Lake Cumberland Stripers

[stripernut1]

Are they still keying on the main lake channel or have they moved back to the cliff walls?

usually the cliff walls are channel banks so the answer to your question is YES lol. no seriously they will be wherever the bait is and that is generally going to be just about anywhere over deeper water right now. they are schooling up and you have to hit em right on the x, spend a lot of time graphing and you wont spend very much time fishing.

[boskeet]

Some good info here. I consider myself to be a decent striper fisherman but I fished Saturday with live bait and got skunked. Couldn't tell you the last time that happened. I couldn't find fish anywhere, and I tried several of my go-to spots.

Sorry I don't have anything to add to your original question, just venting my frustrations!

[stripernut1]

Some good info here. I consider myself to be a decent striper fisherman but I fished Saturday with live bait and got skunked. Couldn't tell you the last time that happened. I couldn't find fish anywhere, and I tried several of my go-to spots.

Sorry I don't have anything to add to your original question, just venting my frustrations!

thats pretty much what i was saying in a previous post, if youre not directly on the X you might miss them completely, but wow if you hit the X its a full cooler quick. it really pays off to spend some time graphing and systematically eliminating bad water. i like to think i can cover a lot more water in a lot less time with the graph than i can with planner boards at 0.6 mph, and i know that i stand a really good chance of completely missing the school with the boards also. i have nothing to lose if the fish arent there it doesnt matter how many boards i have in the water.

[Duayne]

thats pretty much what i was saying in a previous post, if youre not directly on the X you might miss them completely, but wow if you hit the X its a full cooler quick. it really pays off to spend some time graphing and systematically eliminating bad water. i like to think i can cover a lot more water in a lot less time with the graph than i can with planner boards at 0.6 mph, and i know that i stand a really good chance of completely missing the school with the boards also. i have nothing to lose if the fish arent there it doesnt matter how many boards i have in the water.

This is exactly right. It can be difficult when everything is close to the surface. I just have to make a best guess, put lines out, and change locations if I guessed wrong. It becomes much easier to find them once they are down a little bit and you don't have to waste bait in the process.

[peter]

Thanks everybody for the posts! I haven't been fishing since memorial day Sunday and wont fish until next weekend (I hope). Sure helps to read about this stuff. Next best thing to being there.