[Alphahawk]

Was able to get the kayak in very early this morning at Laurel Hill. Was hoping to beat the wind and fish the whole lake all day but that was not to be. Had to stay in a bay and while the size Gills I was looking for was not there the numbers and fight were. I only caught 4 Gills all about 7 inches. I did however get into shell cracker in the 7 inch range....now that is fun. I caught a total of 33 shell crackers. Don't ask where the big ones are as I don't have a clue. I found all of these fish using my side imaging. I would go bed to bed picking up 3-5 fish off each bed. Still no big numbers on any single bed but enough for me to have a little fun and find another one. I don't know if the shell cracker will being going back on bed soon or not but I will keep trying and find out. I am posting some pics of the side imaging to show what I was dealing with. If you look you can see a few fish on each bed. Sorry for quality of fish pics as was dealing with the sun. On the morning of the 21st of June I remarked on Doug Markham's radio show that the place to get a trophy Gill was either Dale Hollow or Laurel Hill. Well on the 28th of June a 2.5 pound bluegill was caught out of Laurel Hill Lake....and it was a regular northern strain and not a copper nose. They have a pic at the concession stand. It is quite a fish.


Regards