Full Moon/Lake Cumberland

[ON3 3Y3D WILLI3]

Has the full moon phase thrown off the striper fishing at night on Cumberland? I'm hoping to head down there tonight (Tuesday 20 May) and any reports/advice would be greatly appreciated. I'm hoping not to waste a bunch of gas money and time going if it just isn't the right time. Thanks in advance.

Kind Regards,

O.3.W.

[cantcatch]

Went sat night the shad didnt come up until 3:30 EST, didnt boat a striper all night, did catch some walleye though.

[jonasseed]

should be good by wednesday or thursday with the warming trend

[hillbillyhunter3]

I was down there on Friday and Saturday night and never caught one striper. I was told it was the moon phase that had slowed them down, but that it would pick back up again in a few days.

[JoeB]

The moon has most definately thrown off the night bite for stripers. There are a few being caught, but if gas money is an issue, I'd put it off for a week or so.

[thunderstorm]

What's everyones opinion on the full moon and night time striper fishing?

I've heard some people prefer the full moon. During April's we fished the dark banks...nothing, then went to a point in full light and bam, caught several right away.

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[apb]

Generally, if the moon is bright (no cloud cover), it will scatter the Alewifes and make it harder to target stripers. On those nights, I mostly fish the dark banks. Not a 100% rule, but often works.

Andrew

[NedFlanders]

Went last night and saw not much shad movement.........caught 1 striper but lots of walleye................

[thunderstorm]

Went last night and saw not much shad movement.........caught 1 striper but lots of walleye................

What time did you get your bites? I will get to fish Thurs./Fri night, but I have to work Friday and Saturday and don't want to waste alot of time fishing the slow times.

Thanks

[NedFlanders]

I would say the striper was just a right place right time one fish deal......and the walleye were caught after targeting rock slides after basically giving up on the striper bite.......around 3 am.......mabe could have caught the walleye that way all night not really sure.....im no expert at all just some info for you.....

[thunderstorm]

I would say the striper was just a right place right time one fish deal......and the walleye were caught after targeting rock slides after basically giving up on the striper bite.......around 3 am.......mabe could have caught the walleye that way all night not really sure.....im no expert at all just some info for you.....

Thanks, exactly what I wanted to know.

[jonasseed]

Fished from 11:30 last night till around 5:30 this morning, put in at Fall Creek. I currently have 13 walleye,2 mudcats and 6 stripers to clean in the cooler. Biggest walleye was 27inches and we had 4 more over 24. Biggest rockfish was 38 inches.funny thing is......we didnt have a fish untill around 2:30, then after that it was lights out.At one point i caught a fish or got a blowup on 4 strait casts. This is probably one of my top 3 best trips on cumberland (not counting bass). This kinda sounds crazy but all i know is i got about 2 hours of cleaning fish to do. Caught them on thundersticks, live pointers, Gizz 4 and on a rico. My buddy had a hook with a split shot and when we would snag a shad he would let it drift, this netted our biggest walleye and the 2 catfish.Most of our fish came off moonlite banks.....but only in certain parts. We found the pattern like i said about 2:30 and ran it in 3 different spots......