Cumberland colors

[mhall]

If things don't pick up down there this year it won't matter. Cumberland is having a bad year, I'm semi concerned. If it wasn't for those two or three banner day's I had earlier in the spring I'd be almost worried. Have a pretty large network of guys I speak with that fish the lake more than I and they to feel the big C is having real down year. I'm mainly speaking of the bass fishing and not stripers so much, even though I think overall they to have been slow this year for alot of folks. Hopefully it picks up if I was you I'd be on Dale. To answer your question, any Zara Spook or chug baits in shad patterns and you are ready. Have seen times when stick prop baits will also catch alot of fish. Good luck if you go.

[Chubminnow]

Mhall - How recently have some of your compadre's fished the lake? And were they fishing on the weekends or during the middle of the week?

As we all know, Cumberland is to dag gone popular in that it attracts a huge population of pleasure boaters, the Ohio Navy, etc...I'd say, or maybe I should say "I'M HOPING" Cumberland hasn't started kicking into gear until now, or maybe sometime within the next week or two or three anyway.

[mhall]

>Mhall - How recently have some of your compadre's fished the
>lake? And were they fishing on the weekends or during the
>middle of the week?
>
>As we all know, Cumberland is to dag gone popular in that it
>attracts a huge population of pleasure boaters, the Ohio Navy,
>etc...I'd say, or maybe I should say "I'M HOPING"
>Cumberland hasn't started kicking into gear until now, or
>maybe sometime within the next week or two or three anyway.


I fished it hard last weekend, day and night, and while I caught some fish I found it very slow. Same reports as others as well is what I had heard. That lake is notorious for getting going later than other lakes. Last year I waited for that magic fall bite I was used to happening and it seemed to never come. Hopefully this year is different. I know it's early yet and I'm impatient and trying to hurry it. Water temps from upper fifties to middle sixties has been my honey time in the past, we shall see. I'll hang tough and give it my best that's all a guy can do. Tightlines to ya Mark.