New striper lake

[Duayne]

I don't think Stipers in Laural is a good idea either. The size quality of the stripers and bass dropped in Cumberland when they quit stocking trout. But that's OK, for we know what we know. Stripers would knock off the trout in a huge way.

[Duayne]

Lack of bait in Cumberland? WOW I haven't heard or seen anything along those lines. I saw large schools of gizzards last year in areas that LM would like and we netted some bass while casting for bait. So if the LM can't find em and I can??? The thread fins seem to be on the upswing and I can say I haven't seen as many Alewives around lights. But they moved to deeper water right away when the lake was dropped. With the lake dropped, the open water bait is hanging closer to the channels more. Maybe the bait is there but it isn't accesible to the bass.

Caught 7 nice smallies while casting for stripers while the water was up this spring. Caught some nice ones last year on top fishing over 30-40 ft of water. It's the only time I fished for them last year. Based on my very limited experience, smallies have moved off the brush covered banks to deeper water, but I may be wrong. Maybe quality bass are there but people aren't fishing for them at the right depths..