WEST POINT LAKE IS .37 FEET OVER FULL, STAINED & 80 DEGREES

Bass fishing is fair and the better fish are relating to the current and will be close to the deep stumps and wood on the creek bends. Look on the heavy brush on points and docks on the lake. Down lake, use the Stanley jig in black and blue or all black 1/2 ounce jig and a larger Pro Pork Trailer by Uncle Josh, on the heavy cover. The Zoom water melon seed lizards on a Carolina rig, is a good choice fished slowly. On creeks on old channels, use a Culprit red shad worm on a Texas rig with the brass and glass combination. Work baits right on the bank around any cover. Later each day, work the creek banks and use a Shad Rap or a Rat L Trap in the shad colors casting anything to the bank cover. In the rivers the bass are on the creek bends and they will bite Zoom gourd green u tails on a Texas or Carolina rig. Small weights work best as the bass hold on to the worm and not move off with it. On the main lake points and around the dam use the shad colored Sluggo’s over any bank cover. Later each day go to the Rat L Traps in smaller sizes in blue shad or baby bass. The main lake point at the mouth of Bird Creek is a good area to fish this week. A deep water channel almost touches this point and the bass will hold right on the ledge. Using a Rapala DT14 or 16 along the edge at this point will catch these bass. Make a long cast and get the bait to slowly hit and bounce off the bottom rocks. Use a slow, but steady retrieve while fishing during the hot summer months. There is a good top water bite in the middle of the main lake creeks early and late. The rocks around the Yellow Jacket Creek Bridge are good summer crank bait areas.

Hybrid fishing is good and the hybrids are schooling late in the afternoon where Yellow Jacket Creek and the Chattahoochee converge. There are acres of them and they can be caught on popping corks, poppers, sassy shad and buck tail jigs. If you get there at the right time you can catch them as fast as you can take them off the hook.

Crappie fishing is slow right now but will pick back up in the next few weeks. The baits of choice are still crappie jigs and minnows, and the Hwy 109 Bridge is still one of the best spots to fish at night under the lights, but you better get there early to get a place. The railroad trestle close to Hwy 109 is also a good place to fish at night. You can see the feeding times daily with a Data Sport Fish and Game Forecaster on our web site. We have GPS Bass fishing locations and a BASS FISHING WEST POINT LAKE book for sale. Ask ken for a sample