Outdoors
Second monthly 5-fish-limit event blasts off Friday night
CELINA-The second of a monthly series of five-fish-limit tournaments hosted by Friday night tournament director Luke Sherrell to compliment his regular weekly series will be held here at Dale Hollow Marina this weekend. The June event featured several good sacks and a significant total purse worth over $1,800–thanks to the $100 entry fee, and [...]
Continued2009 above average, but fighting uphill battle in erasing 3-year rainfall deficit
By KEVIN DONALDSON CELINA-The first half of 2009 hasn’t been a drought-buster by any means, but it is running considerably ahead of the precipitation totals registered here the past three years. Three months with six-plus inches of rainfall has put 2009 about a month ahead of the 30-year average, coming on the heels of [...]
ContinuedThursday night tournaments averaging well over 30 boats
CELINA-Over 60 competitors have assembled here at Dale Hollow Marina on Thursday nights this past month to fish the ‘smallmouth-only’ events, with the last two featuring 34 teams of fishermen. “We are tickled to death to see such great participation this year,” tournament co-director Jeff Smith told the HORIZON Monday. “It’s a testament to [...]
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“Swinging bridge” open again at Pleasant Grove
DALE HOLLOW-The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at Dale Hollow Lake has given public notice that the suspension bridge at Pleasant Grove Recreation Area in Clay County is open and available for use. An inspection in April of this year revealed structural problems that posed potential safety risk and deemed it unsafe for [...]
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6-pound sack takes first place from large field Thursday night
CELINA-Marty Buford and Billy Joe Botts took home the top spot here at Dale Hollow Marina last Thursday night at the ‘smallmouth-only’ tournament with an ‘over and under’ limit weighing 6.12 pounds. They pocketed $240 from the series’ first 30-boat field of the year, thanks in part to their 4.62-pound smallmouth over 21 inches [...]
ContinuedSpillway release at dam generates lots of interest here, there and everywhere
By KEVIN DONALDSON The recent spillway release at Dale Hollow Dam certainly generated more interest than anything in a long time in the community, at least things of a non-political nature. The interest wasn’t just in the community, either. People familiar with the lake from visits here over the past few decades were quite [...]
ContinuedWater Safety promoted in gateway communities
Dale Hollow Lake is a vacation destination, which also receives an abundance of local and regional visitors-about 3 million a year. Each of these visitors will enter the lake through a gateway community: Burkesville and Albany in Kentucky and Celina, Livingston, and Byrdstown in Tennessee. The staff at Dale Hollow is committed to sharing [...]
ContinuedSaturday night tourney captured with a 3-fish limit of smallmouth
CELINA-Brandon Cross and Michael “Smiley” Savage teamed up to win the latest Saturday night tournament held here at Dale Hollow Marina this past weekend with the first 3-fish limit of smallmouth the series has seen since its inception. The team used a smallmouth over 21 inches long weighing 4.06 pounds and two under 16 [...]
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A rare occurrence at Dale Hollow Dam
SPILLING OVER-For the first time in 20 years the Dale Hollow Dam flood gates were opened Monday due to extremely high lake water levels. Almost six inches of rain has fallen in the first 10 days of May, warranting the first spillway release since 1989 to counteract a four-foot elevation rise over the last week. [...]
ContinuedBoles and Tucker win first Thursday night event on their way to back-to-back victories last week
CELINA-Joe Donald Boles and Ted Tucker teamed up to win the first smallmouth-only tournament held here at Dale Hollow Marina on Thursday night, May 7, with a pair of fish under 16 inches long. Their total of 2.13 pounds handed them $132 for first place and started their week off right. The win was [...]
ContinuedBoat Smart Super Saturday sails for fun on area lakes
CELINA-Volunteers have teamed up with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at area lakes for Boat Smart Super Saturday on May 16. Super Saturday, the kickoff to National Safe Boating Week, May 17-22, is geared to promote boating and water safety while having fun at the lake. “Wear It,” referring to life jackets, is [...]
ContinuedThree big smallmouth show up at Star Point
BYRDSTOWN-A trio of smallmouth over 21 inches long made the trip up to the scales here at Star Point last Saturday night for the weigh-in at the second night tournament of the year. Among those was one weighing over five pounds that handed this week’s victory to Adam and Gary Militana of Cookeville. The father-and-son [...]
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Rare Occurrence at Dale Hollow Dam
