Cumberland Lake

Hi, looking for information on Cumberland crappie. Please PM if you have any suggestions. Thanks in advance for any help.

the night bite is going strong. Find some brush in 30 to 40 feet an suspend your light over. When shad or minnows move in, fish about 18 to 20 feet deep.

caught 20 this am vertical jigging. 5 were 12 or 13 " rest were 10 and 11" They wanted it just hanging. If you cast you were skunked. It had to be still. You couldn't move it too slow! They were around live sycamores, The water is clear and the lure had to be out of human sight. The jig had to be a neutral color, not bright. I used microspoons ice fishing jigs. I think they were loafing, not spawning. (they were not busting with mushy roe). No hard pecks , the bite was touchy. Sometimes you saw your line go slack as they were pushing it up. Set the hook and you had him or her. Sometimes you tighten up and wonder was it a sycamore limb giving a bit or a bite? Set the hook and you could have a limb or a crappie. I love it when they're like this. This is why I had the "sensitive rod" discussion. If you're fishing Cumberland now you bettwer have one with enough backbone to pull it out of the bushes. And didn't catch any in over 15' of water. Hope this helps. fair weather

Really good report. Great catch. It was a hot day too!

you need to take me with you sometime. Just moved to Somerset looking someone to teach me a few things about Cumberland.

latest report main lake Waitsboro area and Burnside deep coves My fishing buddy and I caught 14 keepers between 7.30 and 12 am today. They were not in the submerged sycamores but on the cove bottom up to 25 feet deep and as shallow as 12 feet. We cast jigs and they would hit them falling and slowly moving. Vertical jigging wasn't vital today like it was last week. subtile colors and short jigs 1 1/2 " bass assasins and ice jigging microspoons.

The driftwood is dangerous watch carefully, wear your life jacket and drive slowly. Where is everybody? We were the only crappy fishermen out. Is anyone catching any walleye trolling?

Hope this helps someone
fair weather

Thanks Fair Weather,

My wife and I fought the wind Sunday in Faubush. Only caught two. Both keepers. These were near the live Sycamores but not in them. We marked fish near the bottom but couldn't get them to bite. We fished neutral colors too,. Most tipped with a minnow. Most boats were pleasure boaters that day.

Bob

My fishing buddy and I caught 9 keepers this am. None less than 20', on jigs. But my friends that use minnows are wearing me out. They're catching 30 and I'm catching 8 or 10. What gives?

Shucks, 8 or 10 sounds good to me FW. I had one when I got home at noon today. Water's clear and 77 at the surface. Hard to fish it!

I am visiting cumberland for the first time the week of July 4-11

I am staying up the lake near burnside island any suggestions of where to start mostly interested in Crappie and Walleye but, will chase anything if they aren't biting.

Thanks

TD

Fall Creek I couldn't pull off the pm this time so I'll just hang it out here. On lake at 7:30 am went above mouth of Fishing Creek, two of us. Caught 3 keepers. (my friend went there yesterday and caught one) Twenty feet 1/32 oz. slooow.... Went up in Fishing Creek. trolled, one large White Perch. Fished Little Clifty. Skunked, but I don't feel good about how I fished it.

12:30 back out on main lake , trolled 1/2 way to Mill Springs nothing. Getting hot. My brain is frying. went in a deep cove around Mill Springs caught 9 keepers 1/2 were in 30 ft. of water. Went to another cove caught 4 in 30 ft. h2o. Quit around 5 pm Had 16 but 10 hours in the sun is why I'm addled and couldn't figure out how to send that pm. All caught on jigs, always jigs

fair weather

Thanks a bunch Fair Weather. I wouldn't have wanted to be in those temps that long yesterday. Understand why you were beat. Water is really clear and warm. I'm considering some night fishing under lights. Will follow up if I do.

Bob

Be there in 10 days any new reports?


Thanks


TD

None for me TD. Haven't been fishing in a week or so. Sorry

I will be down on Cumberland in 7 days

Anything new going on?


TD

My fishing buddy and I have caught 4, 11 and 8 keepers since my last report. They are deeper and not in the sycamores but beside them. We always quit before noon. We used the same technique mentioned in my previous posts.

My minnow fishing friends are catching more tham me.

I'm not catching any walleye trolling, but in the years before I had by this time of year. I think its because the thermocline has not formed yet.

But someone has been catching walleye because we saw where they had cleaned them at Waitsboro. Does anyone know how?

I'll keep you posted on what I know and I'm

Fair Weather

Thanks for the report I will have my boat in the water July 4 and will be fishing 7 days straight I will post reports when I can


TD

Fished this am, 7:30-11:30 My friend and I went straight to our "honey hole". nothing, not even a bite. Tried two other places that had been productive, nothing. Another cove, one bite. We're discouraged, decided the crappie bite was over and will troll for walleye next time we go. Will try one more cove. Caught 13, three were 13" rest were 11" and 12" Confused Why were the other places dead? But this one hotter than ever been. Tried two more places-nothing, so we quit.

Tried the 1" Berkley Gulp! minnow for the 1st time. Both the crappie and the bluegill ate it up, but it needs to be rigged on a very small jig like 1/64. We caught several 8" bluegill today and have been routinely, while targeting crappie.

They were and have been, hitting the 1 1/2" bass assasin and the short ice fishing jigs.

We fished between Waitsboro and the mouth of White Oak, main lake, and fished 25' deep, at least.

For you fishermen coming for the 4th, ask others about using live minnows and night fishing. I'm clueless. and I haven't caught a walleye this year.

have fun and be safe
fair weather

Fished today and last night long lining jigs and casting to cover a few bass and no crappies yet just learning the lay of the land at this point


I will try again this evening when the boat traffic dies down a bit

TD

Fished today after dark around a boat dock in 27 ft used a green light and caught a few nice ones very close to the bottom


if there is a way to catch them during the day I haven't found it.


TD