stripers on cumberland

[fishincreek]

Andrew pretty much has you set-up on the what and how. In my opinion, what newbys don't take into account is the time at which they fish and give up too easily. You can be on the right banks but at the wrong time. Many times I have been putting the boat in at midnight and have several guys pulling out claiming the fish aren't biting, when we nailed them from 1-4. Another tip would be bait placement while casting. I really like my bait to "tick" the bank. Miss the bank by 3 feet and sometimes they just don't hit. Some folks parallel the bank, but I'm too wild of a caster and too many times my lure merely dangles from an unseen treelimb. If it weren't for my loveable sarcasm and my luck for shaking baits from trees I would have no fishing partners.

[mhall]

Andrew pretty much has you set-up on the what and how. In my opinion, what newbys don't take into account is the time at which they fish and give up too easily. You can be on the right banks but at the wrong time. Many times I have been putting the boat in at midnight and have several guys pulling out claiming the fish aren't biting, when we nailed them from 1-4. Another tip would be bait placement while casting. I really like my bait to "tick" the bank. Miss the bank by 3 feet and sometimes they just don't hit. Some folks parallel the bank, but I'm too wild of a caster and too many times my lure merely dangles from an unseen treelimb. If it weren't for my loveable sarcasm and my luck for shaking baits from trees I would have no fishing partners.

Well if you don't like paralleling the bank and fish with Andrew what do you do tie him up and lay him on the back deck until the night is over, lol? One night I had to cast over his left shoulder and reel in till the bait got up to his waist then ask him to drop my bait in the water for me so I wouldn't hook him in the nads, lol. Just kiddin Andrew, kinda, lol.

[mhall]

On a serious note, when you are fishing close to the banks at night and the guy in the front is throwing out in the front the guy in the back can throw straight parallel out of the back and still catch fish. You can go right over a spot and stripers will slam right behind you. They don't stay against the bank when they feed, they grab something spin and swim out then repeat. Have caught a few right behind the boat right after we just went over a spot. Hey and wormin don't be going after my net job I've become quite good at it.

Frickin Walleye, lol. Inside joke sorry.

[apb]

... but I'm too wild of a caster and too many times my lure merely dangles from an unseen treelimb. ....

I can cooberate his story, his plugs do spend a good deal of time in trees, on rocks....



I compensate by pulling off the bank a little farther than usual when fishincreek is in the boat. On a serious note, yeah, we are still real close to the bank, in May.

... when you are fishing close to the banks at night and the guy in the front is throwing out in the front the guy in the back can throw straight parallel out of the back and still catch fish. You can go right over a spot and stripers will slam right behind you. They don't stay against the bank when they feed, they grab something spin and swim out then repeat. Have caught a few right behind the boat right after we just went over a spot....

A good point to note. Stripers are not LM or SM. They do not hold in a specific spot on the lake. They'll move a whole lot. I believe that in May they are out over the open water, come in, hit a few alewifes on the bank, and then back out again. They'll repeat this process until they are full. My largest striper on the lake was caught from the back of someone else's boat, off an point that my partner had already cast too several times. Think I taught that trick to Mark the hard way too

...Hey and wormin don't be going after my net job I've become quite good at it....

That he is!!!

...Frickin Walleye, lol.....

Andrew

[mhall]

I can cooberate his story, his plugs do spend a good deal of time in trees, on rocks....



I compensate by pulling off the bank a little farther than usual when fishincreek is in the boat. On a serious note, yeah, we are still real close to the bank, in May.



A good point to note. Stripers are not LM or SM. They do not hold in a specific spot on the lake. They'll move a whole lot. I believe that in May they are out over the open water, come in, hit a few alewifes on the bank, and then back out again. They'll repeat this process until they are full. My largest striper on the lake was caught from the back of someone else's boat, off an point that my partner had already cast too several times. Think I taught that trick to Mark the hard way too



That he is!!!





Andrew

Hey I didn't want that little 11 plus pounder I knew he was there so I let you catch that one, lol.

[PRO V LE]

Have'nt you guy's heard, the Stripers are gone, they drained the lake, there is no water.


I'm selfish!

[mhall]

Have'nt you guy's heard, the Stripers are gone, they drained the lake, there is no water.


I'm selfish!

You can't catch'em all Dave, how's retirement treating ya, good I hope.

[PRO V LE]

Life is good, the wife travels alot for buisness and will be out of town next week. We have tickets for "Larry the cable guy" on the 2nd. I will stick around for that but on the 3rd. I will be at the lake until ????
You guy's know where to find me.

[mhall]

Life is good, the wife travels alot for buisness and will be out of town next week. We have tickets for "Larry the cable guy" on the 2nd. I will stick around for that but on the 3rd. I will be at the lake until ????
You guy's know where to find me.

Ya know Dave, Andrew and I haved talked about walking up the hill to chew the fat with you a couple of times. But we always talk our way out of it because we are to tired and honery to walk up that Billy Goat hill, lol.

[PRO V LE]

mhall. pm sent!