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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…
West Point: Level: Down 3.8 feet below full pool. Temp: Mid to upper 70s. Clarity: Clear on main lake; light stain in the creeks. Largemouth: Good, said guide Paul Parsons. he said the fish were still in a spring pattern in shallow brushpiles and blowdowns. He was catching them throwing a jig ’n pig, Texas-rigged…
West Point: Level: 2.5 feet below full pool. Temp: Mid to high 60s. Clarity: Light stain upriver; stained in creeks. Bass: Fair. Fishing slowed a little for largemouth due to the bad mid-April cold fronts, said guide Paul Parsons. He suggested backing off the banks and fishing the brushpiles in 5 to 8 feet of…
West Point: Level: 4.25 feet below full pool. Temp: Low to mid 60s. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Good, said Paul Parsons. The largemouth are very close to going on the bed. Some big females have been caught in the last couple of days that had bloody tails. If the weather stays warm the spawn should peak…
West Point: Level: 5.5 feet below full pool. Temp: 52-53 degrees. Clarity: Clear to light stain. Bass: Good. Bass are moving into a prespawn stage, said guide Paul Parsons. Look for them to start moving onto main-lake points, where small crankbaits will catch them. He suggested a Bandit or a No. 7 Shad Rap. “If…
For catching plenty of crappie at Lake West Point, Yellowjacket Creek is all you need to know, says Jeff Key. Jeff, who travels regularly from his home in Milner to the lake, says he concentrates on one stretch of Yellowjacket no matter what the sea- son. The areas he fishes change little. From February through…
West Point: Level: 5.5 feet below full pool. Temp: Upper 40s. Clarity: The backs of the creeks are stained. Bass: Slow. James Scoggin was on the lake Saturday, January 27 and said it was tough. James doesn’t look for much improvement, either, until the water warms up. “We caught a few fish on spoons, jigs…
West Point: Level: 6.8 feet below full pool. Temp: Low- to mid-50s. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Fair. West Point guide Paul Parsons warns that with the water down so low, boating can be treacherous, with unmarked obstacles being a concern for boaters who don’t know the lake. He said the largemouth aren’t biting too well right…
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