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West Point: Level: 12.54 feet below full pool. Temp: Low to mid 50s. Clarity: Clear on the main lake. Light stain up the major creeks and up the Chattahoochee River. Boating advisory: Low lake levels. Use caution. According to guide Bobby Wilson, the following boat ramps are open: Yellowjacket ramp closest to the road; Horace…
West Point: Level: 12.5 feet below full pool. Temp: Upper 50s to low 60s. Clarity: Clear on main lake, light stain up the major creeks and up the Chattahoochee River. Boating advisory: Low lake level; wear life jackets. The river is not navigable north of the Hwy 219 bridge. Yellowjacket, Horace King, Georgia Access, Lone…
Glenn Goodson casts a long shadow. He is a tower of a man who teaches at Callaway Middle School. In addition to his duties as a math teacher, he is a coach for the school’s baseball and football teams. On the water, he is quite a professor as well. His extensive knowledge of bass and…
West Point: Level: Down 13.2 feet below full pool. Temp: Low 70s. Clarity: Clear on main lake, slight stain up the Chattahoochee River. Boating advisory: Low lake level. Use caution. Many of West Point’s boat ramps are also out of the water. At presstime, Long Cane, Yellow Jacket and Half Moon were all operational. Largemouth:…
West Point: Level: Down 10.9 feet below full pool. Because of low water levels, use caution on main lake, and extreme caution up the river. Temp: Upper 70s to low 80s. Clarity: Clear on main lake, stained to muddy in the backs of the creeks. Stain up the Chattahoochee, but clearing. Largemouth: Good, said guide…
West Point: Level: Down 8.8 feet below full pool with a boating advisory. Temp: Upper 80s. Clarity: Clear. Largemouth: Good, said guide Paul Parsons. “Fish roadbeds, humps and shoal markers 10 to 20 feet deep with DD22s or big worms like a Zoom Ol Monster in green pumpkin or watermelon seed,” Paul said. “Fishing has…
Level: 5.7 feet below full pool. Temp: 86 degrees. Clarity: Clear down the lake and slightly stained upriver. Largemouth: Good said guide Paul Parsons.“Fish roadbeds, humps and shoal markers 10 to 20 feet deep with DD22s or big worms like a Zoom Ol Monster in green pumpkin or watermelon seed,” Paul said. “Fishing has been…
West Point: Level: Down 5.5 feet below full pool. Temp: 80 to 85 degrees. Clarity: Clear in main lake; slight stain in creeks. Largemouth: Good. Guide Paul Parsons said the largemouth are moving out due to the dropping water level. Try cranking rip-rap around bridges early with medium to large crankbaits, then move out to…
Donnie Hinkle was bass fishing on West Point Lake in October of 2003 when he witnessed something he’d never seen before; a school of gar began surfacing all around him. Donnie said he could hear their beaks slapping on the water’s surface and knew he had to catch one. He threw cast after cast with…
The Final 4 in the Skeeter Eliminator Series has been set. Tim Vanegmond and Butch Pitts won their Round 4 matchups earlier this month, sending home Walter Green and Jim Windham, respectively. At Lanier, Tim found a great topwater bite on the Little Hall bridge pilings. He threw a Red Fin in 80 feet of…
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