Quote Originally Posted by wolfresearcher View Post
It has been a long time since I fished down there. I want to make a return trip. I have a few questions. When I was down there the river was low from the lake being dropped. Still low or it's it returned to normal levels. Safe to use fiberglass boats? Also looking at the TVA site what are safe generation levels? I see the hourly and how generators? Anything will help! Thanks Ronnie
Cumberland is no place for a fiberglass boat, unless you are only going to fish the area below the dam. Further down river, minimum of a jon boat, preference for a tunnel hull or jet boat. River level/flow is totaly dependent upon discharge from Wolf Creek dam. Reference your comment about TVA site. Given that, the Cumberland can eat your lunch. If you have been there at low levels, then you have seen the 100 year old log jams, freight train size bolders which can just as easly be underwater wating for a boat. Gravel bars that love to whak a prop or take off a lower unit. Worst case is when current flow is high and one snags a log or bolder, current spins the boat, turns it sidways and dumps contents into the river. Water is ALWAYS cold and hypothermia is alwas a concern. If you want to fish the Cumberland, best to start with a fellow fisherman who knows the river. Be safe and good fishing to you.