Full Moon/Lake Cumberland

[ON3 3Y3D WILLI3]

Has the full moon phase thrown off the striper fishing at night on Cumberland? I'm hoping to head down there tonight (Tuesday 20 May) and any reports/advice would be greatly appreciated. I'm hoping not to waste a bunch of gas money and time going if it just isn't the right time. Thanks in advance.

Kind Regards,

O.3.W.

[cantcatch]

Went sat night the shad didnt come up until 3:30 EST, didnt boat a striper all night, did catch some walleye though.

[jonasseed]

should be good by wednesday or thursday with the warming trend

[hillbillyhunter3]

I was down there on Friday and Saturday night and never caught one striper. I was told it was the moon phase that had slowed them down, but that it would pick back up again in a few days.

[JoeB]

The moon has most definately thrown off the night bite for stripers. There are a few being caught, but if gas money is an issue, I'd put it off for a week or so.

[thunderstorm]

What's everyones opinion on the full moon and night time striper fishing?

I've heard some people prefer the full moon. During April's we fished the dark banks...nothing, then went to a point in full light and bam, caught several right away.

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[apb]

Generally, if the moon is bright (no cloud cover), it will scatter the Alewifes and make it harder to target stripers. On those nights, I mostly fish the dark banks. Not a 100% rule, but often works.

Andrew

[NedFlanders]

Went last night and saw not much shad movement.........caught 1 striper but lots of walleye................

[fishincreek]

I think this weekends woes were related to the cold rain earlier in the week, along with a mostly north wind, as well as a bright moon all night.

[thunderstorm]

Went last night and saw not much shad movement.........caught 1 striper but lots of walleye................

What time did you get your bites? I will get to fish Thurs./Fri night, but I have to work Friday and Saturday and don't want to waste alot of time fishing the slow times.

Thanks

[NedFlanders]

I would say the striper was just a right place right time one fish deal......and the walleye were caught after targeting rock slides after basically giving up on the striper bite.......around 3 am.......mabe could have caught the walleye that way all night not really sure.....im no expert at all just some info for you.....

[missionFISHIN]

Went last night and saw not much shad movement.........caught 1 striper but lots of walleye................

Which general area of the lake you were fishing?
The lower, middle or upper end?
The reason i ask is because this lake can be so different just from one end to the other end of it and can change from night to night.
You can almost draw a line across the lake at cumberland point and what happens east of that may be completely different than what happens west of it. We went the 12th on the lower end and had no shad or fish activity to speak of all night but i heard on the other end it was great that night, go figure! Also, was there much shad activity where you caught the walleye?