stripe and walleye- Is it over?

[jonasseed]

Put in @ Fall creek around 1:00am. Fished Ramsey point Area. Shad didnt come up good untill about 4:00. Bite only lasted about 30-45 min. Caught a nice 29inch walleye and another that was 24. 1 Largemouth, and 3 gars......Al came off thundersticks. Got my line broke once by what i presume was a striper and had 3-4 more good fish pull off. Action is dwindleing down in my opinion........A cold front is the only thing i can think of that may help the bite out in the next week or so....Water temp was 76....

[adam7456]

Shad didnt come up good untill about 4:00. Bite only lasted about 30-45 min.

........A cold front is the only thing i can think of that may help the bite out in the next week or so....Water temp was 76....

That is about what I experienced last Friday night. I looked at the historical temperature charts and the water temperature on Cumberland right now is where it was at around May 20th last year and people were still catching stripers in to June with even warmer water. I don't know what is more of a controlling factor on the bite, temperature or the date. There should be a little bite left if temperature is the main factor.

[apb]

... I don't know what is more of a controlling factor on the bite, temperature or the date. ....

Depends on the Alewifes. If they are still on the banks spawning, the stripers will be there. With warmer water, the stripers will not stay up long as the larger ones cannot take temps above 75 for any length of time.

Andrew

[apb]

Partner and I boated 2 keeper stripers and 5 walleye last night. Several other hits. 2:30-4:30 (eastern). Most striper action before 3:30. Short window, pick your banks wisely. Oh, and that Mhall guy is getting to be a pretty good net man

Andrew