Quote Originally Posted by troutmaster View Post
Yeah that's cool hadn't had a trout on the line in about a month or so.looking foward to the winter stocking.I'd like to hit the Cumberland but my john boats a little small for the river hope to get a better boat this spring.
I've bought my 14' river jon with the Cumberland River in mind. Rigged it for that type river. Lower levels I can run the river or higher levels. Smaller boats do have their advantages. Gone are the days when the flow would go from 720 cfs to 20,000 + in a couple hours. You'd launch in ankle deep water yet come back to 20' of water after a day on the CR. Dangerous for sure in those days as the water rose quickly and furiously. Really turned the trout on! I even had a trolling motor on the front and back as you constantly had to keep an eye out down stream for hazards during the rise. Two trolling motors as when "fish on" one of us could navigate boat going down stream while the other played fish. Now days the flow is consistent and river level remains same for longer periods of time. Never under estimate the power of a river for sure yet the Cumberland flow now is very manageable even in smaller boat. Just keep an eye out down stream. Trout are very scattered at the moderate flows. If you can catch an increase in flow they go nuts!