Hit Cumberland Friday night through Tuesday night. Bass fished daytime, stripers at night. Fished Boys Camp to the dam at various times day and night. The only real consistent pattern was that it was wet, the conditions were constantly changing, and there was no consistent pattern. For example, Sunday morning-early afternoon, chartreuse spinner bait (gold blades) got hit (spots and smallies), white spinnerbait did not, not even a sniff on a jerkbait. Evening, smallies were slamming a jerkbait, spots would not eat it. Monday morning, spots slammed the jerkbait, but would not touch the spinnerbait. Smallies would not eat. Early, green back foil sides caught fish, later clown. Topwater bite was pretty much non-existent the whole time as was the crankbait bite.

Stripers, they are around, but sporadic. Some nights could find a bank or two with alewifes, other nights they were few and far between. Sunday I left the lake around 11 due to wind/rain. Other nights I fished late. Friday and Saturday night were both slow and on bucktails. Monday afternoon, got two keepers and a short throwing jerkbaits for smallies. Broke off another keeper. Last night, we got into them, but late. Pretty much 3-4 AM (eastern). Would not eat a topwater plug. Slivers were the ticket. Couple of shorts and a keeper. Plus MHall had a freight train hit his sliver and never stop. Judging by the speed it was moving, its probably halfway up the South Fork of the Cumberland River by now. I think my ears are still ringing from the sound of the line popping.

Monday night, the lake came up several feet as we fished. There is now a bunch of debris on the lake. Some real trip enders out there. Jamestown area had a bunch of large stuff Tuesday morning. Most of the main creeks had a fair bit too. Be careful if you head out that way anytime soon!

Andrew