Fished Cumberland Today

Pre-fished all day on Cumberland today. 2nd time in a week. Still could not get a legal keeper. Tournament going on this weekend. Talked with some locals on lake & they only caught short fish. Caught a 16 inch crappie. Hats off to you guys that are catching those keepers. I threw everything I had except fnf. Dont have fig for it. Just short fish.
In all:
4 hour drive time each way
54 gallons of gas on boat
1 smallmouth 15 inches
numerous largemouth 12-14 inches
numerous spots 10-14 inches
1 crappie 16 inches
water temp
main 48-50
creeks 50-55
Still beats working. Good luck to all.
Ray

That is a costly trip. I am planning to go to the Cave tomorrow. 2 hour trip, 15 gallons of gas for the boat, total of around $85 in gas. It is getting expensive. Not counting food. Add another 15 bucks.
Dave

If you had spots up to 14" then you had some keepers unless the tournament rules raised the size limit on spots to 15".( I know this was done with the Bullett tournament last fall)