Some of you may recall that on the order of a year ago I asked BR where I could move(I'm retired), fish all year and still be far enough North for smallmouth. Tennessee was the spot of choice.

 

I liked to fish and my wife liked to....well, I'm not sure what she liked to do which I guess was a major part of the problem. Now I'm in Tennessee fishin Dale Hollow and she's in Oregon doing whatever it is she does. Not the first woman to trash my net worth.

 

I bought a small place with a big garage for my boat, tools and truck. Had intended to leave the boat at a marina 15 minutes away but found a free boat-launch 6 minutes from the house. Have to give that a try first.

 

Some of you may not be familiar with DH. It has a wicked smallmouth slot. 16-21", 1 fish under and 1 fish over. That makes for a great population of catchable fish of decent size and I'm tickled. Also, there is no shoreline development, not even boat-docks. There are a very few marinas and parks.

Probably most everybody knows the world record sm came from DH.

 

I'd like to thank everybody that steered me in this direction. So. Thanks

Good luck with retirement & your pursuit of the big smallies

Going to fish DH this year. About 3 Hours from me and I can't wait to land those smallies. Amazing place to fish by all accounts.

If I could ever get a place on any lake, any where, Dale Hollow would be my choice hands down. Good luck man...I bet you're gonna love it!

Good luck.  I'll be there next week.  The fishing has been pretty bad this fall/winter, hopefully the warm weather this weekend and next week will get something going.

I use to camp on that lake with my family when I lived with my mom in Jamestown TN. Awesome lake alot of fun.