Went down to Lake Cumberland Wed. through Sat. My buddy and I were looking for some striped bass action. First place we went to was Greasy. We went all the way back to where the water was 6-11 ft deep and the water temp was 57 deg. Shad were all on the surface and as we pulled up to them the stripers and white bass started busting. We threw Flitterbaits and caught big white bass and stripers up to 28 inches. We fished after dark but the stripers just weren't on the banks good. We threw Gizz 4's and Gizz 3's but only managed three stripers with the biggest being 24 inches. We fished Caney one day and couldn't find any big schools of shad but did manage one short striper on a Flitterbait. We did see some birds working and saw some stripers boil but it was scattered. We tried the main lake at night casting Gizz 4 deep divers but the water was up and all the banks we usually fish had trees growing on them(in the water). Very frustrating getting hung up in trees all the time. Water temp was 54.8. So back to Greasy the next day where we tried to get some shad but couldn't catch any. We used the trolling motor to look for schools of bait and then drop our Flitterbaits to the bottom and then crank it back through the school. We caught 5 stripers, one walleye, one crappie and several white bass using that technique. Saved the trip for us. We saw some jumps up in Greasy but they didn't stay up long. We did hook a couple of stripers including one keeper buy casting Flitterbaits in the jumps. I guess we had a pretty good trip even though we didn't catch many keepers. The night casting was a bust, maybe in a couple of years it will get back to what it was. Oh if anyone wants a Gizz 4 deep diver, there is one in a small tree on the back of the island near the pump station in Greasy. That one came from my personal stash. Good luck.
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Originally Posted by anthonyroberts
