Humbling Cumberland Experience - 12/21 & 12/22

[nitro929]

was able to get down thurs and Friday. Stripers were biting the hair jig good caught a bunch. caught a few nice bass on a jig but no numbers. best bite was on a dropshot and a small spoon fishing the points in the creeks in about 20 to 40ft of water. mainly spotted bass but they were nice and healthy. caught a couple small smallmouth doing so.

[Les Young]

Took almost 18 pound with a 4.89 smallmouth for big fish. 15 something for second, 13 something 3rd & 12.90 for 4th out of Buirnside Island. My buddys caught several nice fish today & had a smallmouth almost 6lb. They are biting good & have been for over a month.

[stripernut1]

Took almost 18 pound with a 4.89 smallmouth for big fish. 15 something for second, 13 something 3rd & 12.90 for 4th out of Buirnside Island. My buddys caught several nice fish today & had a smallmouth almost 6lb. They are biting good & have been for over a month.

les, im kinda like you, scratching my head hearing bad reports for cumberland. i know of more legitimate 6+ lb smalmouth in the last month than i can ever remember for any given month other than march. i also have personal knowledge of several 30+ fish days in the last month, and i know ALOT of people doing this. not everyday is a magic show but i cant remember a day with less than 10 fish and probably best 5 being 12+/- lbs.

as some of you know i am primarily a live bait fisherman but the big bite has been on jerkbaits, not fishing slow, not deadsticking just fishing it like a jerkbait. some locations fill up with stripers and the bass fishing is over but it otherwise most locations have been pretty consistent for a month now.

good luck, cumberland is a very big lake with a lot of "fish free zones" , just keep casting

and happy holidays to all

[chadmack282]

what kind of pattern is producing for the successful guys?
jerk bait bite where?

[stripernut1]

what kind of pattern is producing for the successful guys?
jerk bait bite where?

steeper points and the ends of walls, mouths of bigger creeks and mainlake

[scuba_steve82]

les, im kinda like you, scratching my head hearing bad reports for cumberland. i know of more legitimate 6+ lb smalmouth in the last month than i can ever remember for any given month other than march. i also have personal knowledge of several 30+ fish days in the last month, and i know ALOT of people doing this. not everyday is a magic show but i cant remember a day with less than 10 fish and probably best 5 being 12+/- lbs.

as some of you know i am primarily a live bait fisherman but the big bite has been on jerkbaits, not fishing slow, not deadsticking just fishing it like a jerkbait. some locations fill up with stripers and the bass fishing is over but it otherwise most locations have been pretty consistent for a month now.

good luck, cumberland is a very big lake with a lot of "fish free zones" , just keep casting

and happy holidays to all

Thanks for the tip on the jerkbaits, didn't throw the first one wed/thur. I suppose the painful truth is that I've got a TON to learn to successfully fish LC somewhat consistently. I tend to really only do well when the crankbait bite is on, if it isn't, it's a long day for me.

[Les Young]

has been on bigtime for the last month & a half. I'm thinking jig & jerkbait bite is starting to comeon strong now though.