Dale Hollow Today...

[mhall]

Wait till one over five hits that jerkbait.........

[smljaw]

Many years ago I worked at Spivey's Sporting Goods in Lexington. Remember Spivey's guys? They had a huge fish tank in the middle of the store with different fish in it, including bluegill, 2 big crappie and a 6 pound LM we named Bill. A guy came into the store one morning and had just returned from Cumberland. He brought us a 4 pound smallie to put in the tank. At first the smallie went absolutely nuts! It nearly ripped that tank apart for about 15 minutes. The water cleared up later that day. After about a week it ruled that 1500 gallons of water! When we would do our bi-weekly feedings the smallmouth was awesome to watch. It would charge the baitfish and flat tear them up! It would rush the bait like no other in the tank and was relentless when eating.

All this said, I can see how a big brown fish could rip the rod from your hands when jerkbait fishing. I'm fishing Dale next Thursday - Saturday and hope to have an experience like that... uhhhh, except for the rod getting ripped from my hands part.

[BPenrod]

I wish Spivey's was still here in Lexington. We had Spivey's in Woodhill, Ledford's on Versailles Rd., Russ Duggins at Meadowthorpe Bait and Tackle, the 2 Allied Sporting Goods Stores, those were the good old days!

[ryan_ekubass]

i was using a staysee 90 and it was the pearl with the yellow streak down the side i dunno the color.......

[ryan_ekubass]

Wait till one over five hits that jerkbait.........

i can only imagine.... i mean it was jerk jerk wham.... u ever throw a ball past a dog that is on a leash and it dont know it... thats what it felt like. it honestly startled me....... i know i am hooked on the jerkbait bite now thats for sure.,...