So about Dale Hollow?

[nobass]

i was talking with the guide. june july and aug you must almost night fish for smallies with jigs. top water bite is about over they do good in april and may. fall pattern is again some top water and plastics most for lg . nov dec jerk baits and dec thur march float and fly. we caught are top water on a #3 rapla minnow black or gray back. they lg would look at it but really hard to get to take it. smallies different story. it is really neat to see a smallie come up from 10 or more feet and watch your bait when you see the fish stop bait and let it get close shake your rod tip and hold on. the dale hallow smallies are like nothing i have ever caught for fight. will not quit till in the net which is no easy task. like all have said no or little veg mostly lay down. coves you can be fish 15 feet off bank. see a 2/3 ledge at shore line and its in 5 foot of water. comes off ledge be in anything from 10 to 30 plus feet. there where time i was throwing to lay downs on bank 20 feet away and sitting in 50 foot of water. the dock is 27 foot deep. shore fishing is almost immpossible. but the fishing is like no other place you ever fish. i would be more than will to go back in fall. lake also has spots or ky basss and lots of red eyes. big gills crappie are plentful and some are in 2lb rannge. if you never fish there a guide would be a great help to learn lake.