Cumberland fishing report.

[stripernut]

For 20 years in mid to late summer when its yime to die of heat stroke netting big gizzards in less than 20 ft of water in the very back of creeks soomer or later you would pull the net up amd there he would be......a nice big fat healthy keeper striper. And then you would scratch your head and think what is that fish doing here ? I think the answer is pretty easy.....alot of big food to be had. They have always been there in varying numbers, they areny always catchable though . I do think with the lower lake levels they tend to be "everywhere" more than they used to be. 3 straight days our limits came pretty quick on what i would consider a very august pattern.....but i aint arguin with em im feedin em ! Lol

[Duayne]

yep, BINGO and You becha. The bigger fish get bigger because they are doing something different and it's logical to me what they are doing different is staying in the creeks, somewhere, and feeding on bigger bait (probably at night). I also agree they will probably use less of the lake once they bring it up again. There will be more of a temp/water quality change between the main and the creeks again. But it isn't all on the stripers. Bait is using more of the lake as well and Threads are looking better and better. I know "Threadfins" is almost a dirty word on Cumberland these days but I ended up with a bunch of 4-6 inchers and they outfished the 6-7 inch alewives I caught this weekend.