Kentucky Walleye

[stan_d]

I'm from the Philadelphia, PA area. Met Dave Stewart today at the Sportsman show here. He advised that Cumberland has some great Walleye fishing. Have been going to Canada but really would like to stay in the states. Can anyone give some insight into the lake and any available places to stay? Group will go twice a year - June and September. Group size is 5 to 10 guys.

[steve604]

[font size="1" color="#FF0000"]LAST EDITED ON Jan-27-06 AT 09:03AM (EST)[/font][p]Maybe we should just do like stan-d and save our bucks, load up in a van and head to Canada! My dream trip anyway. lol!
Walleye shore lunch anyone? ummmmmmmm!!
Steve

[Dave Stewart]

Hi Stan
This is Dave...just got home for a couple of days after the Philly show before I leave out again for more shows. I told you there would be some Walleye anglers here...lol. SSKY is very knowledgable about the Cumberland Walleye from what I have seen of his past posts..and Onemorecast knows his Ohio river fishing...good luck!!

[jfw]

NOlin has a early spring spawn run where the fish go upriver all the way to the Broad Ford area ,this is where most limits are caught .A rain will help out
AS one cast has told you the walleye are really increasing in numbers in the Ohio river ,When fishing for sauger ( a cousin to the walleye) we have caught a walleye almost everyday back in Oct when we fished for sauger .This proves the numbers are increasing .

I have caught a 3lb eye several years ago behind the hydro in Louisville ,while fishing for stripers .This is the only wallye I have caught in the Ohio River over 15"

GOOD LUCK

[steve604]

I went down to the Bacon Creek ramp on Nolin Sunday. The river was rolling mud, swift, with trees floating by. It could be a few days before it clears up. Three inches of rain really messed things up.

Steve

[SSKY]

Cumberland has plenty of walleyes, no trophy fish, Most of the fish caught will be in the 17 to 24 inch range and max out in the 7 pound range. June is the best time to catch them if the weather is hot with spinner rigs at the 20 foot depths, and a 10 fish limit would be very rare. Two to three times of year if they are hot and you are on the the spots. If you want to go pick a place around midlake so you you could fish up or down depending on lake conditions. If I did not know the lake and looked foward for a big fish then I would hunt on Dale hollow.

[MASBASS]

There was a 7.5 lb Walleye caught at Nolin a couple of weeks ago. Also the limit for Walleye is now 6 not 10.

[SSKY]

Thanks for the info on the limit I usually do not read that stuff(head in the sand) as in the past the state really care about the walleye, it will help, I also would wish they would change the size limit on Cland to 18 inches and then 6 fish.15 inches is too small for a population that depends on stocking.

[kc]

Do you know if that good walleye came from the lake or the river? They usually move up the river a little later in the winter but just curious if with our mild winter(and rain) there has been early movement. It has been some years back but I have caught 3 walleyes over 5#s at Nolin. 2 on crank baits fishing for bass late fall and one on a curly tail fishing for whatever bites in early spring. Every year you always hear of a few good ones taken from the headwaters.

kc

[Danny]

Stan,

Welcome to KY! I don't know if the sportsman show where you met Dave was in PA or not, but he is a great fisherman and a great bass guide. I loved fishing with him.

I have only ever caught one walleye here in KY. Granted, I fish almost exclusivly non-walleye water. However, the one I caught was at Green River Lake. I have caught some saug-eye on Barkley, however I was not targeting them.

Danny

[onemorecast56]

well alot of you guys forget about the best spot. The Ohio river has some killer walleye and sauger fishing in this part of the country. The walleye have really come on strong here in the river. If anybody want to find out let me know and I`ll show them around and catch a few.

Doug
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[kc]

Just curious how you would characterize the walleyes as "coming on strong" in the Ohio river. While it's true that the Ohio has great late-fall to spring sauger fishing the number of walleyes comparitively is low. I have fished below the dam at Louisville all my days and I would characterize the increase in walleyes over the past 10 - 15 years as modest. 20 years ago you rarely heard of catching walleyes below the dam. Then over the last 10 years or so there has been a gradual increase in numbers. I don't fish out there frequently these days but this fall I went 3 times and caught several hundred sauger and maybe 6 walleye. Am I missing something? Are you catching the walleye in a different pattern than the sauger? I think it is great to see the walleyes coming on in the river and I hope most are releasing them to let their numbers grow but I haven't seen big numbers out there myself.

kc