boat access below dam at corrdell hull
 

I was wanting to know if both ramps r open and if the strip r running n yet bout this time last year was catching some huge fish thinking bout headed that way next weekend thanks

Well us boys from Illinois would like to know the same thing so hopefully somebody will fill us in on what is going on down there.....

Just got in from cumberland river. Put In at dam lock side. Both ramps open and there were 13 cars on lock side (all bank fisherman). They have been catching stripe, sauger and crappie for a while. Saw 2 guys trolling catching sauger and I drifted by one fellow a couple of times on powerhouse side and he was catching lots of stripe and sauger. He said sauger were 14, 14 one half inches long. Water temp 45 degrees skipjack can be caught but tough. Six caught today. Went about 12 miles downriver and fished every spot I knew with no success. No birds, no bait activity etc. Needs to warm up some for the rockfishing to get right. Thats the bad news . The good news is I didn't break anything , my motor ran fine and my rockfish bait system worked great.

REGARDS

[QUOTE=fishbait61832;31075]Well us boys from Illinois would like to know the same thing so hopefully somebody will fill us in on what is going on down there.....[/QUOTE

Don't know if you fellas are talkin stripes or stripers. We call a white bass a stripe in TN. When stripers were introduced they were called rockfish because striper is too close to stripe. Thats why there's no confusion now.http://fishingtn.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

Old Sailor, glad you had an event free day. Snork was next door playing with his girlfriend, Sadie, and musta forgot about you for the day!

Glad you did not break anything also.....I did not fare as well. Made a cast with my new custom made crappie rod....that I was in love with......hit the tip on a boulder. Thought all was well until I cast and the lure just kept going. I looked and the ceramic insert had shattered. It was completely my fault. I will call and get a new tip top guide from the guy that made it......still sick about it though.


Regards

hey thanks sailor I thing we will head that way Saturday if ur down there we will b n a v bottom running a lil Johnson give us a shout good day n fish on brothers :D

OUCH Alphahawk! I know that had to hurt, breaking that rod tip. Are you sending the rod back or having it fixed locally?

My custom rod should be coming in from Kissel Kraft this week, hopefully. Really looking forward to it.

But my boat is in the shop getting new steering cables installed. It's a 1990 Stratos w/150 Johnson. Cables are 23 years old. I almost ate a rock bluff wall running down the Stones river a few days ago. The steering had been getting progressively worse (ask jad2t, he had fun driving it last week, and he works out religiously) for the past few months and I hadn't thought too much about it. But when I went to make the curve and the steering didn't want to respond (about 40 MPH) and I missed the wall by about 6 ft, I decided it was time to get'r fixed.

Hopefully I'll have it back before next weekend.

I still have a canoe if I get the urge bad enough. Couldn't fish this weekend, Mama's on a women's retreat with her church ladies. She's probably looking to find a reason why she married me!!

I'm sure she'll come to realize, it's because I make such pretty babies!

Yes...best to get that fixed. I can do a tip top....or I could get Walt here in Colombia to do it. I will call Kissle Krafts just have them send me the exact same tip top. Got to get well enough to get back in kayak. Bank fishing can be rough on a rod....LOL. Thats is why I have not taken out my Gill rod to fish with yet. Don't want to mess up the inlays on the rocks.


Regards

[QUOTE=, it's because I make such pretty babies![/QUOTE]

No one can disagree with that after seeing that beautiful little girl with the snorkster.http://fishingtn.com/images/icons/icon14.gif

Yes, she is what you would call "living proof".