CaptainJimDurham
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Captain Jim's Striper Fishing Report!
THE LAKE CUMBERLAND STRIPER FISHING REPORT
By Captain Jim Durham – StriperFun Guide Service
DATE OF REPORT: August 20, 2008
Greetings to my readers! It has been two weeks since my last report. Life is good! I hope the world finds you and your family doing well!
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT
I am please to advise my readership that I have been appointed to “Team Evinrude”!
It is a tremendous honor, one that I am proud to have received. My thanks go to Sandy Hancock and C&P Marine in Bronston for their sponsorship and
support! Their hard work and terrific service can be invaluable for me (as a professional fishermen). C&P Marine can take care of you as well. I
encourage you to go see them!
ACTIVITY / CURRENT REPORT
Over the last 2 weeks the fishing has continued to be steady. What can I tell you? It is the “dog days” of August! Not much has changed in the last
2 weeks (except my growing dislike of candidates that want to take away our constitutional rights like the “right to bear arms”).
We are not catching quite as many limits, as the fish are a bit more scattered and have moved deeper (in the 50 to 60 depth foot range over 100 foot
plus channel water). On most days we are still catching some really nice fish (generally in the first few hours. but also again around noon when a
second wave of hard bites occurs). The deep water river channel bite is still where it is at. The water in the river channel is more oxygenated (it
is flowing under there!) and as the water temperature continues to heat up, this is where the big fish will be. Stay in the river channels and fish 40
to 60 feet deep near the mouths of major creeks.
My guys are about “half and half” fishing both live shiners or Down rigging & Umbrella rigging. Both are producing very well! In fact, this has been
the best Down rigging & Umbrella rigging year that I can remember in a long time! The hits are just viscous!
To read the full report, see photos, order jigs - umrella rigs & tanks and to learn tactics and places to fish, please click over to my website at the
link below!
Sincerely,
Captain Jim Durham
Toll free 866-575-3770
United States Coast Guard
Merchant Marine Officer License No. 1037731
Kentucky State Guide License # 007
captainjim@striperfun.com
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| Quote: | | [ The water in the river channel is more oxygenated (it is flowing under there!) |
how does it flow more in the channel when it is stopped up by a dam.
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CaptainJimDurham
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There are millions of gallons of water that flow through the dam's power generating stations daily at a rate of 540 cubic feet per second. The
Cumberland River continues to flow pass the dam and comes up and down in elevation at very fast rates, depending on the level of power being
generated.
As such, there is an under water flow of water that runs towards the dam through the channel of the lake.
You can read about it at: http://lakeinfo.tva.gov/htbin/lakeinfo?site=WCH&DataType=All&submit=View+info
Sincerely,
Captain Jim Durham
Toll free 866-575-3770
United States Coast Guard
Merchant Marine Officer License No. 1037731
Kentucky State Guide License # 007
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