1st time Dale Hollow help.

[crankinon]

Find the shad find the fish. Learn to use that graph. Smallmouth will be in about 10 to 20 feet of water right now busten shad. The water temp is around 53 right now on average so there just gettin primed up. They like to move around so dont be afraid to do the same. Ive been down there the last 3 weekends and have had pretty good luck. This wekend should be awesome with the rain and warm temps coming. If I had to use 4 poles it would be crankbait (suspending), small jig with small trailer, silverbuddy and a spinnerbait around the grass while its cloudy and raining. Good luck on your trip and I hope you guys wear em out. Please put em back for next time.

[wkerber]

The lake is turning over right now in the middle and moving towards the dam. Stay away from any black looking water by heading up lake where it's already past or down lake where it hasn't happened yet.
Best bet other than the fnf are a 6'6" to 7' Med action spinning rod with clear 8 lb test using a 1/4 oz brown or green jig with a trailer or silver buddy.
As Crankion said, find the bait fish balls.