Outdoors writer, and my friend Darren Shell has shared yet another tale from Dale Hollow Lake with me that is such a good read, I have asked to share with WFN. With his permission here is an inspirational fishing story written by Darren. As always I am glad to pass these along, and I am grateful for his help supplying reading material for the fishermen out there while I have been busy

  Late February and early March has proven to be the primary time for anglers to catch a trophy bass. All across North America many lakes produce quality bass in the pre-spring, pre-spawn time frame. As the lakes come alive following the winter with the emerging forage, and bass tend to feed to prepare for the spawn. In this season trophies are caught and records have been broken. In

  Crappie in the southeast much like most of North America, are active all year round, but there is something about early spring that will compromise the appetite of these amazing fish. The warming of the early spring water temperatures triggers a feeding binge in crappie as their metabolism begins to speed up as the approaching spawn is near.      Crappie will

  We all love a great fishing story, and when they are about a great fisherman, they are even better. My friend Darren Shell, an established author and story teller,  asked me to share this poem with WFN. It is a tribute to yet another great angler of days gone by. " The Ghost of Tony Bean"  by: Darren Shell February 2012 By now, most fishing friends and family of Tony

  The Dale Hollow Dam had been completed by 1943 and the lake was filled by the end of 1944. The new lake gave the people of the area new recreation and trade in an area that was once small communities and farms. In the late 1940’s, a man by the name of O. H. (Hoss) Marshall, owned property on the lake and began his business with a small mud boat ramp called Marshall’s