stripers at night on Lake Cumberland

[pct]

Stripernut,
I also saw something for the first time and that is a walleye jumping out of the water right after a hookset. This weekend we were fishing on Lake Erie and my brother-in-law set the hook on a nice walleye and it came stright to the surface and jumped... They normally go straight down and never straight up.... It must be all the HOT weather / water early in the year. Its making them crazzzzyyy...

[stripernut]

paul i can think of no greater scare....a walleye jumping ? too much chance for him to throw the hook.....they taste too good to be throwin the hook !

[Les Young]

Contrary to what was said the night time bite is on very strong. A buddy had 18 Saturday night & another buddy had 10 Sunday night.

[BRS]

Only half of dbayponyc queston has been answered. We no the night bite is doing good but where are the big ones located? I have a friend that is fishing Conley Bottom but he told me there were no shad up on top but still caught some stripers. I haven`t fished Cumberland in a while but fished Dale Hollow last week and you will have no problem finding the shad there, they are on the banks.

[bassmanshawn]

does the moon affect the shad you all think

[stripernut]

Only half of dbayponyc queston has been answered. We no the night bite is doing good but where are the big ones located? I have a friend that is fishing Conley Bottom but he told me there were no shad up on top but still caught some stripers. I haven`t fished Cumberland in a while but fished Dale Hollow last week and you will have no problem finding the shad there, they are on the banks.

there are shad everywhere on top most of the night, they come up andd go down like they always do. as far as the "big" ones....well "big" is a relative term on c-land anymore, but if we are talking keepers they are on the rock walls , gravel flats, points, up in the creeks etc etc. but you will have to wade through dozens of shorts to get to the keepers (and you may get lucky and get your keepers quick, its a crap shoot at best).

[gocats]

did you catch any eyes at Dale when you went?

[BRS]

did you catch any eyes at Dale when you went?

Did not catch any but did catch SM and LM. I am pretty sure they were there though.

[dbayponyc]

Well we fished Conley Bottom area last night and caught around 8-10 stripers...All shorts except for 1 26" fish. Very few shad up in that area but I know the full moon affected the fish because all bites came on dark or shaded banks. Still had a great time and my partner caught his first stripers ever, always happy to show someone the great experience of night topwater striper fishing. I will be glad to see the return of bigger stripers when they fill the lake back up.....