Originally Posted by
adam7456
I would say the time of year and locals bragging at the bait shop have more of an effect on things than this board does. People aren't skipping work in the middle of the week in order to run down to Cumberland on a rumor that there are jumps or that the fish have moved up. So it has to be primarily locals making the lake a dangerous place.
The cooler weather has people thinking about fishing and that probably has more of them out than anything else. I even brought my boat up to the house, put the top up and enclosure on just to make sure that everything was in working order for fall fishing. People know when the cool weather hits the whites, hybrids, and stripers move up and then the jumps start.
The general comments that people make on this board provide almost know information to people who don't know the lake. I know because I spent my first year striper fishing while reading this site and never once got on a school or had a bite. "Stripers have moved up down by the dam". Well the dam is almost a mile long and can be seen from at least 3 miles away. That is a lot of area to cover. Letting people know that stripers were found 20-30 feet deep over 70 feet of water isn't really giving anything away.
People are going to act stupid regardless of what is posted here. Ever since Captain Jim started his fishing report he has been telling people not to come flying into the jumps with the main motor and to respect other boaters. I have copies of his reports going back to 2006. In those reports he tells people what pattern the fish are in, a general idea of what part of the lake they can be found, and various techniques used to catch them. So the social media information available has really not changed.
I think people are excited about the lake being higher, eager to get out and fish due to the cooler weather, and they in general have just become more self centered with a lack of concern towards others.
I still plan on posting reports after my fishing my trips.
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