Stripers in the jumps

[RICHYD4U]

I thought they looked pretty good. Great immitation of what they are feeding on, good size too. I might pick some of them up before the trip next week.

-Rich

[Mean Morone]

My buddy and I just got back from Lake Cumberland. We saw jumps in the back of three different creeks. Those were the only creeks we went in so I assume that the same pattern is working everywhere. I was trying a new topwater bait and caught 2 smallies and a spotted bass and had a big striper blow up on it but didn't get hooks. My buddy stuck with the Flitterbait and caught 2 stipers, 2 white bass and a rock bass. That one white bass was a real chunk. I haven't seen any white bass caught in that lake for 15 yrs. We threw some Gizz 3's and caught largemouths and and couple nice stripers. I got my biggest striper right around dark casting the bank with a Gizz 4 shallow diver. It was between 12 and 13 lb on the boga grip. My eyes aren't what they used to be so I'm not real sure where the mark was. It was over 12 though.

One thing that alot of people might not understand about jumps fishing is that there are different kinds. The kind I like to see is where they are busting so hard that water is thrown in the air. These are very aggressive fish and will not hesitate to hit a flitterbait or Gizz 3. The kind I don't like to see are the ones where they are boiling. We had stripers rushing through schools of tiny shad and all they were trying to do was stun a few as they went through. These guys aren't looking for one shad but an entire school. The only way to get their attention is to throw right on top of a boil and twitch the bait. I think they think it is a stuned shad and will come back and hit it.