Good day for stripers on Cumberland

[vmky]

Started out behind the island on the right side of Beaver Creek, 6 down lines and one cork. 5 pull downs but no hookups. Fished there from 6am till 8:40, then decided to try some points and cuts on the north side of the lake around Roweena(sp). Set out 4 planer boards, one cork, and 4 down lines. First planer went down pretty quick, 22" fish, released and rebaited, as soon as the board got back in formation it took off again. Then 2 downrods took off, then the other 3 planers and the other 2 downrods. Somewhere in there the cork went down too. 9 fish hooked up and 2 people in the boat. Kaos!! We boated our limit(4) and released the rest at the side of the boat. 17 minutes from the first fish till all lines were cleared. No monsters-36"-33" 29" 25" kept. Water temps-78-79 depending on where you were at. All fish caught on 3"-4" shiners at 25' to 35' deep.

[FlyLie]

Yes, it sounds like a good day...Congrats. Fished the same Beaver Creek area for the last couple of weeks, but it has slow....ed...way....down. Looks like the summer pattern is on, i.e., trolling main lake.

Man, 9 hookups and only 2 people in the boat. What a PROBLEM to have.

[Lowerider]

I was in the bumper boat mess with you over the weekend fishing out of a black Lund on your first stop. I did the same as you and moved to a little less crowd further down from you and had about the same results - multiple rods down in a hurry. Caught all my fish at the same depths.

[HURRICANEBOB]

Just trying to visualize the pattern. When you left Beaver, you moved to the North side near Rowena, which is closer to the dam, right? Were you working the points, or rolling up in the coves/slews?

[PRO V LE]

Just trying to visualize the pattern. When you left Beaver, you moved to the North side near Rowena, which is closer to the dam, right? Were you working the points, or rolling up in the coves/slews?

Bob, It may depend on what time of day they are holding over. I moved from 60ft. to 100ft water in the same general area and "bingo". this was at dusk today. Early morning may have them in closer to the bank.

[HURRICANEBOB]

Bob, It may depend on what time of day they are holding over. I moved from 60ft. to 100ft water in the same general area and "bingo". this was at dusk today. Early morning may have them in closer to the bank.

Thanks Pro V! Got it, should of knowed that.......brain clutch slipped.

[vmky]

Just trying to visualize the pattern. When you left Beaver, you moved to the North side near Rowena, which is closer to the dam, right? Were you working the points, or rolling up in the coves/slews?

I put the boat in about 65' of water in the mainlake cut, set my lines out and headed towards the point. All fish were caught as we were rounding the point onto the mainlake side. Kept the boat in 60' to 65' of water.

[HURRICANEBOB]

I put the boat in about 65' of water in the mainlake cut, set my lines out and headed towards the point. All fish were caught as we were rounding the point onto the mainlake side. Kept the boat in 60' to 65' of water.

10-Q, sir!

[cumberlandguy1]

Multiple hook ups are very common for us so we only fish with 2 rods on the boat now. We usually troll u-rigs and it is fairly common to catch 2 on the same rod at the same time. We used 4 rods for awhile, but with only 2 people in the boat, the fish had the advantage. LOL. What a mess! 2 15lb stripers on the same u rig at the same time just about destroys a u rig. After hooking up 4 rods twice, we cut back to 2.

[voeller101]

I'm just glad to see someone say that you can practice catch and release with stripers this time of year. I caught two stripers a couple of weeks ago on a jigging spoon. The big one (18lbs) I fought for over 5 minutes. And I was able to release it after forcing water through it's gills. I hear a lot of people say that you can't release them in the lake this time of year, but they seemed fine when they left my boat.

[Mean Morone]

They will swim away fine. They wont float up right away. On Cherokee lake in TN, the state blocked off an area that has an aeration system where the stripers stack up in the summer. Fish were being caught and released and thousands of stripers were either floating or laying on the bottom. I will choose not to fish for stripers in the summer.

[PRO V LE]

I'm just glad to see someone say that you can practice catch and release with stripers this time of year. I caught two stripers a couple of weeks ago on a jigging spoon. The big one (18lbs) I fought for over 5 minutes. And I was able to release it after forcing water through it's gills. I hear a lot of people say that you can't release them in the lake this time of year, but they seemed fine when they left my boat.

Please do not try and release Stripers, catch two and quit. They will die even if they swim away at first.