Cumberland River getting different trout

[QUOTE=kygorski;393636]Two things to bear in mind. O2levels in the river, and what can be done about this noxious weed fouling the bottom? If this stuff gets any worse, and nothing can be financialy possible, this may turn out to be a put and take river.I hope the high water and swift current are dislodging this stuff, if not one more year of low water, and who knows how long it will be before its worth fishing there again, I live 9 miles from the burkesville ramp, and this year have only fished the river 5 times, Two winters ago I fished it 3 times a week, and caught a lot of nice fish.[/QUOTE]

That green stuff is getting pretty bad! Might as well get used to it! I do not think it is going to go away.

It is said that if it covers a lot of the bottom, the natural insect population will go way down, also might affect the crawfish population.IOt also stains the water,nothing good is going to come from this.

A friend and I fished Rockhouse bottom last Thrusday. The River was at 27 ft. and running hard. We only managed to catch one brown and one rainbow, both little more than "stocker" sized. Had LOTS of slow hits and taps but I think the water is still a little cool for real action. We also stopped at Wolf Creek National Fish Hatchery on the way back and I spoke to one of the fisheries biologists there about the brook and triploid rainbows. Some triploids have already been released with more to follow and the brook trout will be released in early March. These are Owhi strain brook trout, the same strain which they stocked in the eastern Kentucky streams. Nothing remarkable about their growth characteristics but they think they will grow larger in the Cumberland than in small streams. I was also told they behave like brown trout, staying low in the water column and orient to structure, undercuts, timber, etc. There is one raceway with the brooks at around 9 inches and another with newly hatched fry that we saw. Hope this information is helpful, happy casting.

Are they clipping fins on the triploid trout so you can tell the difference or is there another way to know if you are catching a triploid instead of a regular rainbow

Me and a buddy of mine, fished the CR last Thurs. around Carocous (sp?) Creek...we fished several miles above and below the area. We produced 11 trout, I had one monster hooked...fought it for a minute then it came unbuttoned...thought I was going to throw my rod in the river after that! :mad::D. The biggest of the 11 that we actually boated was around 15" or so, a bow. Think we caught about 6 bows and 5 browns. Caught all my fish on a sr5 silver. It was a beautiful day though....

-Rich

OK, I'll bite, what is a "SR5 Silver"? :confused:

Good to hear someone is catching a few.:)

[QUOTE=Boone;442619]OK, I'll bite, what is a "SR5 Silver"? :confused:

Good to hear someone is catching a few.:)[/QUOTE]

Shadrap, SR5 is the size and silver the color.

[QUOTE=Wormin;442637]Shadrap, SR5 is the size and silver the color.[/QUOTE]

Right on.....:D

-Rich

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Tuesday, Mar. 3 a preparatory event for stocking trout around the region will take place at the Wolf Creek National Fish Hatchery. With the assistance of several people from Kentucky Dept. of Fish and Wildlife Resources, their counterparts from Indiana, Trout Unlimited chapters, Fly Fishers clubs, and others will be fin clipping 43,000 brown trout.

40,000 of these will be stocked in the Cumberland tailwater in March and 3,000 will be stocked in the Brookville tailwater in Indiana in May.

The live web cam at the hatchery, located directly below Wolf Creek Dam in Russell County, Ky., has been temporarily re-pointed so that those with internet connections can see the fin clipping work as it happens.

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[B]Mood:[/B] THUNDER RUN! June 24-25

[IMG]http://lakecumberland.com/forum/images/xpsilver/default_icon.gif[/IMG] posted on 2-21-2011 at 03:22 PM[URL="http://lakecumberland.com/forum/post.php?action=reply&fid=24&tid=22942&repquote=360548"][IMG]http://lakecumberland.com/forum/images/xpsilver/quote.gif[/IMG][/URL] [URL="http://lakecumberland.com/forum/topicadmin.php?action=report&fid=24&tid=22942&pid=360548"][IMG]http://lakecumberland.com/forum/images/xpsilver/report.gif[/IMG][/URL] [B]Fin Clipping 2011
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Volunteers needed for Fin Clipping, March 8 & April 7, 2011.

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[QUOTE=Wormin;442637]Shadrap, SR5 is the size and silver the color.[/QUOTE]
Thanks for clearing that up.
Was thinking it was some kind of "Navajo Code Talk".. Hee....He..:D