Fishing a Point, Boat Position

I've learned to look for a couple of key things before I fish a point. I look for bait fish or any activity on the surface (busting fish) or I try to find structure (brush pile, stumps or rocks) Then drop a marker. I try to position my boat to where my cast lands a couple of rod lengths from my target. This way I may pick of an aggressive fish around my target. If you land right on the brush pile and hang up forget catching a fish of that point. Another thing I try to do is get on the water when the lakes are a winter pool. You will be amazed at the stuff you can over look. Before my friend got a GPS in his boat he waited till the ground was good a frozen and he walked nearly all the way around Barren he now has 150 way points and he made a little binder with all the way point and the structure he found. So if he's catching fish on brush piles he flip through his binder and run spot to spot, I've seen him have some real nice bags of fish, when everyone is scratching their heads. Hope this helps.

All good information, thanks for the replies. Point fishing is a crucial part of bass fishing and an overlooked one in my opinion. I get so frustrated while on a point and see fish busting the water behind and to the side of me, better boat position will inevitably help

I am attempting to learn why I have caught fish where I have over the years and better prepare my self for future endeavors like tourny fishing

[QUOTE=Ritchie270;418474]Thanks for this thread and all the replies, this was very informative to me. I'm no where near an "expert", probably a low intermediate at best, but I try to do what bassman ky is saying when I fish points. What always frustrates me is when I see arches on my sonar that I'm 90% sure are bass by there position in relation to structure, baitfish etc and I still can't get a hit. That's the fun in fishing I guess :)[/QUOTE]
when you see them do you back off and fish where you were setting,seeing the fish?if not your presentation is not in their zone,back out a bit,if the fish are not close to bottom they may be looking up,what i call it,if they are they may not go down to pick up a bottom hugging bait.fish from different angles too.