page_title: Dale Hollow Reservoir
section_title: Recreation
hierarchical_section_title: Dale Hollow Reservoir / Recreation
caption_attribution_description: English: Sunset over Dale Hollow Lake (Obey River) from the Obey River Campground, near Byrdstown, Tennessee, USA. The items silhoutted on the left are picnic tables.
context_page_description: The Dale Hollow Reservoir is a reservoir situated on the Kentucky/Tennessee border. The lake is formed by the damming of the Obey River, 7.3 miles above its juncture with the Cumberland River at river mile 380. Portions of the lake also cover the Wolf River. Dale Hollow is one of four major flood control reservoirs for the Cumberland; the others being J. Percy Priest Dam, Wolf Creek Dam, and Center Hill Dam. It is also the site of Dale Hollow Lake State Park on the north side.
context_section_description: The lake is also used recreationally. Water sports are moderately popular, especially water skiing.  Wakeboarding and tubing are two more water sports that can be seen regularly.  The main recreational use is fishing.
  Dale Hollow is well known as a prime location for smallmouth bass fishing, currently holding the world record for the largest such fish ever taken (11 lb., 15 oz). It is the lake that is linked with the name Billy Westmoreland, famed smallmouth angler of Celina, Tennessee. The lake and surrounding rivers, the Cumberland River and the Obey River also contain other species such as largemouth bass, crappie, muskellunge, walleye, catfish, gar, and trout.
  The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency and Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife each maintain jurisdiction over the lake's waters within their respective states. There is a reciprocal fishing agreement between the agencies, so recreational fisherman may be licensed by either state in order to fish in the reciprocal zone. Fishermen in areas of the lake outside the zone must be licensed by the governing agency.
caption: Sunset over Dale Hollow, from the Obey River Campground
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