Dave Hensley
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The only time I fish Craig is at night and in the winter. I avoid the heat and ramp lice that way.
Smallmouth on Norris
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bassracr
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I spent a few days at Christmas chasing some smallies around dale hollow
my view on Christmas day
football 
chunky spot 
my view on Christmas day
football chunky spot
Dave Hensley
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NICE!!!!!!!!!!! Those fish are toads. Going to Norris tomorrow. Lake is back down and they are sluicing so good current. Really needing a good trip.
bassracr
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I hope you get on them Dave .I envy you guys being down there so close to all the good fishing .I have to drive 4 to 5 hours for a good shot at some nice smallmouth . All the fish I caught on that last trip were toads ,they all looked like they really have the winter feed bag on.fat and healthy .the nicest one I caught was 20 inches ...had to be real close to 5 pounds . It was absolutely a pig .it was raining so hard I did not want to get my phone out to take a picture . It rained 95% of the time I was there but it sure was nice just to get away and feel that "thump" on the end of my line
Dave Hensley
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What part of the lake were you fishing? Have taken houseboat vacations out of Willow Grove. Don't know much about the rest of the lake. Throwing a jig? Live bait?
bassracr
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Typically I fish the upper end of the lake,but the place I usually stay was closed for the holidays so I stayed and fished on the lower end of the lake this trip ,Horse Creek ,Indian creek, and others close to the dam. Caught a couple on a 5 inch grub , threw a silver buddy and a tailspinner without much luck , The majority of my fish came on a green and brown football jig , I pulled up on one bank and they were just eating that thing up .water temp was 58• so I'm sure much better action will be anytime now
Dave Hensley
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Perfect day weather wise yesterday. Bite was slow. They were sluicing water and usually current makes for good fishing. Could not find bait in big schools over fishable depth. Had 7 bites. Lost one at the boat. Had one good size Spot and three nice Smallmouth. 2 were 18" and onr 19".