RE: My Trip to Cumberland
Hey Chub I had no idea you were a fellow from this site. I am the guy you were talking to at the ramp. I'm sorry you had problems and sorry for no fish. Fishing was extremely tough. I had a few on Sunday with one keeper. On Monday I broke a pretty good fish off in the mouth of Harmon creek, probably four or five pound, and caught one decent Ky to save the skunk for the day. Don't feel bad, nobody was catching fish that I heard of, it was just dead. I hope all the problems worked out and hey there is always next time. Cumberland can humble the best bass fisherman in the world. Earlier this year at the Walmart tourney names like Larry Nixon, and many others never weighed a keeper for three days work. But believe me they are there, I've had some days you dream about on that lake and when it's on it's really good. Don't give up and give the lake a try in early spring, March, April and May. Had a few trips early this year that were awesome. One day I had a 20lbs in five fish all released of course after taking good pictures. Only one was a good spot and the rest brown bass including three over four and one that went 5lb 5oz. Hang in there and I'll see you at the lake. My name is Mark and I fish out of a blue and white Champion with a 150 Yamaha on the back. And yes to answer youR question I think that Cumberland is overall having a very bad year for the bass fishing IMHO. :-)
RE: My Trip to Cumberland
Sorry Tim for not catching any fish but I think Cumberland has been down ever since 2004. The April Showers did not come until May/June and flooded the dam parking lot under about 4 feet of water. Drought all summer that followed kept the lake level low, then the lake rose 13 feet in September (I think) one day when the hurricane rains came thru. Then they pulled the water down and had that Walleye Fish kill for the water that was being pulled was basically from the "Now" thermocline and fish were floating everywhere. Even killed the trout in the fish hatchery. I was told they rented dozers to bury the dead and brought in trout from North Carolina to help start back up the population in the hatchery. I remember driving over the dam in December and January and the water was at the edge of the concrete barrier next to the Dam parking lot. All of this fluxuation can't be good for the fishery as a whole and when you factor in that the lake is 30 feet below the treeline currently, what cover and structure is there to hold the fish. Tough lake to catch Largemouth is all I know. They had the FLW there in November a couple of years ago and I think it was 10lbs that won a 2 day tourney. Deon Hibdon finished 7th with 3lbs and the reason I know this is that I caught a 4 lb smallie on a jig with my Dad that day. I laughed at how tough a fishery it is when a moran like me lucks into a fish that would have put me 7th with some of the best in the world. I won't even go into the fact that I think the Striper population is basically taking over the lake. Freshwater Sharks that do nothing but swim and eat. Consider there are over 100 Liscensed Striper Guides that fish the lake and some of them have multiple boats and there is not one single liscensed Black Bass guide that works the lake. You see where the local money is, therefore the lake is being steered towards Stripers and Joy Boaters in my opinion.
RE: My Trip to Cumberland
Dude i dont know wat ya talking about i have been there twice in the last 2 weeks and had lots of good spots and lots of smallmouth with 9 of em being keepers. if ur there day after tomorrow looh around and ya might just see the lil bumblebee boat and 2 crazy guys in it pullin in fish lol. We goin down daylight saturday morning and goin to fish til about 10 am sunday. Sorry ur having bad luck with the stripers tho. Maybe next time u will kill em GL.
RE: My Trip to Cumberland
Mhall - What a small world it is sometimes...we had our long sleeves on so we couldn't see each other's fishin.com tattoo's. Kind of makes me think the guys that run this site should come up with some decals to sale for a buck or two a piece or something.
As for my trip there, hey that's why it's called fishin'. I'll be back though, I gaurantee I'll be back! I assume you live down around that area somewhere, maybe we can hook up with each other for a day the next time I'm down there...what's your email address?
tatoos?? Nahhhh but hats?? YEAH!!!!
I would love to see some fishin.com hats!!! I have some hats from another website... bassfan.... that I wear, and would love to wear some fishin.com hats as well.
I'd even buy one of the fishin.com hats, which is more than I will normally do. I hate to buy something to advertise for someone else, usually insist that my advertising for someone else be compensated, but I do love this site and would support it.
I'd love to see some hats at the spring get together!!! How cool. Maybe the top three could win a hat, the rest of us poor smucks would have to PAY for them... LMAO
Tight lines and God Bless
Danny
RE: My Trip to Cumberland
>Mhall - What a small world it is sometimes...we had our long
>sleeves on so we couldn't see each other's fishin.com
>tattoo's. Kind of makes me think the guys that run this site
>should come up with some decals to sale for a buck or two a
>piece or something.
>
>As for my trip there, hey that's why it's called fishin'. I'll
>be back though, I gaurantee I'll be back! I assume you live
>down around that area somewhere, maybe we can hook up with
>each other for a day the next time I'm down there...what's
>your email address?
Actually Chub I live in Oldham county, 20 minutes outside east of Louisville. It's a long drive for me but I love the lake and have for many years now. My e-mail address is [email][email protected][/email]. Sounds like gettinggone is catching them, there is always somebody that is. When I go, it's when I can, and if all these fronts we have are treating you wrong, then well it can either be good or not so good. This I know about Cumberland for sure and anybody that denies it is telling stories. Of all the lakes in this state almost none will change patterns quicker than the big C. Also if you fish the deep clear highland lakes such as Dale or Cumberland with regularity it will make you a better fisherman elsewhere in my opinion. Use flouocarbon line and lighten up on the test. In my opinion it helps, alot will disagree with that, but it helped me get bit more. I was looking at 10lb low-vis green trilene the other day 5 feet down with polarized glasses, that's not a good thing to an ole wary brown bass.
RE: My Trip to Cumberland
I have never fished Cumberland before. Correct me if I'm wrong but it seems like I read several reports this spring where it was taking around 25 lbs in a couple tourneys to win. And that was smallmouth. Was I just dreaming this??? Is this lake only good in the spring months?
RE: My Trip to Cumberland
to bassing 101 yes yes yes late winter & spring is when cumberland is best & the smallmouth fishing is improving with the 18 inch size limit, expect cumberland to produce big bags of s.m. next spring jmho
RE: My Trip to Cumberland
>I have never fished Cumberland before. Correct me if I'm
>wrong but it seems like I read several reports this spring
>where it was taking around 25 lbs in a couple tourneys to win.
> And that was smallmouth. Was I just dreaming this??? Is
>this lake only good in the spring months?
It's all about timing and conditions down there and of course a little luck never hurts.