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West Point: Level: 3.0 feet below full pool. Temp: Low 60s. Clarity: The Chattahoochee River is muddy, the main lake has a light stain, and some of the creeks have a significant stain. Bass: Guide Paul Parsons said the full moon should get the bass on the bed at West Point. Paul won the West…
Last March I was working on a turkey-hunting article when a fax was tossed on my desk. It was the H.D. Marine results for the March 16 bass tournament on West Point. Since a top-10 list from a good bass tournament ranks up there with the NASCAR results around this office, I snatched the list…
The green flag has dropped, and the race is on. The hybrids in Lake West Point have just completed their voyage north up the Chattahoochee River to the Franklin Shoals area. West Point hybrids make a yearly run up the river to search out swift current – it’s their attempt to spawn. Although a…
“I want to reschedule,” Rob Boswell said. Being a fisherman myself, I felt his pain. It’s tough enough to go out and catch fish with the pressure of a magazine interview under ideal conditions. The conditions we faced made this proposition nearly impossible. Despite that, Rob was able to find fish and we caught a limit.…
West Point: Level: 3.7 feet below full. Temp: 49-51 degrees. Clarity: Slight stain before the rains came at the end of February. Bass: “They’re on and off right now,” said guide Paul Parsons. “I think cold fronts and water temperatures are going to be the main things that will affect the fishing.” Paul said some…
West Point: Level: 7.5 feet below full. Temp: 42 degrees. Clarity: Slightly stained in places. Relatively clear on the main lake. Bass: The largemouth bite has been crazy, according to guide Paul Parsons. “The warm weather has the fish turned on,” Paul said. He said the warming trends are the times to fish on West…
West Point: Level: 6.3 feet below full. Temp: 42-45 degrees. Clarity: Slightly stained in places. Mostly clear on the main lake. Bass: The spots will be in the deep timber in January. Drop a jigging spoon down right on top of the standing timber along creek and river channels. Use your electronics to see how…
Chris turned the boat away from the long point at Amity Park on Lake West Point. I had a rod with an umbrella rig on it under my arm, and so did he. “Put yours out about 60 feet,” he said. I eased the array of jigs on a wire harness into the lake as we…
When GON picks a lake to write a bass fishing feature on, several criteria come into play when selecting an angler — or anglers — to spotlight. Knowledge of the lake and success on it come into play. Notoriety is another aspect that comes to mind. Sometimes the author, in this case yours truly, gets…
July 17: Valley Sportsman, West Point The fishing was pretty slow at the Valley Sportsman tournament at West Point. Twenty-two boats decided they’d try to beat the heat and fish, and in the end it was Martie Murphy and Mike York who won with 15.46 pounds. Second went to John Pearson and Trey Rhodes with…
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