Is Cumberland a lake that the water clears quickly?

[Zaraspooky]

That sounds much more promising than the report he had given. Thanks fellas

[Les Young]

I was in upper fishing creek friday& the water looked like coffee at the ramp when we started. Went up to horse shoe bend & water had a good stain, but far from muddy. Went to the rear shelter house area pulaski county park & the water was awful looking. As we went back to load up the fishing creek ramp was clear & had looked like coffee that morning. Caught fish all day except at the stop by pulaski county park on rattletraps, jigs & spinnerbaits. Fish did bite better in the horse shoe bend area though.

[R19]

http://i66.tinypic.com/9hjupd.jpg


In this picture you can see what the water looked like Friday 3/11. Pay no attention to the brown carp or that prickly thing hanging from their mouth. The water color was exactly the same on Saturday 3/12 but the were no brown carp caught in the area that day so I have no pictures from day two. You will notice there is a slight stain. In late winter/early spring I always welcome a light stain because it tends to warm up faster. On the lower end of the lake the water temp 3/11 and 12 was 49 at day light and 50-51 as the day got longer. Warmer water and water that was more clear and water that had more color could be found in Beaver and Otter.

Thinking about going back to Cumberland Friday but I am undecided...I might check and see if my local lake has any green carp biting...LOL

[R19]

For some reason that link does not show a picture...here is the water color pictures...pay no attention to the foreground...LOL

[Zaraspooky]

Water has a good color in those pics. Thanks for all the input guys.
BTW R19, you should just throw away those crankbaits and use dough balls for carp. If it'll help I'll get rid of em for ya!

[R19]

Thinking about going back to Cumberland Friday but I am undecided...I might check and see if my local lake has any green carp biting...LOL

Decided to try my local lake and found the green carp were biting...7.30 lbs the fat guy is 270 lol