Crappie on the Hollow

[DENNIS BOWERS]

Got out about 6:30 this a.m..thought i"d beat the lake lice.Got set up on one condo an caught several 6 to 8 inchers.Moved a hundred yards or so to another one in 27 ft. of water.Both fish alarms started goin off before i ever got stopped.In the next hour or so I caught 8 keepers 10 to14",an pry 20 throwbacks{some 9-9.5" but not quite there!}!!Moved to a third one ,caught 2 real quick an here came 3 jetskis!Needless to say it was the beginning of the end-within 1/2 hour there were all kinds of boats & various others!!Guess they decided to start early too!!WAs gonna take some pics but batterys were dead in the camera,got em charging now so maybe tomorrow!! Good Fishin To Ya !! DEnnis

[kygorski]

Got out about 6:30 this a.m..thought i"d beat the lake lice.Got set up on one condo an caught several 6 to 8 inchers.Moved a hundred yards or so to another one in 27 ft. of water.Both fish alarms started goin off before i ever got stopped.In the next hour or so I caught 8 keepers 10 to14",an pry 20 throwbacks{some 9-9.5" but not quite there!}!!Moved to a third one ,caught 2 real quick an here came 3 jetskis!Needless to say it was the beginning of the end-within 1/2 hour there were all kinds of boats & various others!!Guess they decided to start early too!!WAs gonna take some pics but batterys were dead in the camera,got em charging now so maybe tomorrow!! Good Fishin To Ya !! DEnnis

I wont fish this weekend, today in summerset Ky saw some guys with a 27 ft blue water racer fueling up, the flag ship of the Ohio Navy for sure!!Maybe see yah out there in a couple of weeks, leave a few for me!

[wannalearn]

Won't be fishing this weekend either. Too much traffic.

[tnvol]

Dennis:

We went to the Hollow this week and fished for
bluegills...down on the lower section in Horse
Creek and other smaller inlets off the main channel.
Do you often fish for bluegills there? If so,
do you find that the average 'gill on Dale Hollow seems
larger than other TN lakes? We often get 20-30 gills
in the 8-10 inch range.

[kygorski]

Dennis:

We went to the Hollow this week and fished for
bluegills...down on the lower section in Horse
Creek and other smaller inlets off the main channel.
Do you often fish for bluegills there? If so,
do you find that the average 'gill on Dale Hollow seems
larger than other TN lakes? We often get 20-30 gills
in the 8-10 inch range.

Every once in awile I run into those monster gills, not as often as i'd like though, .


what is your favorite gill bait?I used to use crickets but they are just too much of a bother.Jumbo redworms are my favorite now.Every once in awile when I can find them bee moths and a small 1/32 oz jig on a slip bobber does good, but too many small ones also.

[DENNIS BOWERS]

Dennis:

We went to the Hollow this week and fished for
bluegills...down on the lower section in Horse
Creek and other smaller inlets off the main channel.
Do you often fish for bluegills there? If so,
do you find that the average 'gill on Dale Hollow seems
larger than other TN lakes? We often get 20-30 gills
in the 8-10 inch range.

I think it depends alot on the areas you fish,but on an average i"d say their bigger.I have 2 mounted on a mount #1-11",#2 10 3/4"-tried to upload pic but it said my file size was to large?Not to good at this uploading!! AS for my favorite way to catch em-1/2 a nightcrawler on a #2 hook,1 splitshot bb. tightline it moving slowly-if theres one there its going to eat it!! Good Fishin To Ya!!Dennis {decided to stay home this am too,to many nuts on the water!!]

[tnvol]

Kygorski :

We have been using the large mealworms with good
success. Crickets are always good..but like you said,
the worms are less problems. Like Dennis..we also use
1/2 nightcrawler when in grassy areas. They seem to
stay on the hook better..and the average size fish seems
to be better, also.

Dennis:

The tightline method is what works for us, too...usually
throwing into the shallows..and working it back as deep
as 25 ft often. Just have to be careful not to throw it too
shallow..as the small ones seem to hang around the rocks.

Keep up the reports on Dale Hollow..love them!