cumberland striper

[elishaman]

Any information on how to fish for striper at cumberland. I have downriver and planer boards. Is live bait best and where to catch. If artificial what type.

[stripernut1]

there are a hundred answers to your question, its all based on time of year, weather,, water temps, winds and on and on and on.

do yourself a huge favor and book one of the reputable guides on lake cumberland. they will take you years ahead of the learning curve in one trip by teaching you methods for everything from catching bait, keeping bait lively (not alive but LIVELY, theres a difference) to trolling speeds, directions, rod deployment, depths, reading graphs (a good guide will see and read things you just wont know to look for starting out).
cumberland has very little to do with "a good spot to catch stripers" as they constantly roam and most locations generally fizzle out in a matter of days. so being able to predict whats next is important, a guide will be able to tell you the proccess of thought on this.

not to leave anybody out as most of the guides on the lake are pretty good at what they do but here is starting point on some guys that are very good at what they do.
eat end towards lees ford would be jared harmon
mid lake jamestown would be morgans guide service
west end grider hill dock would be lance sasser (lance also guides the river)

once again im not leaving anybody out on purpose, but these folk are my close freinds and i KNOW how much pride they take in their proffession.

[Smallie282]

Don't get me wrong here. I do 100% agree with what stripernut has said. But, this particular time of year here is what I would suggest... be on the lake just mins before dark. Run up in any small creek you can find, toward the middle to back of the creek. Tie on a blue/silver Smithwick rouge and cast your am off! Reel it back to the boat real slow. Hang on to your rod! You might say, "how do you know Tim?" Well, lets just say I did it last week and just might do it again tonight..

[stripernut1]

Don't get me wrong here. I do 100% agree with what stripernut has said. But, this particular time of year here is what I would suggest... be on the lake just mins before dark. Run up in any small creek you can find, toward the middle to back of the creek. Tie on a blue/silver Smithwick rouge and cast your am off! Reel it back to the boat real slow. Hang on to your rod! You might say, "how do you know Tim?" Well, lets just say I did it last week and just might do it again tonight..

lol, ya shoulda been here last night.....just sayin

[killing time]

Last week the night bite was good on silver on shallow banks we was getting 2 people's limits in about a half hour haven't been since this cold front came through

[Smallie282]

Yea, this cold front has killed the bite.. For us anyway..

[stripernut1]

Yea, this cold front has killed the bite.. For us anyway..

adjust accordingly, look at it this way, the live bait fishermen are still limiting out so the fish are still feeding, just not where you WERE throwing. cool fronts usually push the stripers just a little deeper, stripers dont mind cold water, the bait does though and the fish follow the bait.

p.s. we were done in 10 minutes last night once we made the little adjustment.
best of luck

[Les Young]

I stuck 2 & they both pulled off then hooked number 3 only to realize in the rush to get gone we had forgot the net. Needless to say it doesn't pay to try to swing a striper into the boat like it does a bass. Bye bye striper & sliver. lol Had a bunch of short strikes on doll flys & slivers.

[rooster]

Went last night. Caught 3 and lost several. Found them on main lake points. They were farther off the bank but hit slivers and top water too. Cleaning fish by 10pm.