Lake cumberland waters not that bad

[mhall]

#1 Gamugatsu Octupus (not 1 ought) . Caught tons on same hook last summer and fall. Never missed one or broke one off. The shinners I was using were normal 3-3.5"

What do you think.
Thanks

It was Gar I would bet on it. That lake is full and I mean full of Gar now.

[pct]

I am heading to Cumberland this Thursday and wanted to get an update as to the Lake Conditions. I will be heading out of Alligator II marina. What are your thought about night fishing with the current conditions?

Thanks,

PCT

[stripernut]

the debris conditions are improving, the water has dropped a little, water clarity is perfect (for now) , i know the lake is a mess on the somerset end and around connely bottom etc, we dont have the mudddy water yet. if you are going to night fish you are going to snag alot of sumerged bushes and a little trash. a little slower than it was 3 wks ago but you will still catch fish

[peter]

Gar was my first thought.
Many times gar will leave teeth marks that look like long scrapes and they will wonder off with the bait if you fed them line and I don't remember having gar kill the bait 100% of the time. I saw some fish swiriling on the surface in the area and it was not gar. I dodn't think it was carp but sort of the color of carp more than gar and now that I think about it could have been drum.

[adam7456]

When I am out night fishing for stripers I will occassionaly put a balloon with a glowstick in it and a shinner below it out way behind the boat. Several times I have had something grab the shinner and take off running fast. I'll have the clicker on the reel and it will be screaming. I've let the fish run 50 to 75 feet but as soon as I put pressure on the rod, nothing. No fish and the shinner is still alive on the hook. The same thing happend during the day back in January. Any idea which fish is doing this? I thought it might have been the Walleye at night as one night I caught a couple in the same area the balloon was taking off.

[peter]

Don't really know. I am thinking though that sometime fish get caught in the line/leader when they stun the bait eihther when ramming it or slapping with the tail. Just a theory probably never know. somethmesfish willhold the bait in their mouth and run off with it and for whatever reason the hook does not set.

[mhall]

When I am out night fishing for stripers I will occassionaly put a balloon with a glowstick in it and a shinner below it out way behind the boat. Several times I have had something grab the shinner and take off running fast. I'll have the clicker on the reel and it will be screaming. I've let the fish run 50 to 75 feet but as soon as I put pressure on the rod, nothing. No fish and the shinner is still alive on the hook. The same thing happend during the day back in January. Any idea which fish is doing this? I thought it might have been the Walleye at night as one night I caught a couple in the same area the balloon was taking off.

GAR, they do this all the time to us on the river fishing for the big whiskered ones.

[Mean Morone]

Could the mystery fish be a big buffalo? My buddy caught one about 20 lbs on a jig one day. Hooked right in the mouth.

[Bobby Headrick]

Could it be the lock cumberland monster. Lol lol lol:d

[peter]

GAR, they do this all the time to us on the river fishing for the big whiskered ones.

Gar is my bet also. You can let them go for a minute or two and not hook em. I think they wonder off with the bait sideways in their mouth. Sometimes you will hook them on the outside of the mouth or get the line wrapped around their long nose.