Advice for trip to Lake Cumberland

[cra97]

I am a disabled vet and, to be honest, am just taking up fishing as a serious past-time. My father is coming in from PA and my brother-in-law from MO for my birthday trip we planned for the weekend of 7-9 Mar. We have a guide named Dan White booked for the two mornings, but we are staying at an RV camp site (K-land? or some such place with the corps of eng.) which is right near a hatchery. I suspect some of you are familiar with the area and know what's what this time of year. With all this said, can someone tell me what/where we should fish during the time we are not on the boat? I am so lame I need to know what species is best and what to use to catch them too if that is possible? On the bright side I DO have ambition, a couple new rods and reels, and a desire to learn Thanks for any help anyone can be. Stay safe and keep your heads down.

Rob

[fishincreek]

I'd be trying for sauger/walleye/trout be below the dam.

[wpkraft]

Your guide will know best about the where and when to fish.
Below are 2 links to shore fishing options.


http://fw.ky.gov/AccessSiteDetail.aspx?ASID=545
http://fw.ky.gov/AccessSiteDetail.aspx?ASID=549

[birdstrike]

Here is a good one too:

http://www.lrn.usace.army.mil/op/wol/rec/kendall.htm

[LJP]

Ron, I can't help you on cumberland, but I do want to thank you for your
military service. Thank you Larry

[RICHYD4U]

Sounds Like You'll Be Staying @ The Wolf Creek Campground Right Next To The Wolfcreek National Trout Hatchery. This Is A Great Place To Get Into Some Trout. Some Of The Larger Post-spawn Trout Should Still Be In The Hatchery Creek That Runs Out Of The Hatchery And Down About 1 Mile To The Main Cumberland River. Try Walking Down Hatchery Creek, Past The Handicap/kid Fishing Section, And Fish The Lower Part. Flies Are The Lures Of Choice Down There. Try Beadhead Copperjohns And Pheasant Tails Size #18. I Slay Them There Every Winter, Averaging Trout Around 20". It's Fun! Good Luck To Ya All!

[RoadToad]

Is it Kendall you're staying at? That's also right next to the hatchery. I have a friend who camps there twice a year and he raves about the trout fishing. He tells me the bank access is excellent. I think you can also take tours of the hatchery.

[trent colvin]

throw a white or chartruse crappie jig with a small minnow. Fish the bank from the ramp below the dam all the way up to the concrete wall... You could catch trout, walleye,sauger, whites or rockfish. be prepares to lose a lot of baits.

[PRO V LE]

Do not forget to have a trout stamp with you're license, I think you can get both right there at the Visitors center.

[Chubminnow]

Pro V LE is right...if you're fishing in the Cumberland River you gotta have a trout stamp whether you're fishing for trout or not.

[cra97]

Thanks guys, I already had my family (from outta state coming in to go with me) buy them online when they got their licenses. I figured we will look so retarded they are bound to check on us TY again for everyones input/help, I appreciate all the good advice on here and via messages I got. Its nice to know there is a place to come and get answers and not ONE PERSON made fun of me for not knowing what the heck I was talking about (hope that changes when I figure it out, I hate to think fishermen have lost their reknowned sense of humor over the years . Take care and catch'um big!

Rob

[fishbum]

I am a disabled vet and, to be honest, am just taking up fishing as a serious past-time. My father is coming in from PA and my brother-in-law from MO for my birthday trip we planned for the weekend of 7-9 Mar. We have a guide named Dan White booked for the two mornings, but we are staying at an RV camp site (K-land? or some such place with the corps of eng.) which is right near a hatchery. I suspect some of you are familiar with the area and know what's what this time of year. With all this said, can someone tell me what/where we should fish during the time we are not on the boat? I am so lame I need to know what species is best and what to use to catch them too if that is possible? On the bright side I DO have ambition, a couple new rods and reels, and a desire to learn Thanks for any help anyone can be. Stay safe and keep your heads down.

Rob

You can fish from the bank near the dam but if you are in a wheel chair you may have a problem. Be sure to have a trout stamp. I buy our sportsmans license which includes all the fishing stamps so I had not noticed that the State passed a Trout Stamp Law for below the dam at Cumberland. NO MATTER what you fish for you MUST have a trout stamp.
Sauger are ON right now and bigtime. Crankbaits, and jigs with twister tails tipped with minnows are very good. Walleye will be moving in soon and they shocked up a 14 pounder a couple weeks ago. You can get down the boat ramp and may be able to fish there or just off the ramp with some help.
If you need a place to stay and camp Foggy Bottom Camp Ground may be more to your liking than the COE Campground, and less expensive. It is also below the dam on Kaufman Road, off the old Ferry Road.
Need more info go to www.fishwolfcreek.com
Jim Dicken