Cumberland Smallmouth Record Broken?

[MrSplitshot]

I heard rumor that the smallmouth lake record was broken this past week on Cumberland...

Any truth?

[mhall]

If it was that would be a beast. Where you at Dave Cress, have you heard of this mamouth??? Brian, where did you here this from and how big did you here it was???

[Don Smith]

The only Big Smallmouth I have heard of came from one of the guys prefishing for the FOM on last Friday. It was a 8-4, caught on a jerkbait up near Burnside.

He is sending me pics, and I will be adding it to the lunkers page on the FOM site.

Not sure what the lake record is, but I seem to recall a 9+ brown caught by one of the Striper guides several years ago. A picture was on the wall at the State Park at Jamestown. I don't know if it was documented, but in either case, anything over 7 lbs is a huge brown fish in my opinion.

Don

[mhall]

Thanks Don, a 8lb.4oz. is a hawg for sure I bet he wished he'd caught that baby in the tourney, what a fish, wow.

[Dave Stewart]

Don that is one big brownie. Congratulations to whoever caught it..I have been after that 8lb mark for a long long time. I have a 7-15 and every year I just know one of my clients is gonna get that big girl....maybe this year.

[MrSplitshot]

That would be it.

I heard 8lb 9oz, but with the way "facts" seem to change as they get passed from person to person, I figured it might have been a solid 5 before the news started traveling. HAHA!

The 8lb mark on a smallie is one whale of a fish indeed. I hope we get to see pictures!

[redneckshadrap]

Git-R-Done;....

Awesome to say the least. Biggest I heard mentioned in a LONG TIME<<<<


Billy Elkins

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Not everything that gets wet is pretty, but sometimes it gets pretty wet.

[onemorecast56]

Oh Dave,, tell the truth! You had your thumb on the scale didn`t ya.:7

[caldwell]

That would have been a new state record a few months ago. Until Kentucky re-recognized the old/new/old world record again -the state record was 8.46 pounds from Laurel.

[PRO V LE]

>If it was that would be a beast. Where you at Dave Cress,
>have you heard of this mamouth??? Brian, where did you here
>this from and how big did you here it was???
mhall I'm still here and no I did'nt hear about that one.
I'm in the planning stages of a "Okeechobee" assault :-)

Dave C.

[Dave Stewart]

Doug: If I had my thumb on the scale she would have gone over 8..you can bank on that...!!!! LOL. Hey, I need to talk to you and have misplaced your phone number...how about sending it to me again.

[MrSplitshot]

Dave C. -

I heard it from one of our truck drivers who fishes Cumberland every weekend. He picked it up at a bait shop down around the lake on Thursday I believe. He then also heard the same thing from some boys that had been at Backwaters in Lexington too.