Dale Hollow is ON FIRE

[Ky Trophy Fish]

We have been fishing Dale hard for 3 weeks-drifting shad,flippin shad,even bottom fishing when the wind was blowing so hard you couldn't hold boat with trolling motor.Been struggling to put 6-10 fish to boat each day.Size has been awesome but bites are slow.Water temps have been some of the problem ,BUT main culprit is the hugh dieoff of threadfins.Some of smallies would burp a small handfull of threadfin when brought to boat.Till shad that are weak and dead are used up, bite will still be slow.Seen a great improvement in last week ,but bite still ain't where it should be!

[BRS]

We have been fishing Dale hard for 3 weeks-drifting shad,flippin shad,even bottom fishing when the wind was blowing so hard you couldn't hold boat with trolling motor.Been struggling to put 6-10 fish to boat each day.Size has been awesome but bites are slow.Water temps have been some of the problem ,BUT main culprit is the hugh dieoff of threadfins.Some of smallies would burp a small handfull of threadfin when brought to boat.Till shad that are weak and dead are used up, bite will still be slow.Seen a great improvement in last week ,but bite still ain't where it should be!

What happen to the threadfins KY?

[Ky Trophy Fish]

Threadfin shad are very sensitive to water temp below 40-42 degrees.When water temps get below 40 degrees ,they start to stress and die off.You will see schools of threadies near surface flipping and swimming sideways in cold water temps,watch closely and may see some slowly start sinking.When this happens gamefish don't have to work very hard for a meal.Cold water also slows down gamefish metabolism.Plenty of easy food +slower metabolism= a tougher bite.Not all the threadies will die off.Dead and dieing shad sink to bottom,sometimes turning bottom white.Fish will feed on them till they deteriorate.Coots and sea gulls were around State Dock in March like fleas on a dog slurping up a free meal.Fished Dale today ,alewives are starting to get along banks getting ready to spawn.

[BRS]

Thank you for that answer KY. No wonder my partner and I coundn`t get a hit. Glad to here the elewives are moving up maybe the fish will be looking for a fresher meal and move up with them. Thanks again.

[BRS]

Threadfin shad are very sensitive to water temp below 40-42 degrees.When water temps get below 40 degrees ,they start to stress and die off.You will see schools of threadies near surface flipping and swimming sideways in cold water temps,watch closely and may see some slowly start sinking.When this happens gamefish don't have to work very hard for a meal.Cold water also slows down gamefish metabolism.Plenty of easy food +slower metabolism= a tougher bite.Not all the threadies will die off.Dead and dieing shad sink to bottom,sometimes turning bottom white.Fish will feed on them till they deteriorate.Coots and sea gulls were around State Dock in March like fleas on a dog slurping up a free meal.Fished Dale today ,alewives are starting to get along banks getting ready to spawn.

Thanks KY