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Fishing Reports

West Point Fishing Report March 2011

West Point: Level: 4.9 feet below full pool. Temp: Low 50s. Clarity: Stained. Bass: Good. Chris Bell reports, “With recent warmer daytime temperatures, fish pulled up a little following bait seeking warmer temperatures. I have been covering as much water as possible throwing small shallow-running crankbaits in a shad pattern. With the clearing water, fish…

Longline Slab Crappie During West Point’s Spring Spawn

There’s a reason tournament partners Earl Kitchens, of Gray, and Wayne Ard, of Lizella, drive halfway across Georgia to fish West Point Lake. The crappie fishing can be that good. And, in late February and early March, when the first waves of egg-heavy females begin pushing into the shallows to spawn, the fishing gets that…

West Point Fishing Report February 2011

West Point: Level: 6.5 feet below full pool. Temp: 44 degrees. Clarity: Stained in the Chattahoochee; main lake and creeks are clear. Bass: Slow. Chris Bell reports, “We can only hope Mother Nature will let up a little to pull fish up. We have both lower temperatures and extremely cold water. A lot of movement…

West Point Fishing Report January 2011

West Point: Level: 4.8 feet below full pool. Temp: Low to mid 50s. Clarity: Stained up the Chattahoochee; clear on the main lake and creeks. Bass: Good. Micah Frazier said the best numbers are going to come from the deep bite on drop shots and jigging spoons. The fish will be bunched up wherever the…

West Point Fishing Report – December 2010

West Point: Level: 3.6 feet below full pool. Temp: Low to mid 60s. Clarity: Stained up the river; clear on the main lake. Bass: Tough. Tim Peek said if you find a few good fish, you better sit on them, because the bite has been pretty tough recently. You can catch a ton of spotted…

West Point Fishing Report – November 2010

West Point: Level: 3.5 feet below full pool. Temp: Low 70s. Clarity: Pretty clear. Bass: Good. Micah Frazier said the bait is moving into the creeks and pockets, and the fishing is getting shallow and fun. The bass are chasing bait. He has caught fish in water as shallow as 8 inches lately, but they…

West Point Fishing Report – October 2010

West Point: Level: 1.7 feet below full pool. Temp: Mid 80s. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Fair. Micah Frazier said as the water temps cool, the bait will start moving into the creeks, and the largemouths will follow. Micah likes to find the baitfish when they move up onto the flats in the backs of the creeks,…

Fall Slab Tactics For Georgia’s Best Crappie Lakes

It’s common knowledge among anyone who chases crappie in Georgia that fall is one of the best times of the year to wear out crappie. While the fish are not bunching up in the fall to spawn, like they do in the springtime, they are following cooling water temperatures and food supply. The Peach State…

West Point Fishing Report – September 2010

West Point: Level: 1 foot below full pool. Temp: High 80s. Clarity: Clear on the main lake; clear in the creeks; stained in the Chattahoochee River. Bass: Fair. Paul Parsons reports, “Bass are in deeper water with the warmer water temps. Fish deeper structure like old roadbeds and humps and also the creek-channel ledges. Lots…

West Point Fishing Report – August 2010

West Point: Level: 0.2 feet below full pool. Temp: High 80s. Clarity: Clear on the main lake; stained up the creeks and up the Chattahoochee. Bass: Fair. Micah Frazier said bass will be holding on deep structure like rock piles and brush on the ledges, roadbeds and humps. Fish hard until you find the bass,…

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