Quote Originally Posted by elnutsmalljaws View Post
First of all real nice fish. I never met Gary Garth the reporter on this story but he has no clue as to what he is talking about. Read the text below the picture, he said the man was planning on fishing for Stripers at "Dale Hollow" with Randall Gibson. I am no expert and never claimed to be but there is no way in hell that he was fishing for Stripers at "Dale Hollow" for there are NO STRIPERS IN DALE HOLLOW. He may have been targeting Stripers at Cumberland where Randall has caught his fair share but if Gibson and this guy was going to drag a Striper out of Dale Hollow then I am going to hire Mr. Gibson myself for he is the best fisherman on this planet. I guess anyone can be a reporter no matter what the skill. Maybe I can get Mr. Garth to write an article on the 6lb Smallie I landed at Guist Creek last week or the 30lb Striper I caught out of Cedar Creek yesterday, those fish don't exist either but?????

Elnuts, I think I can clear up why it says that. If you read the article written by Gary Garth it never says they were going to fish for stripers at Dale Hollow, it says the dates were for striper fishing, but he was talked into going Smallmouth fishing. Here is my educated guess on what happened, having worked in the newspaper business for several years.

The trip was originally booked for stripers, but Randall talked him into Dale Hollow Smallies. Since they weighed the fish at Strange Bait and Tackle in Burkesville, I would guess that the striper trip was originally planned for the river instead of the lake.

When a writer for a newspaper supplies his article, he only identifies the person in the photo and in this case, the species of fish or game. A copy editor in the sports department at the C-J does the page design and adds the caption with information from the article. I am pretty sure the copy editor made the mistake, not being a fisherman and not realizing the difference in where they were going to fish and where they ended up fishing.

I won't defend Gary Garth on his qualifications, because his resume` speaks for itself. I am just trying to explain how a mistake like this could happen.