I think I am going to join you Stripernut1 for a while. I used to fish Cland years ago until just about the time they lowered the lake but since they are starting to raise it I think I might start fishing it again for awhile. I love fishing Dale hollow and love the lake but my confidence is pretty low in it right now. But I am not giving up on Dale altogether I still plan to hit it time to time. I have talked with other good fishermen and they are reporting that it is not the lake it used to be. Glad to hear that someone is still catching size and quality cause I was starting to think like the post from "Fishin is Life", that the lake has some kind of a problem. Thanks for the report, it is always good to here the good things.