Cumberland 9/6

Surface temps have dropped 6 degrees in the past week, 76.2 today
Fish are still deep, found deep cover that was loaded ,mostly blacks
Caught at least 60 at 31-33ft all were hugging the bottom
2 to 1 shorts but the best bunch I've found since spring
Trying again Friday
No pics, everything released, all on minnows, very fat, feeding heavily

Same area you were finding them at night ??

I assume you're fishing during the day, now, right ??

Back up in the creeks

Good catch and thanks for sharing

2-6 pm

Thanks for the report.

Had several 11-11.5 in fish,, I'm guessing the bigger ones are holding closers to 40ft
Water temps are 76 degrees surface to 30 ft

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Originally Posted by algenco

Had several 11-11.5 in fish,, I'm guessing the bigger ones are holding closers to 40ft
Water temps are 76 degrees surface to 30 ft

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Let's hope these 40deg nights drop that temp down a bit !! But, not too fast ... don't want a mass turnover this early in the year.

It will cool earlier than usual
The Corp has been generating around the clock with 1-2 sluice gates open for the past 3 weeks
Lake levels have dropped about 5' in the past 2 weeks