Secondary Point, explanation ?

[LoomisLover]

LL,

I think we have all wondered this at sometime. I look at it this way, and I think it is logical, but I probably still have it wrong. Which is OK for me, I guess, but hope this will help you.

If you consider a "Main" lake point as being any point to a bay or inlet that is on the main lake, then any secondary point is any 'big' point that is in that bay or inlet.

I'm not sure where you fish, but take lake Barkley as an example. Eddy Creek is a very large bay on Barkley. The main lake points are the two as you enter the bay. I consider the 'secondary' points as those major points that go back into the bay. I realize that could mean as much as a mile or more of secondary points as I go further into the bay and up that creek *smirk*, and I am sure others will offer better definitions. However, this definition works well for me.

Good luck, and tight lines,

HDF

thanks for the response ... I actually fish on Kentucky Lake, specifically Jonathan Creek. Rarely does my fishing partner (grandfather) care to venture out to the main lake and other bays/creeks, hence the basis behind my question. Trying to figure out a game plan as I will be on Jonathan Creek August 2nd

[HiDefFisherman]

thanks for the response ... I actually fish on Kentucky Lake, specifically Jonathan Creek. Rarely does my fishing partner (grandfather) care to venture out to the main lake and other bays/creeks, hence the basis behind my question. Trying to figure out a game plan as I will be on Jonathan Creek August 2nd

It's late, and I'm a bit foggy, but you gotta get your grandfather out of that creek. If only you get him out to the channels around the island out in front of the creek, if I am picturing the right place in my mind. You have great fishing on flats, drops, and structure inside the island, and a great flat on the main lake side of that island.

That is actually where I met the man and his son that were up here fishing from Alabama the last time I was down there.

Good luck on the second. I'd love to be out there chaseing them that day too.

HDF

[Dakota Kid]

What would you call a point next to a main lake point on the main lake side of the main lake point? Sounds redundent but it's a question. A 2ndary point is any point in the creek after the main lake point. So wouldn't the point in reference be called a 2ndary main lake point?

[Duayne]

What would you call a point next to a main lake point on the main lake side of the main lake point? Sounds redundent but it's a question. A 2ndary point is any point in the creek after the main lake point. So wouldn't the point in reference be called a 2ndary main lake point?

Might be better to go with these instead...

major points
primary points
secondary points
main lake points