08-11-2011, 07:14 AM
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Will do man.
Congrats on the great year I know you're on the short list for being able to say that in 2011.
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08-11-2011, 07:23 AM
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Originally Posted by fishfindergeneral
You hit the nail right on the head about Horse Creek but only after big rains for big trout. I have told bd about this in the past.
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I hit Horse Creek last winter around Christmas but struck out. It might have just been a bad couple days. A local I talked to at the marina seemed to think the trout just hadn't moved into the creeks yet. Not sure. Maybe I'll try again this winter. At this point I'd be happy to even locate the small trout - after that I can work on finding the bigger ones.
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08-11-2011, 07:23 AM
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My nephew is Donnie. He guided out of Hendricks Creek. He is no longer full time but still guides for a few customers that only come once or twice a year and only want him. Would give you his last name but he might not like it and has this thing about the internet anyway...LOL. He had to go back to "real" work to get health care. While he does not Trout fish he knows where they are at. Since Dale Hollow is hard to fish from the bank I have to bum a ride when I go there. I catch most of my Small Mouth at Center Hill walking the banks. When they are in close I take them all on 2# test line...most of my fish run from 18 to 24 inches. I am on the Pro Staff of Trout Magnet and the Small Mouth love that tiny bait. Now when I do go to Dale Hollow I step up in line rating to 4# test...LOL. I get more hook ups there with 6 and 7 pound fish that I need that extra power. While I love catching the Small Mouth at Dale Hollow I go there to get into those monster Bluegill. When people talk of Dale Hollow they think "Small Mouth" but it is one of the premier Bluegill lakes of the South for trophy size Gills.
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08-11-2011, 07:27 AM
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Originally Posted by fishfindergeneral
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By the way nice fish and that is a killer Trout!
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08-12-2011, 07:42 AM
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Dale Hollow Rainbows
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Originally Posted by Alphahawk
By the way nice fish and that is a killer Trout!
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Check out these rainbows www.troutdhl.com put us on in May. After a few hrs in the cooler rigor mortis had set in so they look a little funny.
http://www.fishingtn.com/attachment....4&d=1305082660
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08-12-2011, 08:33 AM
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I am going to assume you were fishing very deep...is that correct?
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08-13-2011, 07:31 AM
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That depends on the time of year. Before the thermocline sets up they are quite high in the column, after that they head deep.....
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08-13-2011, 10:26 AM
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Still working on this trout thing... some more scouting attempts on Horse Creek will be in order this winter.
FFG, when you find the trout high in the water column in the cold weather, where do they concentrate? Do they follow bait around, do they relate to channel drops and structure, or are they just scattered?
Also, do you ever see them sipping insect larvae on the surface? That would be a dead giveaway if I could find them doing that but I haven't seen it so far.
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08-13-2011, 01:40 PM
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Nice fish.I dont trout fish so I cant tell but what does a trout like that weigh?6-7pounds? Good looking fish all of them.
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08-15-2011, 06:28 AM
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weight of trout
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Originally Posted by clean air
Nice fish.I dont trout fish so I cant tell but what does a trout like that weigh?6-7pounds? Good looking fish all of them.
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We didn't put them on the scale but I want to say that the biggest rainbows were around 24-25 inches. The girth really impressed me. The rainbows in the lake seemed to be a lot chunkier than river fish.
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08-15-2011, 05:28 PM
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10yrs ago you would never hear of people catching big trout out of any TN lake.Our waters have come along way.Now they just need to put something in Normandy.Trout or hybrid would be nice.Normandy is full of shad I dont know why it never got stocked with hybrids.20yrs ago muskie was put in woods they should have tried it on Normandy.People still catch a muskie out of there ever so often.It would be nice to chase something big close to home.
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08-15-2011, 10:17 PM
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Originally Posted by clean air
10yrs ago you would never hear of people catching big trout out of any TN lake.Our waters have come along way.Now they just need to put something in Normandy.Trout or hybrid would be nice.Normandy is full of shad I dont know why it never got stocked with hybrids.20yrs ago muskie was put in woods they should have tried it on Normandy.People still catch a muskie out of there ever so often.It would be nice to chase something big close to home.
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I am not sure Normandy Lake could support Trout year round...I may be mistaken but I don't think it is cold enough. They put Muskie in Laurel Hill years ago and then poisoned the lake to kill only the Muskie...at least that was the plan. They killed all the fish. I was not there but have seen the pics...what a shame. You should have seen the size of the Muskie in there and the lake was doing just fine with the other specie.
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08-16-2011, 05:50 AM
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Wow!! That is unbelievable! Why kill the muskies! What a waste of money and a good resource!
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08-16-2011, 07:06 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by clean air
10yrs ago you would never hear of people catching big trout out of any TN lake.Our waters have come along way.Now they just need to put something in Normandy.Trout or hybrid would be nice.Normandy is full of shad I dont know why it never got stocked with hybrids.20yrs ago muskie was put in woods they should have tried it on Normandy.People still catch a muskie out of there ever so often.It would be nice to chase something big close to home.
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If I am not mistaken they started stocking Walleye not too long ago and they have taken hold pretty good. It should turn out to be a solid fishery for them.
caption for attatched photo: TWRA biologist Todd St. John with 12-inch walleye taken from Normandy Lake in November(2010).
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08-16-2011, 07:12 AM
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Hey Dave,
Do you know which ramp access they dedicated to D.L. Hayes? I seen something on it a while back but forgot which one.
If any of you are up that way, they have a photo that is actual size of the smallmouth he caught on the sign at which ever ramp it is. The fish is way bigger than you might think.
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