I just asked the question, I have seen a striper ##### down a 18inch skipjack below the dam with no problem to the gills on the surface. i have also seen them hit a yellow bird planer board off a shoal on the surface while drifting though a shallow run. From what I have seen I would not consider it funny just what they can do. I believe that fish bigger than the record for cumberland lake have been caught in the river below the dam in the river. That being the case one would assume there may still be bigger fish still in the river fed on trout. I do not know check the ocean records as to see how big the species can get? and what size of things they eat.It would be intresting.