Lake Cumberland Patterns, Now that the rains have stopped?

[apb]

Been a while since I pulled boards, but like Duayne, I prefer rubber core sinkers to allow for quick change in weights as needed. For bottom fishing, I prefer the egg sinkers. It lets the line get pulled through the sinker rather than picking it up off the bottom with the lead attached. Less likely to warn the fish that somethings not right.

Andrew

[Duayne]

You would think so but it was 2-1 in favor of the egg sinker rigs as far as missed bites last weekend. Almost all my fish came on rubber core rigs. Of course it could have been the placement of those lines, as I tend to put the heavier weights deeper/behind the boat and the rubber core rigs more to the sides. If its a fish worth catching, the one oz weight doesn't slow em down, especially this time of year. The exception might be the walleye. Now watch someone post on Tuesday they lost a bunch of fish using rubber cores.. LOL

[FlyLie]

Thanks mhall. Still planning on going out this week, but as a back up, I spent some time yesterday working on the boat to get it set up for trolling. Still, would like to get into some of that "night bite".

Good Fishing to All,

Well, went last night (Thursday). Launched out of Halcombs around 6:00 pm and slowly worked my way along the north shore up to "Low Cut" while watching the sonar for any signs of bait fish or stripers. Nothing, with the exception of a few fish on main lake points. Fished points as well as shoreline and never did get into anything. Hope it was just me and my inexperience night fishing LC, hoping others did better. Also, tied up to a point for a couple of hours and put out a couple of lights. After about 30 minutes, the minows and (shad?) were having "brunch" around my boat, but nothing would hit my offerings. Gave it up around 4:00 am.

Talked to a couple of guys in the parking lot, and they reported a couple of blowups, but said they didn't hook up anything. However, they reported catching a couple of +30 inch stripers Wednesday night.

[mhall]

Well, went last night (Thursday). Launched out of Halcombs around 6:00 pm and slowly worked my way along the north shore up to "Low Cut" while watching the sonar for any signs of bait fish or stripers. Nothing, with the exception of a few fish on main lake points. Fished points as well as shoreline and never did get into anything. Hope it was just me and my inexperience night fishing LC, hoping others did better. Also, tied up to a point for a couple of hours and put out a couple of lights. After about 30 minutes, the minows and (shad?) were having "brunch" around my boat, but nothing would hit my offerings. Gave it up around 4:00 am.

Talked to a couple of guys in the parking lot, and they reported a couple of blowups, but said they didn't hook up anything. However, they reported catching a couple of +30 inch stripers Wednesday night.

Don't feel bad, this has been a typical night report this year for many.