Water temps 55-56, lake is turning over from First Island south to the Dam, done turned over north of that with good color. Catchemall and myself had a fair day, 1 over 21 1/4 inch 5-1 that Catchemall did in fact catch plus he had a good 15 and change under fish plus 1 slot, I had 11 total with 4 unders and 7 slots, 3 of our 5 unders were perfect 15 plus inch fish and fat, a good 2 1/2 pound fish. We would have weighed in just over 10lbs if the Billy was today but that is fishing for it is tomorrow. We caught our fish in singles and left fish because I know we could have caught more if we stayed on spots. All fish were caught on 4oz tungsten Pink jigs flipped into the laydowns with no weedguards and a 10" Pink Powerworm trailer. That is all I can say until Sunday after the Billy is over. Fishing is Fishing and Fishermen are Fishermen that tell more lies than truths but based on what I heard at the dinner tonight, I do like our chances. The only lie I told on this post is the pattern but anyone that knows me, fully knows how I caught my fish but where and with what is a bit of a secret that I will let out of the bag later, at least with what but not where. I will give you a small hint, they were all caught in Dale Hollow Lake, where there is water, from the Dam to Wolfe River Marina. Hope this narrows it down for you. On a sad note, I broke off the first 4 fish on the hookset which I will tell later because it may just give away a bit more of the pattern. I should have caught 15 and we should have had 18 between us but a 10lb sack is still pretty good in a Smallmouth only format. tomorrow we will NOT leave fish until we have 2 overs and 2 unders then we will head back to the marina for some lunch and take our chances. 63 boats in the Billy and there are some pretty good fishermen here so we will wait and see.
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