Dale Hollow living up to its T.A.R.P. lake reputation

[fishfindergeneral]

I felt great to get back on the water after my off season.(mid March thru mid April.) I fished Monday with a family from North Dakota. Great people. I decided to get up early before my charter and fish for some crappie for the table before I met them at the dock and Dale decided to give up a true slab. Then I met them at the dock at 630 and we had two more T.A.R.P. fish in the boat by 10 am. that's three different species in less than 6 hrs of fishing.

[MNfisher]

Awesome! What was the length of that slab?


Mike

Keep livin' the Dream!

[XxthejuicexX]

How big was that Crappie ?

[Travis C.]

Nice crappie man!

Hope the you guys and the kids are well.

[nomad60]

Crimony, that's a big crappie!

[browntrout]

I know Dave is a big guy so that crappie must be huge just looking at the proportions to the picture!!! Nice one!!!

Dave are the smallies on the spawning flats up there yet?

Roy

[Reel Tune]

Wow, that thing is huge.

[fishfindergeneral]

Guys, it was almost 16. And yes they are. Although they seem to be staging on steeper banks this year.

[SAMBOLIE]

Dave, does that sized Crappie count as two in the live well?

[FloatNFish]

What a slab! Good looking fish, Dave.

-Alex

[MNfisher]

Originally Posted by fishfindergeneral

Guys, it was almost 16. And yes they are. Although they seem to be staging on steeper banks this year.

Sweet!


Mike

Keep livin' the Dream!

[fishfindergeneral]

SAMBOLIE, if it doesn't it should. I had a few others, the smallest being 12 inches.

[Transplanted Sportsman]

Very, vey nice slab Dave!!, congrats!!

[jaycee]

My wife got 3 TARP in one day Bluegill, shellcracker, and smallmouth.

Wish I was a little closer.

[fishfindergeneral]

There's no better lake it Tn for multiple T.A.R.P.s. my personal best was a Muskie, walleye and a smallie and the next day we had a 29 inch rainbow.