Cumberland Bass, What's Wrong? Is It Me?

Hey guys,

Went down to Cumberland this past sunday (11-14-10), put in at Conley Bottom and fished White Oak Creek and another small creek near Conley Bottom. Only caught three fish all day. One smallmouth, one Spot, and one L/M. Fished from 7:30-2:30, but all three fish came before 9am. From 9-2:30 we blanked. All three fish we caught were small (8-12 inches), two came on a spinner bait, and one on a crankbait. Needless to say it was a horrible day for me catching fish on the Big C. There was also a tourney out of conley the same day (we didnt fish it, we got there an they were taking off, didnt know about it until we got there). But we did pass two seperate boats trolling the banks in white oak, the guys in both boats said they were fishing the touney and both boats said they werent doing any good either. This is the third weekend in a month my buddy an i have went to cumberland bass fishing, and the last three times we havent done very good at all. This spring and summer we did pretty good though on cumberland. This weekend we didnt get very many bites all day. Hardly any bites at all on a jig orr shakey head. I was just wondering what is up with the bass on cumberland, the last couple times we have been they have been almost non-existant! Makes for a long day, especiallyy forr us because we live around lexington so itts about an hour and a hal drive to cumberland for us. I love cumberland, its my favorite lake to fish but man these last few times have been really disheartening. Im thinking about putting tthe boat up until spring. Just wondering if anyone else was having any luck bassin on cumberland and could help any? Wondering i its just me or if the bite has turned of for everyone?

I fished the tourny out of conley on sunday. We caught a lot of fish down around Jamestown, Greasy, Pumpkin, and Lily and the main lake pockets/points. We only had one keeper LM all day. I'm not sure what it took to win the tourny as I left early. Most of our fish were in the 10-12 in range. All of our fish came off a jig or shakey head. I'm pretty sure that cold front that rolled through Fri-Sat shut them down. Two weeks ago it took almost 14lb to win the tourny. I weighed in with 8lb. It seemed like everyone had a big smallie around 4lb, two weeks ago. If the weather stays constant for a week the bite should pick up, but this ever changing weather shuts the fish on the Big C down. So no its not just you, fishing is tough on cumberland right now.

Just for your info every sunday from now till right before Christmas there is a tournament out of conley bottem.

Thanks brownie, i appreciate it.

I grew up at C and now live in Florence so I know what you mean about traveling all that way for a sometimes loong sloow weekend. It's either feast or famine on Lake C in my experience. I can luckily go spend a little extra time visiting family if the fishing is slow. Everyone on this board seems to be really helpful about passing on info about water temp, baits, etc. My son and I are going this weekend, so I'll pass along how we did.

Ok Goatee Guy, thanks. Water temp was 59 on sunday, it was a little merky but somewht clear. Kinda had a geen tint to it. Let us know how you did, hope you have better luck than I did!