Fishfindergeneral boatin the hogs again...

[Travis C.]

http://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2013302210035&nclick_check=1

He caught another huge muskie (51") and 3rd in three years. All three would have set the state record.

Congrats Dave!

[jimj3561]

Nice BIG fish!

[blink]

Wow!
Has anyone on here used his guide service before?

[ojibwa]

Awesome fish man. Those Dale Hollow fish look totally different than the Great Falls and Melton Hill fish. Beautiful markings.

[Reel Tune]

I think that fish would have surpassed the state record. That is very noble of Dave to release the possible SR fish, there are not many people that conservation like minded.

Jeremy

[browntrout]

I think that fish would have surpassed the state record. That is very noble of Dave to release the possible SR fish, there are not many people that conservation like minded.

Jeremy

Where is the "Like" button? LIKE!!!!!!!!

[fishfindergeneral]

Thanks Guys, I can understand why some people keep their first legal muskie after all the hours, often in the worst possible conditions.(one time we launched when it was only 5 degrees) As a natural fishery, Tdub discontinued the program over fifty years ago, they did throw us a bone by raising the limit to 50 inches. with replicas available, one day i'd like to see a catch and release fishery.

[fishfindergeneral]

baxterboy from this site came out with me. ive tried to lift and post his post here. you can find it by searching Dale Hollow on this site, its on page three.. 3 TARP trophies on Dale Hollow in 90 minutes!!
A friend of mine from work named Matt, his father-in-law Randall, and I spent the day on Dale Hollow with Dave from trolldhl.com (screen name fishfindergeneral on this site) Matt and Dave's kids play on the same soccer team here in town, and after reading fishfindergeneral's posts on this site, I've been wanting to make a trip up to Dale Hollow to see if the rumors (world-class fishery, 18 inch SM are common, etc.) were true. We met Dave at the ramp at 6AM for a full day of fishing. The lake was extremely high, and we had to dodge some debris while we trolled, but despite the conditions, we had a great day with 5 personal bests.
Matt caught his personal best rainbow and a beautiful 21 inch Tennessee Angler Recognition Program (TARP) smallie, Randall bagged a 20 inch TARP smallie and a monster TARP rainbow with a 15.5 inch girth, and I got some really nice bows and a 19 inch smallie. I had a whale rainbow trout spit the hook about 5 feet from the net. Attached are 2 pics of the best rainbows we had all day which are now in our freezers. We'll probably be eating trout fillets for weeks. My camera wasn't working earlier in the day when we caught the smallies, so I'll try to post those pics when Dave gets back online and emails them to me. As if the fishing weren't enough, we saw a couple of bald eagles soar above the boat and perch high on a bluff.

-James
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[Reel Tune]

Here is the shortcut to the thread that Dave is talking about, for anyone that has trouble with the search function.

http://www.fishingtn.com/showthread.php?t=4146

Jeremy

[Travis C.]

Wow!
Has anyone on here used his guide service before?

I booked dad a trip in May and plan on taking plenty of pictures with dad grippin-n-grinnin.

Just gotta figure out how to get these two months in between out of the way.