I want to see the Brownfish that could pull me out of the boat as well.Originally Posted by mhall
I have decided that I am turning PRO and now call myself a PROFESSIONAL FISHERMAN at Dale Hollow. That is correct, you read it right, a PROFESSIONAL FISHERMAN. The only drawback to this is that I am also an AMATEUR CATCHERMAN as well. KVD, Luke, Nixon and all those other Pro's need to change their titles to PROFESSIONAL CATCHERMAN, for I am in the PROFESSIONAL FISHERMAN club, not only a member but the President as well.
Friday night fished Mitchell Creek and a few favorite spots on the mid lake. Never got a pattern together, I caught one good Greenfish around 4lb on a Spinnerbait and Chunk landed a good Smallie just shy of 4lbs, on a 3/4 oz jig just before sunup on a ledge. Tried just about everything, I had another one hooked but did not get a good hookset, made a comment to Chunk that I never got a good set a few seconds before I LDR'd her (LDR - Long Distance Released). Decided to give up on the usual stuff and fish nothing but humps and ledges on night 2. Launched on Night 2 and went to my first ledge, located, threw out marker, backed off and Chunk lands a good Keeper Spot on the second cast with a C Rig and 10" power worm. This ledge and hump running was new to me on Dale for I had never done it exclusively at this lake before so had to find them all in the dark, some with GPS service and some without. On spot #3, I hooked a good fish on a C Rig that I fought for a few seconds before she got me hung up in some deep brush pile. Went in after her and could feel her pulling on the other side of the pile all the way up until she broke me off, same spot where I lost a REALLY good Smallie on a spinnerbait 2 trips back and a spot that if you get bit is usually a GOOD fish. Fished a few others on the way down the lake then went to the spot that I told Cliff in the room, if we can find it it will produce. No GPS service but found it by Spotlight on the banks and sonar. Threw out marker, backed off and first cast Chunk lands another Smallie just shy of 4lbs on a Big Jig. This is where it gets REAL FUNNY for Cliff starts comparing me to Dave Stewart, saying find it, mark it, cast and land a good one. There is a long gap between Dave Stewarts guiding ability and mine and no chance of the gap closing any time soon. Chunk lands another while I am still smelling the SKUNK in the back of the boat. Very slow bite, so we made a drastic change basically for me to catch anything, so we hit this one bank that has a bunch of laydowns in water up to 30 feet deep. I would have taken the smallest Spotted Bass by this time. He lands the smallest Smallie that he has ever caught in the lake and I am still on SKUNK. We head to my favorite #1 deep flat to sling some spinnerbaits for nothing caught here are less than 3lbs either (per my experience). Until this night when I manage to haul in a 6" Greenfish, that is 6" not 6lbs. I laughed it off but I was off the SKUNK. Hit a few more spots to no avail, then went to my favorite lit boat ramp, told Cliff where the honey spot was and he so graciously let me have first shot, and I manage to catch the SKINNIEST Greenfish that I have ever caught. It was 15" long, Keeper, but barely weighed a pound. No belly at all and looked horrible. A few more cast and it was on the trailer, back to the motel for a nap, then head back to the house. Tough catching, lots of fishing. Counting these 2 nights, I have had 3 good nights compared to 8 horrible nights at Dale the past couple of months. More fishing than catching but that is what it is all about. I did talk to Steve Headrick on Saturday and he said a guy showed up at the store and beat on the window at midnight Friday night for he saw the light on and wanted Steve to weigh a fish for him. 8lb 11 oz Largemouth caught on a big jig DEEP. Really nice fish for August, easy 10lber in the spring. From what Steve says, 5 fish a night are good night right now. Good Luck to all.
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