Cumberland River Stripers

[FlyLie]

Monitor the following sites for Wolf Creek release forecast and plan accordingly. Good fishing to ya.

http://www.tva.gov/lakes/wch_r.htm

http://www-wm.lrn.usace.army.mil/hh/.../memrvrbna.txt

http://www-wm.lrn.usace.army.mil/hh/...eduleToday.txt

http://www-wm.lrn.usace.army.mil/hh/resplots/wol_a.html

[mhall]

Been fishing the lake for years and don't get to go the River below the dam. My excuse has always been not knowing the area and afraid to put my boat in down there.
Are there many bank fishing opurtunities on that stretch? I would like to try and walk the banks and fish it this Fall late and even the winter. Have any of you guys ever done that before and did you do any good???

I waded a stretch of the CR above Cumberland Falls once when the water levels were low and did decent on the Smallmouth.

[GeoFisher]

Monitor the following sites for Wolf Creek release forecast and plan accordingly. Good fishing to ya.

http://www.tva.gov/lakes/wch_r.htm

http://www-wm.lrn.usace.army.mil/hh/.../memrvrbna.txt

http://www-wm.lrn.usace.army.mil/hh/...eduleToday.txt

http://www-wm.lrn.usace.army.mil/hh/resplots/wol_a.html

Use these Links.........find out the schedule, and BE SURE it is right, because you will forever screwed if they stop runnin water, and you're not close to the ramp. If you are up at the top of the river ( by the dam) and they stop runnin, you have an hour or so to get back to burkesvile or you will not have water to pull the boat out.

TRUST ME on this one.

Later,

Geo

[FlyLie]

Monitor the following sites for Wolf Creek release forecast and plan accordingly. Good fishing to ya.

http://www.tva.gov/lakes/wch_r.htm

http://www-wm.lrn.usace.army.mil/hh/.../memrvrbna.txt

http://www-wm.lrn.usace.army.mil/hh/...eduleToday.txt

http://www-wm.lrn.usace.army.mil/hh/resplots/wol_a.html

ADDITIONAL CR INFO:

Burkesville, Ky: http://rivergages.mvr.usace.army.mil...KK2&d=254&dt=S

Wolf Creek Dam: http://rivergages.mvr.usace.army.mil...NK2&d=254&dt=S

Nashville/Rivergages Directory: http://rivergages.mvr.usace.army.mil...new/layout.cfm

Water Arrival Times downstream from Wolf Creek Dam: http://www.derbycityflyfishers.com/s...WaterTimes.pdf

[fishingnetwork]

Thanks to everyone for the help... I will post back how things went.

[rickhise]

Thanks to everyone for the help... I will post back how things went.

water depth isn't going to be an issue from the dam to Bville some 27 miles of river below the dam, (at this present time) we are getting some major shower s and the run off is major, what you will need to understand is how to run the river, with the levels now you can do it with some common sense an a good top 0.

[peter]

water depth isn't going to be an issue from the dam to Bville some 27 miles of river below the dam, (at this present time) we are getting some major shower s and the run off is major, what you will need to understand is how to run the river, with the levels now you can do it with some common sense an a good top 0.

It helps a lot to know which side of the islands to run. It may not always be apparent and sometimes the narrow side is the deepest. Stop in at Strange bait shop in Burksville just south of the square at the turn off to the ramp and they should know. They did have some copies of hand-drawn maps that you can make notes on. Some of the passes are pretty narrow.

[fishingnetwork]

I will stop there for sure...thanks for that Peter. I'm wondering now if the rain today will help things or hurt things. Sounds like there will be more current at the least.

[Shellkat]

Sluice gates are open, should be alot of water to float, but look out for rocks

[maximarx]

Might head down there the first weekend in October with my 6 year old and camp for the weekend. Any other suggestions for fishing around the falls area? We'll be bank fishing unless one of the canoe rental places will let us fish, seems like several only allow for guided tours. Always enjoy everyone's input.

[FlyLie]

Thanks to everyone for the help... I will post back how things went.

Anything to report?

[fishingnetwork]

No stripes...but beautiful country! Caught a couple trout, nothing big. Tried pulling boards with live bait and some casting Saturday and Sunday. Talked to one person that had caught a single Striper about 12 pounds. Had a good time and learned a little about the river...will do it again. Thanks to all for the help!