Guides on Dale Hollow?
 

My brother might come up the last of Nov. or the 1st or 2nd week of Dec. I would like to get him into some small jaws if possible. Does anyone know of some good guides that are reasonably priced? Are we going up at a good time? Any suggestions would be appreciated.

There is a great one on here.

Dave (fishfindergeneral) is a trolling guide on the lake and the best at it there is up there. His photos on the website speak for themself. If you guys are interested in trolling. You catch smallies and other species as well.

http://trolldhl.com/

Here's a nice lil muskie he guided to:

http://i467.photobucket.com/albums/r...l/IMG_0549.jpg

That is an awesome time for the float and fly on Dale Hollow lake. My brother used to guide on Dale Hollow lake and he worked with Bobby Gentry. I have fished with Bobby several times and he knows the lake as well as anyone. I would highly recommend him. I am posting a link to his web site. Hope this helps.

http://www.bobbygentry.com

Roy

Whats scary about that picture is I have swam in the exact spot he caught that fish.

Travis, I doubt a fish that size going after your trouser magnet.

Meant to say trout magnet.

Hahahaha! I think we have a new nickname for the TM!!!

:D

You never know. He might have eaten the smallie that ate the crappie that ate the bream who ate my trout magnet.

By the time all was in it's stomach and to full to fight my 2lb test pulled him right in.

I guess you have to be careful who you fish with when they say they will bring the bait..

Check out http://www.dusktodawnguide.com/Dusk_...vice/Home.html

lolol. :d:d

Thanks for all the information on the guides, guys. This is why I love this forum!

thanks Travis, we do well on the smallies that time of year plus the walleye should be hitting hard then too. Greg from Dusk til Dawn will have ended his season by then I believe. He also guides out of Horse Creek Marina.

My bad, I guess Greg has recently started guiding Float n fly..

Mdp are you from murfreesboro ?? On any predator hunting sites? As far as guides I hear mark Adams is a good one ,not sure about dale hollow .

Titansfan,

Yes I'm from the Boro. Does Mark Adams have a website?

615-829-3902 mark @adamsguidesvc.com

Reason I asked is there is a guy on our predator hunting forums that uses Mdp(murfreesboro police department) southeasterncoyote.com. as a matter of fact that guy came to our meeting back in march at shoneys!! Was that you??? And yes he has a site as well as a Facebook. Google his name along with guide service in tn

Sorry Titansfan but it wasn't me. I think I know who you are talking about though. I work with him and will ask him about it when he returns. He took 2 weeks off to go hunting. Go figure. Thanks for the info. on Mark Adams. I will have to call him to see if he does Dale Hollow though. it wasn't on his website.

To fish Dale Hollow, I believe you'd be better off getting one of the guides that work that lake full time.

The first time I went to Dale Hollow I left thinking there were no fish in it... That lake has a history of humbling seasoned fishermen..
I'm thinking about hiring a guide this winter.


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What would be your intentions with a guide?

To learn different techniques...


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To put us on some fish. My brother-in-law has a house on Horse Creek but last time we were up there about 3 years ago we couldn't catch a cold much less a fish. I would like for my brother to catch some small jaws when he comes up and I know Dale Hollow is notorious for them.

Dale Hollow is also famous for kicking anglers in the ass, too, LOL.

Bill Dance filmed a show on Dale Hollow many years ago. In three days of fishing, with a guide, he caught three smallmouths, biggest being about two pounds.

This time of the year, I'd be fishing shiners on six pound test on a light to medium light action rod. Probably fishing bluff walls and points, no weight, free lining, definitely from first light on.

Just remember, it's DALE HOLLOW!

I fished it last winter using the techniques listed above. Me and two friends. They each caught and landed three smallies, none bigger than 17 inches. I had three on and didn't boat one.

The next day I boated three while the other two, Dale Hollow experienced fisherman, hooked none, boated none. So, it can be a humbling lake.

Ageless,

Dale is fishing TOUGH right now. I regularly check on other forums and they all have the same consensus: fish are with bait, and the bait is staying in 35-50 ft depths. Towards evening the bait starts to move shallow, but the bite is only marginally better. After this coming cold snap, the spoon bite should turn on. I think the shiner pattern is a month or so away from being good. I hit it last year after talking to you about it, and midtnkayakangler, my bro in law and I took our kayaks out there. We fished near cedar creek and I landed 3, biggest was around 3.5 lbs.


Chris

I spent three weekends at Dale Hollow so far this fall and it is nowhere near where it usually is fishing wise.. I'll probably go back in a few weeks though..


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You guys recommend any particular spots on Dale hollow I'm going tonight.
And then hitting Caney Fork at daylight.

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Chris

Not really pertaining to the thread but is related sort of: Bill loves smallies so much that the TN Smallmouth plate numbered 1 is his.

Get Dave from Troll DHL
 

I went with Dave last year and we did really well.

Trip report here:

http://www.fishingtn.com/archive/index.php?t-4146.html

Rainbows over 10 lbs and several TARP smallies.

James