Cumberland.. tomorrow

Guys, Im taking my brother (who never gets to go) to Cumberland tomorrow am.. planning on fishing from about 6 am to dark. Putting in at Pleasant hill in the mouth of Caney/Wolf.

Here's the plan (From Smalljaw.com) - fish peanut head rubber skirt jigs with avocado or chart trailers on 8lb med action spinning outfits in 30-50 ft of water near main points and windblown banks. But with as warm as its been for this time of year, what about spinnerbaits/crankbaits or even a worm?

Any help anyone can offer would be greatly appreciated, I'd really like to put my bro on some fish.

[QUOTE=Cajun78;311354]Guys, Im taking my brother (who never gets to go) to Cumberland tomorrow am.. planning on fishing from about 6 am to dark. Putting in at Pleasant hill in the mouth of Caney/Wolf.

Here's the plan (From Smalljaw.com) - fish peanut head rubber skirt jigs with avocado or chart trailers on 8lb med action spinning outfits in 30-50 ft of water near main points and windblown banks. But with as warm as its been for this time of year, what about spinnerbaits/crankbaits or even a worm?

Any help anyone can offer would be greatly appreciated, I'd really like to put my bro on some fish.[/QUOTE]

Good fishing to you and your brother. That Smalljaw.com (Guys) is a great source for SM and what they are hitting down in the hollow. I wouldn't think it should be much different at LC.

I'll be fishing the lower end of LC (Jamestown area) the 2nd week of January and plan on (1) FNF, especially early and late in the day and (2.) Casting the Peanut if the FNF isn't producing.

Be sure and give us a report!!!!

Good Fishing,
Gary

[QUOTE=Cajun78;311354]Guys, Im taking my brother (who never gets to go) to Cumberland tomorrow am.. planning on fishing from about 6 am to dark. Putting in at Pleasant hill in the mouth of Caney/Wolf.

Here's the plan (From Smalljaw.com) - fish peanut head rubber skirt jigs with avocado or chart trailers on 8lb med action spinning outfits in 30-50 ft of water near main points and windblown banks. But with as warm as its been for this time of year, what about spinnerbaits/crankbaits or even a worm?

Any help anyone can offer would be greatly appreciated, I'd really like to put my bro on some fish.[/QUOTE]

Good advice but most certainly throw a crankbait as many good fish are taken right now at Cumberland on the cranks. Also wind blown banks fish the spinnerbait and especially a hard jerkbait with long pauses in between jerks and hangon. Find your warmest water anf try these first and save the jig thing as a safety net, good luck and give us a report when you return.

Thanks guys. Ive never fished a FnF, and I dont think I'll start tomorrow.

However, I have some good suspending jerkbaits/spinnerbaits and cranks to throw.. would these be best in the early am? - then maybe going to the jig once the day sets in?

What kind of depth would you be thinking?

[quote=Cajun78;311354]Guys, Im taking my brother (who never gets to go) to Cumberland tomorrow am.. planning on fishing from about 6 am to dark. Putting in at Pleasant hill in the mouth of Caney/Wolf.

Here's the plan (From Smalljaw.com) - fish peanut head rubber skirt jigs with avocado or chart trailers on 8lb med action spinning outfits in 30-50 ft of water near main points and windblown banks. But with as warm as its been for this time of year, what about spinnerbaits/crankbaits or even a worm?

Any help anyone can offer would be greatly appreciated, I'd really like to put my bro on some fish.[/quote]


If you want a sure thing go get you about 3 dozen live small shinners and just flip them along the banks

for a sure thing stop a get about 3 dozen small shinners and just flip them close to bank

I am heading down in the morning. Where can you get shiners?

[quote=MJ;311379]I am heading down in the morning. Where can you get shiners?[/quote]
stop at lake cumberland pro bass on highway 90 is where i always get em, throw em on spinning rod 8lb test line, no sinker and a circle hook

Is there any place on the upper end to get them? Does anyone know if the bass pro store near conley bottom has them?

Well, it didnt go so well!

Put in at Pleasant Hill and went straight over into Wolf. Fished the island there and two big sloughs on the left. Hit the big bluff wall coming down toward the dock there in the mouth of Wolf with a black colorado spinnerbait. then threw a suspending shad rapala, then a silver buddy. Then a 1/4 shakey head with a pumkinseed 3' grub. Fished slow for the most part.

I am telling you, I thought my depth finder was broke, I couldn't graph fish to save my life. But my buddy went yesterday and said he thought the same thing, just could not find them. We fished bluff walls on the main lake outside Caney/Wolf, points, fished the mouth of Lily and some good chunky / stumpy banks in Caney. Just was not on. Toward the middle of the day we took two 13'ish Kentuckys on 4' renegade purple flake worms on a shakey head- Just bamboozled. Couldn't get on a pattern.

I have never had that much trouble finding/graphing fish in my life. Where the hell were they!?!:confused:

[quote=Cajun78;311425]Well, it didnt go so well!

Put in at Pleasant Hill and went straight over into Wolf. Fished the island there and two big sloughs on the left. Hit the big bluff wall coming down toward the dock there in the mouth of Wolf with a black colorado spinnerbait. then threw a suspending shad rapala, then a silver buddy. Then a 1/4 shakey head with a pumkinseed 3' grub. Fished slow for the most part.

I am telling you, I thought my depth finder was broke, I couldn't graph fish to save my life. But my buddy went yesterday and said he thought the same thing, just could not find them. We fished bluff walls on the main lake outside Caney/Wolf, points, fished the mouth of Lily and some good chunky / stumpy banks in Caney. Just was not on. Toward the middle of the day we took two 13'ish Kentuckys on 4' renegade purple flake worms on a shakey head- Just bamboozled. Couldn't get on a pattern.

I have never had that much trouble finding/graphing fish in my life. Where the hell were they!?!:confused:[/quote]

They are there about 15 miles from where you was--my brother got 15 keepers xmas day--crank bait--sorry for now i can,t say where because we may go there sat---gl to us all :)

went today,
Had 3 largemouth over 3 pounds, 1 smallie 3.5. some ky's and some throwbacks too. Fish were 10-12 feet deep mostly except the few we caught in colored water on crankbaits. Fish are really biting from mid lake and up (Faubush to Fishing Creek). But we caught ours in the Jamestown area. Had a buddy monday who had 4 keeper smallies, a bunch of Ky's, another went Wed. and had 3 keeper smallies with one around 7 (released) and a 20 in LM most all caught within sight of Jamestown. The fish are biting everywhere.
Good fishing,
bassmaster
Tim