so popular. I finally asked one of them how they knew about it and they said "He" had brought them there on a guide trip. They had no clue who had told "him" about the spot to begin with. When I ask "him", he flat out lies to me and says he has NEVER taken a guide trip to that spot in the past, just like he PROMISED. You just don't do people like that or at least I don't.

My last official post on this topic. Good Luck to all in the New Year in landing the 12 pounder.

I know exactly what u are saying!!! It is the principle of the whole thing that stings the most!! When a man gives u his word u take him for it!! Not only that is is very disrespectful to ruin a great hole that someone stumbles or across or more likely the case works very hard to find!!! But alas alot of people out there would rather reap the rewards of someone else's hard work!!!