Cumberland 14-15 Nov

[HURRICANEBOB]

We ramped in at Halcombs at about 1 pm, and worked Indian Creek. Still tons of little shad up in the backs of the creeks. We went most of the way back to 76 Falls. The long straight right after the turn into 76 Falls had shad up, and a few Stripers pushing them and hitting them at the surface, but very small groups and very short duration. Picked up one 10 pound Striper there on a down pole with a Big Shiner set 12 foot deep. Coming out, at the long rock point, and the bay behind it half way back to Grider Hill, we found 5 boats and joined into a jumps that lasted about 10 minutes. Not a big jumps, sporadic, and of all boats and all the lures hitting the water only one boat got a hookup, read that as many casts with many lures and only one fish. We checked the dam area at sunset with no jumps to be seen anywhere survey with 10X binos.

Sunday we did Greasy and the back of Lilly. Both had tons of shad, both had sporadic single and small groups of surface feeding Stripers, but we got no hook-ups. We did Lilly from 8am to 11am, and Greasy from 12 am to 3 pm. Lures we treid included Redfins, baby Redfins, Thompson Spoons, Bandit silver crank baits, Long A Bombers in silver and chrome, jigs with white curly tails, jigs with white flukes, Zora Spooks in chrome, a variety of crank baits to try to get hits below the surface feeding, silver Rattle Traps, and Striper Swiper White surface poppers large and small, and Silver Torpedo Baits with props on the. We Saw guides back in Lilly and Greasy, but we didn't see them using the dip net much either.

Overall, fun trip, great weather, beautiful Sunday AM while the fog burnt off and fun watching the shade get chased by Stripers. Just could not find the right lure at the right time to get bit.

Anybody get into some real serious jumps this weekend?

[Bonefish]

Thanks for the report.

[bill28wagner]

For the most part we did the same. Fished by old Alligator 1 Friday and did OK. Caught 5 keepers one about 36"on planers. Saturday went back to same spot. LOTS of small shad. Had quite a few fish in the area but didn't do very well. Caught 1 keeper and released 2. Late Saturday afternoon went to Greasy and caught 3 right at dark downrodding at 12'. Sunday started off at Greasy had quite a few pulls on downrods but only hooked into 1 drum . Bout 10:00 finally caught one 38" pulling a planer as bout as far up in greasy as you can go. Left Greasy and went to Lilly and got skunked up there. Got bit a few times but no fish in the boat.

Couldn't find large shad for nothin (double negative). Used shiners, tried some of the smaller shad we caught, suckers and chubs. Caught a majority on the shiners.

Hope this helps. Be back down Thanksgiving weekend.

Bill

[RICHYD4U]

If I was going to come into CL from BG through Columbia, where would I be able to pick up some large shiners? Thanks.

-Rich

[Mean Morone]

We caught big 6 to 8 inch gizzards in the back of Caney. We also got a bunch of 5 inch threadfins. There are also tons of tiny gizzards flipping all over.

[peter]

adams bait and tackle. Its a BP Station on the road that goes from cumberland parkway to Jamestown, past the by pass and next to Lee's Chicken
270-343-6111

[RICHYD4U]

adams bait and tackle. Its a BP Station on the road that goes from cumberland parkway to Jamestown, past the by pass and next to Lee's Chicken
270-343-6111

Thankyou Peter, appreciate it.

-Rich

[HURRICANEBOB]

Rich,

Adding to what Pete gave ya as backups just in case.

Cumberland Bass Pro, BP Gas Station, HWY 127, its about 2-3 mile before Adams on the right side of the road, across the stree from the big boat dealer Performance Marine. They had Shiners and Gizzard shad last week. (270) 866-7575

If going to ramp in at the dam, via going down Hwy 127, or coming down RT 55 from Columbia to HWY 127, there is LAKE CUMBERLAND COUNTRY STORE, (270) 343-2066, they are about 3 miles from the intersection of 55 and 127, and only about 2-3 miles from Halcomb's Landing Ramp at the dam. They had big (5,6,7 inch shiners when I was there last week)

[RICHYD4U]

Rich,

Adding to what Pete gave ya as backups just in case.

Cumberland Bass Pro, BP Gas Station, HWY 127, its about 2-3 mile before Adams on the right side of the road, across the stree from the big boat dealer Performance Marine. They had Shiners and Gizzard shad last week. (270) 866-7575

If going to ramp in at the dam, via going down Hwy 127, or coming down RT 55 from Columbia to HWY 127, there is LAKE CUMBERLAND COUNTRY STORE, (270) 343-2066, they are about 3 miles from the intersection of 55 and 127, and only about 2-3 miles from Halcomb's Landing Ramp at the dam. They had big (5,6,7 inch shiners when I was there last week)

I think I know what store you are talking about Bob. The gas station store on the left a couple miles down from where I merge onto 127 off of 55? Sounds like the place you are talking about. I usually always stop there when I go fly fishing below the dam, didn't know that carried large shiners, great! Thanks a ton!

-Rich

[HURRICANEBOB]

I think I know what store you are talking about Bob. The gas station store on the left a couple miles down from where I merge onto 127 off of 55? Sounds like the place you are talking about. I usually always stop there when I go fly fishing below the dam, didn't know that carried large shiners, great! Thanks a ton!

-Rich

We are on the same sheet, same place. Go forth and slay them!

[RICHYD4U]

I SHALL!!!! I'll try to leave some for the rest of you all (ya right, lol!).

-Rich

[bill28wagner]

I dont believe that Lake Country Outdoors (Bass Pro) is gonna have the gizzards anymore. I talked to the guy that catches them for BP and he said he wasnt gonna sell the them anymore and they didnt have any this past friday sat or sunday. That was awful convienient.