Fished with Know1 from the board.....

[GeoFisher]

We fished Dale Hollow........Tough bite for 3 days. Tougher than I thought it would be.

We did manage a few on Friday but nothing to brag about. A few small fish on Saturday, and a couple even smaller fish on Sunday.

Know blanked yesterday, and I got lucky on a jig. Embrey stuck a couple yesterday but nothing to brag about.

I really think when they are pulling, it makes things tough.

Not too tough though, since the Billy had a few boats that weighed overs on Saturday and Sunday.

I'm headed back next weekend and maybe the next.

[HURRICANEBOB]

If it was Know1 from the board, was it someone that wasn't from the board?

[know1]

Good times with you and Embrey, Geo....even if the fishing was tough.

One correction, I blanked today. Yesterday I caught a grand total of 1!

Looking forward to doing it again!

[rickhise]

Hey guys it was a real hit an miss time from the stories i heard.
I too matched your results.
I was talking to myself, after i get back to the boat, (houseboat) I questioned those regulars around me an learn most of my neighbors had similar stories.
i blamed my failure on my bait way smaller than i like.
Guys if you can get back and are around the state dock an want to try some livebait, I should be able to help.

just send me an email...I may not check back here in time.
[email protected]

[Fishin is life]

Talked to a guy that was down there today, he fished with live bait and wound up with 12....Using the creek minnows....said he didn't have any overs but several in the 18+ range

[Tim_T]

I was supposed to go back this Tuesday, but with all the rain that is supposed to be coming, we postponed for a week and are now going on the 14th!

[colvin]

Where can you get the "creek minnows" referred to...do you have to sein them from a creek?

[Fishin is life]

minnow traps most generally

[GeoFisher]

Talked to a guy that was down there today, he fished with live bait and wound up with 12....Using the creek minnows....said he didn't have any overs but several in the 18+ range

Aren't there "rules" about transporting bait from one body of water to another??

CERTAINLY not trying to start something here......just asking a question.

On a side note, one of the biggest/baddest bluegills I've ever seen came off a creek chub that I had caught, froze, thawed and used very, very early one spring.

Had I known, that bluegill would have been an Indiana state record. Yea, I ATE it.........I was 15 or 16 years old and it made one hell of a samwich.....

Later,

Geo.......

[pastorbass]

Went down saturday and fished hard all day. It was slow and tough. I had a largemouth just under 4 pounds, two smallmouth (small ones), and had a pig spit my crankbait. We fished TN and KY. No luck in Tn, did see some guys catching fish around islands on a spoon or silver buddy. Our only fish came in Illwell around Wisdom.

[HURRICANEBOB]

Aren't there "rules" about transporting bait from one body of water to another??

CERTAINLY not trying to start something here......just asking a question.

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Geo, hope this answers it, I think as long as they are native to KY, and not a sport fish it's okay.

LIVE BAIT FOR PERSONAL USE
(301 KAR 1:130, 1:122)
No live fish, live bait fish or live
bait organisms that are not native orestablished in Kentucky waters shall be
bought, sold, possessed, imported, or in
any way used or released into waters of
this Commonwealth. Blueback herring
are not native to Kentucky and may not
be imported or possessed in this state.

Having read and said that, does make we wonder where all those shiners come from????

[thebassman30]

Nice meeting you Mike!

The fish are transitioning from Fall to Winter. Lots of things working.

Live bait seems to be the favorite.

We ran into some guys fishing with minnows and we told them we were fishing the Billy. They gave us all kinds of room and even went back up creek as they saw we were jacking them.

This has not been my experience in recent weeks as they tend to move right in.

I don't care how you choose to catch them, but we had a respectable number without using live bait. Plus, you still have to put it around fish.

If you ever want to avoid all that live bait mess, take a trip down to the Punisher "One Stop" and ask Stephen what to do (he's been getting out a few days a week lately)or call any of the guides on Smalljaw.com. They will help you.