Learn about fishing for Smallmouth Bass on Dale Hollow Lake.
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 "The World Record Smallmouth Bass of Dale Hollow Lake; with excerpts from the late Billy Westmoreland, the Smallmouth Guru Stephen Headrick, and Bob Coan."
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Darren Shell has captured the hearts of Smallmouth Bass fishermen and history lovers alike. From the World Record Smallie caught by D.L. Hayes in 1955, to Paul Beal's 1986 wonder caught on eight pound test line, this book showcases the history of the ten Dale Hollow Lake bronze-backs in the top twenty-five every caught in the world.
With excerpts from men like famous Dale Hollow fisherman Bill Westmoreland, the Smallmouth Guru Stephen Headrick - Shell has shown us the pages of the past and offered hints and theories about the future of Smallmouth fishing on Dale Hollow. Hear the stories as they happened, right on the world's leading Smallmouth-producing genetic wonder...Dale Hollow Lake.
SO YOU WANT TO CATCH A WORLD RECORD?
Shell has captured thoughts from some of Smallmouth fishing's greates men. The late Billy Westmoreland gave us top ten ways to catch his golden fish. And likewise, Stephen Headrick, the Smallmouth Guru, has given us his top ten too! Renowned Smallmouth guide, Bob Coan, has shared his wisdom on the subject as well
Read what the men behind the reel have to say about our next world record!
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Written by Ed Harp
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This article was originally published in Tennessee Sportsman, December, 2003
 Hair jigs and smallmouth bass go together like ham and eggs. A bait doesn't develop a reputation like that unless it works. Try these tactics for more brown bass this winter.
Once upon a time, long ago, anglers believed that their prey did not bite during cold water seasons. When early winter arrived, they put their rods and reels in the garage and waited for warm spring breezes. Modern-day angles know better.
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Dale Hollow, which produced the world-record smallmouth bass, still ranks among the nation's finest destinations for heavyweight smallies.
Rocky hollows bound ultra-clear waters, where heavyweight smallmouth bass lurk. Among the big bronze-sided fish, many Southern smallmouth anglers contend, are fish that would shatter the current world record of 11 pounds, 15 ounces.
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Written by Preston Moore
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Wed, 24 Dec 2008 6:12 AM |
 If you've watched Fox's hit show 24, you already know that stands for What Would Billy Westmorland Do. You've gotta wonder, even just a little bit, what one of the greatest Smallmouth fishermen, if not the greatest, would do if he was grinding it out like the rest of us in pursuit of legendary status that could be just a few feet and a good hookset away.
We're still left with the question, what would he do to increase his odds of eclipsing David Hayes' pig with gills if we were lucky enough to ask him? Well, fortunately for us, Jack Huddleston of Horse Creek Resort (www.HorseCreek-Resort.com) made sure of it that we wouldn't have to wonder. From what I gather, Jack made him sit down and write his top 10 ways to do it and we're going to share them with you.
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s twilight steals the glimmer from the clear, green water, Stephen Headrick finally takes pity upon me.
"I think you had some bites last night but just didn't know it," he says. "Tonight, pop that jig off the bottom; reel a little, and then watch your line as it falls."
"You'll see the bite."
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