Lake Cumberland Stripers

[Stuart Unruh]

Went out Friday morning on fishing creek but didnt have any luck. Managed to get quite a few shad the eve before but cudnt get a bite the next morning. The water was pretty muddy from the first bend on down to the rock buoy but we tried that spot anyhow. About the only place the water was fairly decent was just past the no wake zone on down to the first bend. there was also a lot of baitfish in that area too with birds on the water. We trolled that area pretty hard for a while since we had also seen some nice sized fish on the finder there the eve before but still without any luck. I would like to go back and try it again sometime when the water is a little clearer because I believe the fish are there with all those baitfish we seen. In the meantime maybe I'le go try Beaver Creak....

[Duayne]

I found them pretty easily on the outside edge of a flat Sunday morning (note it was a blue bird day. Found one large school and a few smaller schools working within a 300 yard area. Was short on bait so I only fished for 30 minutes or so. Funny, was moving fast to get away from them to pull my lines in and two more hit before I could clear the lines. Fished a different area Monday as I knew a guide friend would be fishing the same flats area and there was no need to fish on top of each other. Found another decent school and some smaller ones in a smaller creek but had a hard time getting solid hits early with lots of bumps and pull downs. Then I had three on at once, two got off before I could get to them and the other got off at the boat. Meanwhile, one found a way to sling a planer board off (one of those days!!). I did have one in the boat before finally going over a school that was ready to eat and got four (two keepers) out of it before I could get away from them. 30-40 line out on .5 oz boards the first day (a bump on a 1 oz 50 ft out board) and 1 oz 50 ft out boards and down lines at 40-45 the second day. Fished 45-60 ft of water. I believe they got more active later in the morning than early. I didn't start fishing Sunday until 8:30 or 9:00

[Bonefish]

Thanks, Duayne, for a great report.

[NKYHusker]

My folks live on Fishing Creek and I'm headed down tonight for a visit. Typically I don't striper fish this early in the year but I've really got the itch to get on the water. Later in the spring I catch my bait around the Lee's Ford docks before heading out but wanted to check to see if this is the best place to catch shad this time of year. Any opinions or suggestions are welcome.