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Reply With QuoteLower portion of the lake is best, usually from Wolf Creek to the dam. Main lake to front half of the creeks. As for technique, I would say live trolling live shad/shiners/alewives would be hard to beat.
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I'm planning on trying to hit Cumberland this June for my first striped bass. My friends usually fish Barkley, but want to try Cumberland. What general area and techniques are people successful with for stripers in June.
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Lower portion of the lake is best, usually from Wolf Creek to the dam. Main lake to front half of the creeks. As for technique, I would say live trolling live shad/shiners/alewives would be hard to beat.
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We fished for them on Friday. Got on the water about a 1/4 5 central time at the damn. We headed up the lake towards the beaver creek area. We were limited out by 930 central time. Caught em all on alewives. Caught most of them on planers. Had a few hit the down rods in about 30ft of water but the majority came on the planers between 10 and 20 feet out from the bank around points and rock walls and had a few hit us right out in creek mouths. Look for pods of fish on your graph before putting lines out. The fish are moving out to the main lake and you will waste a lot time just trolling around, they are hard to stay on top of but when you find em they are willing to hit. They were biting kind of soft so be on your toes. Hope this helps a little..........
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Sun and Mon
Caught fish in about 30' of water (near deep water) on 16' downlines using alewives and a few on threadfins. The first fish, 35 incher, hit on a downline so ditched the planner boards and fished all down. Three keepers, nice one got off near the boat due to operator error I think and quite a few 16 to 23 inchers. Nice smallie too.
Sat Bottom fished with shinners on a flat at bugwoods (straight out from James toward the radio tower) caught nothing at all. Not all that far from where I fished Sun and Mon.
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I'm looking at going in late July and just using a guide. I understand summer striper mortality, but I'm concerned about dishing out 300$ catching 2 fish and being done. Are most fish caught under the limit or what is it like.
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Any respectable guide will stop fishing for stripers once the limit is boated. Yes, that may mean you catch two fish and you are done.Originally Posted by tstevens51
Andrew
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Used a striper guide in Tn last year we fished all day did not keep our limit until late in the day and caught lots of fish and only lost one fish to the heat but he did insist they were released quickly
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They do not die right away (they will swim off) and when they do, they do not float. If the water temp was anything close to where Cumberland is right now, you guys probably killed every fish over 21 inches and even the smaller ones are iffy..
Stressed stripers in warm water causes a build up of lactic acid, which depletes the ability to retain oxygen. Without oxygen, the fish becomes paralyzed, suffocates and sinks.
Any respectable guide would know this. If it were water temps in the low 70's or lower, it's a little different story.
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Are the strippers still hitting top water baits at night or is that over now?
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Pretty well over, if it ever really got started this year, lol. You can just about Bank on a May flood anymore, I think three years in a row now, it's put the Kabosh on the good night bite in my humble opinion.
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I bet you could pick up one or two with a crankbait. I don't know this personally because I never fish for stripers in the summer, but I've been told that you might be able to get a couple at night with deep divers.
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I was planning on booking a trip with a fellow Cornhusker Clayton Oxford of hollarwoodguide.com, but I'm not totally comfortable with him from email exchanges. Has anyone gone out with him or can somebody reccomend a guide service.
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