11-30 Dale Strong Bite today

[rickhise]

11-30-Fished today with better results, I found these fish in deep grass,
fished down by 1st Island/Goat.... stayed on fish till about 1pm, using livebait. headed to the obey an tried some long points hard bottom, no luck, went back to the grass an picked up a few more.
nothing real heavy today 19-20 inch fish...lake is still rising, good color.
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lake is completly fishable water temps 54, good color for Dale.
lake is rising, every so slightly my fishing is a little deeper than most, today for the most part i stayed in 28 ft. or so.. But i did find the fish were inside the grass, not on the edge inside,
if i can help just hollar

[mkmsports41]

Nice! One of these days I am going to get over there and figure out how to catch some smallies.

[Netboy Extraordinaire]

Very nice fish.Can you tell me what kind of setup you use to live bait fish for these Smallmouth? Rod, reel, line, hook, etc and such

[rickhise]

Very nice fish.Can you tell me what kind of setup you use to live bait fish for these Smallmouth? Rod, reel, line, hook, etc and such

6'6" spin med action, (nothing high end needed same w/spin reel, I use a high end P line also not needed this time of year, a good 8lb line will work fine, (fall lake stain, is a litttle more forgiving) line visability doesn't matter.
either carolina rig a egg sinker, 15 inches between hook an sinker, or use a split shot, both work kind of depends if you need the throwing distance, size hook, a good 2/0 wire crappie hook is fine, it tends to straightend gettting your rig back. from the boat 3 rods are allowed.

hook the bait on the nose if you want to drift it. behind the dorsal fin if you bottom fish.
A set up for a pattern is helpful, A. deep rod,B. toward the bank parallel, C. an one in between.

let me know if i can help, bait care with these temps now is also forgiving.

[Carter1]

As always, some good photos and report of your Dale trips.

[rickhise]

As always, some good photos and report of your Dale trips.

thanks,