lake cumberland large mouth

[gocats]

I am planning on putting in several fish attractors in lake cumberland. I am wanting to know, do you guys catch more large mouth on the main lake flats around the deep stumps or do you catch more fish up in the creeks. How deep do I need to place them? Where are some good areas to place them within a 15 min boat ride of conley bottom resort? Thanks for your help, I just feel it would up my chance of catching fish when I am forced to fish Cumberland.

[LJP]

Before placing them in the lake, you need to check to see if it legal

[stripernut]

first matter of business; you will need to contact the corp of engineers local district office at 606-679-6337. you can apply for a permit, ad then a ranger will contact you ad set up an appt to determine where and what you want to do. the ranger will then (if he approves) tell you what types of brushpiles you can construct and where.

second matter of business; where you catch LM on c-land is seasonal just like any other lake in ky, right now some LM are being caught 35 feet deep, while some fish are being caught on topwater at daylight.
i would compare sinking a brushpile to setting up a corn feeder for deer. you can set up a corn feeder to try to get the deer to go somewhere they really dont want to go, OR you can set up a feeder to slightly steer them and slow them down on their way to where they wanted to be in the first place.
to go out and say "im sinking a brushpile right here"! will probabaly attract a few fish. but learn where they are and a brushpile will be another good reason for them to stay there more often and longer, all while knowing an exact location.

keep in mind if you found a great channel drop that intersects with the mouth of a shallow holler that already has a few stumps and fish hang out there alot of the time anyway, that spot being 16 feet deep right now will be almost 50 feet deep in he near future once the lake is returned to normal levels.

best of luck to you, be sure to record the exact GPS coordinates of your brushpiles and PM them to me.....i wont tell anyone

[roadrunner]

Stripernut when he tells you, you can share with me because I won't tell anybody and if I do I would make them promise not to tell anyone.

Secret is safe.

[stripernut]

Stripernut when he tells you, you can share with me because I won't tell anybody and if I do I would make them promise not to tell anyone.

Secret is safe.

its a deal....i promise i will only tell roadrunner, and NOBODY else !!

(fingersXXXX)

[Duayne]

You also need to consider what will happen in March of 2014. That's when they lift the hold restrictions on Cumberland. Or at least that's the story today. If you drop cover into, say, 35 ft today, that will likely be 65 ft in the summer then. You could set it shallow now, but it will be exposed in the winter months. When back to normal, Cumberland can change depths very very quickly and very very drastically. Also consider that you cover probably won't mean much to bass then, as what is the shore now will be a varitable cover fishermans dream for at least two years and maybe more.

With one more year of holding, which would probably mean one more great year of spawn, then the addition of the firtle banks when the water rises, I would think Cumberland could quickly become a Large mouth fishermans dream for several years. And that's without adding your brush piles.

I'd suggest investing your time in going around and noting/marking future great spots...

[stripernut]

You also need to consider what will happen in March of 2014. That's when they lift the hold restrictions on Cumberland. Or at least that's the story today. If you drop cover into, say, 35 ft today, that will likely be 65 ft in the summer then. You could set it shallow now, but it will be exposed in the winter months. When back to normal, Cumberland can change depths very very quickly and very very dras

tically. Also consider that you cover probably won't mean much to bass then, as what is the shore now will be a varitable cover fishermans dream for at least two years and maybe more.

With one more year of holding, which would probably mean one more great year of spawn, then the addition of the firtle banks when the water rises, I would think Cumberland could quickly become a Large mouth fishermans dream for several years. And that's without adding your brush piles.

I'd suggest investing your time in going around and noting/marking future great spots...

X2....a camera and a gps and a 1000 miles of shoreline brushpiles

[Technonorb]

I agree that the fertile ground and natural cover from the drawdown will be awesome for the Bassfing but even more so for the crappie. Could rival Ky. Lake for both species in 3-4 years. I sure hope so, Ky. Lake is 5 1/2 hours away and Cumberland only 2. Can you imagine catching a Trophy Striper, Largemouth, Smallmouth and Crappie in one day. Thats what I call a Grand Slam!!!