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Dale Hollow Muskies
« on: January 11, 2011, 12:16:52 PM »
Any of you guys chased dragons on Dale Hollow? It's a totally different game. No timber to speak of, very little grass. No where to ambush from,  they thrive in open water.
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Re: Dale Hollow Muskies
« Reply #1 on: January 11, 2011, 12:23:51 PM »
That's a beast!
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Re: Dale Hollow Muskies
« Reply #2 on: January 11, 2011, 01:05:54 PM »
Looks like you need a bigger camera! Amazing fish.....
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Re: Dale Hollow Muskies
« Reply #3 on: January 11, 2011, 02:44:30 PM »
Or a better photographer, Thanks guys
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Re: Dale Hollow Muskies
« Reply #4 on: January 11, 2011, 08:20:19 PM »
Quote from: fishfindergeneral on January 11, 2011, 02:44:30 PM
Or a better photographer, Thanks guys

What time should I plan to be there?  ;D
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Re: Dale Hollow Muskies
« Reply #5 on: January 11, 2011, 10:02:52 PM »
Jesus that's a huge fish!
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Re: Dale Hollow Muskies
« Reply #6 on: January 11, 2011, 10:19:28 PM »
A beast , for sure. Congratulations on a great fish :)

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Re: Dale Hollow Muskies
« Reply #7 on: January 11, 2011, 10:26:01 PM »
I like that hook, it looks like it just clamps down on the fish!

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Re: Dale Hollow Muskies
« Reply #8 on: January 12, 2011, 12:43:36 AM »
Quote from: Baryonyx on January 11, 2011, 08:10:26 PM
But wait...I thought someone on here said a while back that MUSKIES...can't FEED in open water effectively!...GASP!!!

re-read what I a wrote. You'll never get numbers with open water on some TN impoundments. A few outliers are always possible ;)
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Re: Dale Hollow Muskies
« Reply #9 on: January 12, 2011, 09:50:38 AM »
Bfish, have you ever fished Dale Hollow?
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Re: Dale Hollow Muskies
« Reply #10 on: January 12, 2011, 10:55:58 AM »
Quote from: fishfindergeneral on January 12, 2011, 09:50:38 AM
Bfish, have you ever fished Dale Hollow?
Short answer, YES. ;D

Long answer, spent 10 years in Cookeville working on my undergrad and graduate degree in fisheries.
Bary onyx has suggested that eutrophic reservoirs be stocked with muskie, and he didn't like my response.  He has a failure in the ability to understand that a two-story oligotrophic reservoir success with muskie doesn't translate to other regional reservoirs. And that the expensive muskie stocking would have more success by stocking in nearly natural river systems where muskie are native and habitat conditions exist where the likelihood of success is greatly increased.  ;)

PS nice fish.  Did you get a length? Reminds me of muskie I see in Munuscong, Michigan.
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Re: Dale Hollow Muskies
« Reply #11 on: January 12, 2011, 11:33:01 AM »
Don't forget that Dave is about seven feet tall, so that thing is truly a monster! 

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Re: Dale Hollow Muskies
« Reply #12 on: January 12, 2011, 06:27:22 PM »
Another incredible fish from Dale Hollow. I have never fished there, looks like I need to check it out.

Fish of a lifetime for some, fish of the week for fishfindergeneral.

Good fishing,
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Re: Dale Hollow Muskies
« Reply #13 on: January 13, 2011, 12:21:19 PM »
I am just learning about Muskies, but based on there shape, I would guess they have similar capabilities as a saltwater barracuda.
Very good at ambushing in shallow water around cover, but also able to use bursts of speed to hunt effectively in open water.
Now I just need to catch a few to prove some of these theories valid.

I think the biggest thing about stocking them in large reservoirs is that the cost/benefit would not be reasonable. Kind of like the lake trout that TWRA has stocked. If no-one can catch them, then there just is not economic value and the funding for the hatcheries and management just will not be there.

With the interest that is being generated on Muskies now that could all change.

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