dale Hollow smallie's

[fisheater]

Thats for sure,no matter how good you are shad kicks butt down there.My first time at Dale,i thought i would try to fish artificial,about 5 fish to zero i gave up that idea.Only had 4 days and i didnt want to waste a minute.Most impressive lake ive ever been on.Where else can you catch 30 or 40 non keepers a day and have a sore arm.Cant wait till april.

[markmac60]

I'm courious about the live shad versus artificial. I haven't been down to Dale Hollow enough but in the few times I have been there we've had more luck with the live bait than the artificial. Maybe I'm not going about it correctly though. In the few times that I've fished artificial there, we basically jigged main lake points and secondary points. Some good luck but not a lot, typically this time of year too. What are some of the other artificial methods that you guys have used that prove successful (if you don't mind sharing)?

[rickhise]

I think you'll find the guides here use live bait for several reason's the fish are much easier to reach with live bait, for the most part the live bait is being fished 30 ft. and deeper the customers can catch greater numbers...with that being said this lake has windows of oppertunity, for certain artifical baits that produce. These techniques take a lot of experience on this lake, clear and deep are 2 big factors, Right now the Ky's are coming in good #'s and size. On both live and artifical, good rough windy days and some cranking can produce some big smallie's just use the wind to put the bait fish in your favor

if your good and you need to be with electronic's here, the channel bends and humps are very important its a science for sure.

anytime i can help will be glad too