WEST POINT LAKE IS DOWN 5.2 FEET, STAINED & LOW 50’S
Bass fishing is fair. Off shore hot spots on spotted bass have continued to produce with drop shot rigs and jigging spoons. If largemouth are your focus you are going to need to cover a lot of water with
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WEST POINT LAKE IS DOWN 5.7 FEET, STAINED & HIGH 40’S
Bass fishing is fair. Secondary points are the best pattern and shallow to medium diving crank baits will work. There are plenty of these good secondary points all over the lake and the better ones to fish
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WEST POINT LAKE IS DOWN 5.4 FEET, STAINED & HIGH 40’S
Bass fishing is fair. Secondary points are the best pattern and shallow to medium diving crank baits will work. There are plenty of these good secondary points all over the lake and the better ones to fish
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WEST POINT LAKE IS DOWN 5.9 FEET, STAINED & HIGH 40’S
Bass fishing is fair. A few fish pulled up a little following bait seeking warmer temperatures. Cover as much water as possible throwing small shallow running crank baits in a shad pattern. Bass have preferred
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WEST POINT LAKE IS DOWN 6.9 FEET, STAINED & HIGH 40’S
Bass fishing is slow but there are some fish there on the old road beds mid lake. Spoons are the ticket and if you want to get rid of some of the old Little Georges, cast them on the road beds and then rip
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WEST POINT LAKE IS DOWN 6.9 FEET, STAINED & HIGH 40’S
Bass fishing is fair. Expect a lot of rain and runoff to work its way into the lake this weekend. Spoons, jigs and Carolina rigs are the best baits with the cold weather. The weather usually gets these fish
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WEST POINT LAKE IS DOWN 6.5 FEET, STAINED & LOW 50’S
Bass fishing has been slow and the cold windy weather has made it difficult to fish. Mid lake has been the best area to start this as the water is muddy up lake. Use a Netbait Finesse worm and a ¾ ounce Strike
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WEST POINT LAKE IS DOWN 3.9 FEET, CLEAR & LOW 50’S
Bass fishing has been slow. We have some very cold water. A lot of movement with the bait will not get you bites right now. The best bites have been on deep shaky heads, drop shot, and jigging spoons on humps
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WEST POINT LAKE IS DOWN 6.6 FEET, CLEAR & LOW 50’S
Bass fishing is fair. Use a Strike King football jig or a Texas rigged Zoom Mag 2 worm in June bug, Bama Bug and green pumpkin. Jackson Creek and Beech Creek have some good fish that are biting but just make
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WEST POINT LAKE IS DOWN 6.7 FEET, CLEAR & LOW 50’S
Bass fishing is good. The fish are bunched up and they are biting any size and color jigging spoon. Look for these fish at 25 to 35 feet deep off any point close to the river. Flex It spoons in silver and white
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WEST POINT LAKE IS DOWN 5.5 FEET, CLEAR & LOW 50’S
Bass fishing is fair and both the spotted bass and the largemouth are suspended in the middle of the major coves on the lake especially the coves that have the wind blowing into them. Vertical jigging with
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WEST POINT LAKE IS DOWN 5.1 FEET, CLEAR & HIGH 50’S
Bass fishing is good. Spotted bass are biting around deep cover like blow downs, bridge columns, and brush piles. Try fishing from the railroad trestle up to Yellow Jacket. Use the Shakey head rigged with
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WEST POINT LAKE IS DOWN 5.8 FEET, CLEAR & LOW 60’S
Bass fishing is fair. The largemouth and the spots are moving into the pockets as the water cools down. They are chasing shad and feeding up for winter. Look for them in the backs of the creeks at 5 to 15 feet
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WEST POINT LAKE IS DOWN 5.8 FEET, CLEAR & LOW 60’S
Bass fishing will slow down for the weekend with the cold weather but will rebound next week. Focus on shallow pockets with cover and bait and find the warmest water in the coves. Fish the trick worms and Super
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WEST POINT LAKE IS DOWN 5.8 FEET, CLEAR & HIGH 60’S
Bass fishing is fair. The cold fronts and high pressure will slow the fish some. The fish are scattered and they are moving all over the lake so you have to move and fish a lot of places to catch them. Look
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WEST POINT LAKE IS DOWN 5.6 FEET, CLEAR & HIGH 60’S
Bass fishing is good. A good pattern for catching largemouth is fish up river in the area just below the Franklin Bridge. Fish upper reaches of the lake with Texas rigged Zoom green pumpkin and red shad u
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It’s never easy to take a look back at what was going through the minds of the Classic Fisherman especially trying to figure out why they used certain baits in the 2015 event. If you look at the weather and try to just take apart presentations from that point of view, one would... read more
If you’re looking for a long standing old timer bait that has produced for years nothing fits better into that class of great baits better than jerk baits do. It has been around for years and has evolved as one of the best cold water baits ever produced. It’s been such a prolific... read more
The deepest snow since Bill Clinton roamed the White House pounded Kentucky this week, leaving in its wake stranded cars, sore backs from shoveling snow and grumbling citizens.
It seems remote now, but in just a couple of weeks, we’ll be slipping on short sleeve... read more
One thing I notice every day when I am fishing with most anglers is that they fish their bait the same way cast after cast. Most experienced anglers are constantly adjusting their retrieve and making a change as to how they present it until they find a bite. Customers ask me... read more
There is a saying in fishing that goes “the best time to go fishing is when you can.”
With the frenetic pace and busy schedules of modern life, the saying is true more than ever. However, if you only have a few weekends each spring to fish, the experience yields more stress... read more
As spring approaches and the fishing continues to get better the thought that enters my mind every year is will my body hold up allowing me to fish every day. Eight hours on the water day in and out requires me to try to strengthen parts of my body every year to hold up under... read more
My father was a whiz with boat engines. It seemed as though he could fix almost any mechanical problems without involving factory parts. Back in the old days, you just couldn’t stop what you were doing just to run out to the... read more
Although the price of a gallon of gas is lower than at any time in recent memory, not many folks have extra money to burn.
This is especially true for non-essential things such as fishing reels, shotguns, hunting clothing or fishing waders. Adult commitments such... read more
NORMA JEAN II
The Norma Jean II is a one of our local shrimp boats and it is moored at Sasser’s Docks located on Turner Creek. The captains and first mates also known as strikers are so friendly! They are... read more
Now that we have arrived into the February time frame finding fish is all about understanding what takes place as the fish migrate toward the spawn. The first thing one must understand is that this time of year the bass become a by-product of their biological clock; in other... read more
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