Cumberland River Fishing this week and a word of caution
Went twice this week, Monday out of Burkesville and yesterday we put in at the dam. Slow fishing above burkesville. We did catch 2 rainbows north of 16 inch but only caught 6 between us. We used spinners and orange rapalas. Yesterday fishing numbers were better. We caught 13, but all 12 inch stockers. Silver spinner was the lure that worked the best. We have fished the river a good bit over the years and I'm not sure why we didn't catch more. Seemed like we had good conditions. Monday we were on the river at sun up. Weird.
Now my cautionary tale. We were floating along and the current picked up. They began letting water out and the river came alive. No big deal, we were hoping the current would help the bite. As we approached a log, I began to steer the trolling motor to move the boat toward the middle and avoid hitting it. I was late and in a split second the boat was sideways on the log, with the water pushing us up the log with the other side digging into the water. Water splashed over the edge for a second before we both jumped to the high side, literally righting the ship, and managed to get off the log. Scary and the closest I've came to sinking my boat. Be careful out there!!! **** happens fast!!