Probably a hoax but you never know. If I was making a list of lakes to possibly catch a world record smallie cumberland would have to be on it. There has been a lot of smallies 7-8lb+ range caught by the striper guides and a few by bass fisherman. If one of those 8+lber's was full of shad and eggs then you've got a double digit fish. Cumberland doesn't have any smallies in the top 25 though.

http://sports.espn.go.com/outdoors/b...p25_smallmouth