Thread: Green River/Lake Cumberland

OH, and yes, I found plenty of muddy water.

Fished about 4 hrs. and had 14 keepers (I think) and several short fish. Not sure on the keepers cause I only kept 6 to eat.
Casting 1/16 and 1/8 jigs and twitching them back to the boat REAL slow.
Tried some brush piles and caught a couple but mostly they seem to be scattered on the secondary creek breaks close to the main lake.
Did you happen to see a blue/grey Skeeter with 2 kids and a tall ugly guy ? That would be me.

i went to green yesterday and was able to catch about 10 fish but none were 9". I fished tubes injected with nibbles from my baitpump past the kids camp by the lone valley area. I also fished Robinson Creek area with no luck... Is the other end of the lake better..like the Holmes bend area? I've only been to green river lake fishing 3 or 4 times as i jut bought my first boat a month or two ago. I'm also pretty new to crappie fishing on larger bodies of water and im lost out there.

. I also fished Robinson Creek area with no luck... Is the other end of the lake better..like the Holmes bend area? I've only been to green river lake fishing 3 or 4 times as i jut bought my first boat a month or two ago. I'm also pretty new to crappie fishing on larger bodies of water and im lost out there.[/QUOTE]

Foxtrot, everyone will differ on this, but my opinion the other end of the lake is much better. For several years I only fished the Robinson Creek fork of the lake and knew it pretty well. Then last year started fishing only between Holmes Bend and Ramp 1 and I am doing a lot better.
I even went back to the R.C. fork a couple times last year thinking I just know better how to catch them now, and same results, not much luck.
Again just my opinion

... all the years I fished GRL, I stayed at the state campground & fished around the island & back up into Robinson Cr a little ways. Never really considered even going down there until late April. :D

As with alot of our lakes, the river end (headwaters) usually starts earlier ... and things progress towards the dam end, as the days/weeks go by. I progressed, over the years, from dragging minners around the mid range depths (8-12ft) ... to throwing Roadrunners & tube jigs, to the banks & flats. Hands Clapping (that upped my success rate by about 300% )

Last year, at the get together, we fished HB area (mid April) ... and caught plenty of fish. Y'all may just be pushing things :p ... but, I can understand that. What with us being snowed/iced in for so long ... then some halfway decent weather comes along --- hey, we want to get out & get it on Thumbs Up

Just rest assured .... there's still plenty of time to get in on the GRL fishing, and it should only get better, in the weeks to come !! We just need for the water temps to rise a little more.

... luck2ya'll .... cp

Exactly right. Water seems to be a bit too cool right now and once they warm up a few degress the crappie bite will get much better. I find the BEST part of the lake when the bite is on is the big flats north of Holmes Bend on the left. If you don't know where it is, just follow the path of the boats during the spring/summer!