Cumberland Conditions - 3/29
Dam end. 10 am to 7:45pm EST. Water Temp 47.5 to 49.5 F . Visibility about 4ft. No trash. Main lake pts were churned up some from wind/chop in afternoon. Saw one bait ball all day. werent actively seeking them as fish were more active than we expected based on 47.5 starting temp. Fishing solid. Fairly even mix of LM SM & KYs. Almost every LM was pigmented,
Cumberland Conditions 4/1
Had to scrape snow of vehicle before leaving :) Dam end. 10 am to 6:45pm EST. Water Temp 48 to 51F . Visibility about 4.5ft. No trash. Alot sunnier today after noon. Main lake pts much clearer today. wind not as bad and laid down late in afternoon Fishing very solid but alot different than tuesday. 76% of bass caught were SM and fish had moved to diff type banks and bait preference and presentation changed. numbers slightly less but quality better. Saw alot of bait balls on Main Lake off pts and deeper at 30ft in mouths of small creek/coves between pts.
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Cumberland Conditions 4/7
Dam end. 930 am to 7:30pm EST. Water Temp 50.5 to 54 F . Stayed mainly in Creeks. Visibility about 2 to 4ft. A few pieces of wood floating from storm the previous night in morning. Main lake pts were churned up some from storm. not many bait balls in creeks. Fishing very good. Mainly SM and Kys. We lost 2 Keeper+ SM and a big LM:mad:. The last smallmouth broke my partner off taking his fav and sacred jerkbait. Then put on an ariel show for him trying to shake the lure loose. Jump completely out of water 6 times. Took his soul :)
Cumberland 4/24 Conditions
930 to 730 pm EST . Dam end 53F when got there. 58 when left. found 60 in back of creek. Visibility 4 to 6 ft unless in back of sub creeks and then 2 to 3 ft. no logs or trash. Bass fishing very good. Admit i was expecting it to be a little tough after front came through last night. even caught 2 stripers on A rig. not many bait balls.
Cumberland Conditions 4/22
Dam end. 915 am to 7:30 pm EST. 57 to 62F. 4 to 5 ft visibility. Water up a few feet from our trip last week to716 Ft some floaters. lots of yellow pollen on surface in back half of creeks. 80 sunny and very little wind. Saw a lot of male bass cruising in very backs of creek arms. not too interested in anything we threw at them. A few big females too. fishing decent for 1st hr or two. Quantality not quality. quite a few dinks, 1 solid keeper LM, a few chunk KY several 15 to 16" SM Shade was key. Once it was gone the next several hrs were a grind. one here one there. Then had a 20 min flurry early evening and picked up 3 keeper SM but unable to duplicate as we hopped around. Not as good as last 4 trips but a decent day considering the bluebird skies. the dinks, seeing lots of fish and a ton of follows kept the interest and hope alive. 23 total.
threw A LOT of different baits at them. caught on Shaky, crank, jerk, and a rig.
A couple of sidebars. been to dam ramp 5 times in last several weeks and the auto fee machine was working once.
In case anyone is missing anything. There was a peculiar acting silver hair man in a black/dark mustang sitting at top of ramp. We waited to until he moved to launch and didnt see anyone else around trailers/trucks in lot. He was gone when we dropped vehicle in lot after launching. Our Cat Converter was still there when we got back.