WEST POINT LAKE FISHING REPORT by PAUL PARSONS GUIDE SERVICE
WE SPECIALIZE IN LIVE SHAD FISHING ON WEST POINT LAKE
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02/08/10 Full Pool Lake Level - 635.00 Current Lake Level - 631.14 Surface Temperature - Lower 50's
Water Clarity - Stained on the main lake. Muddy up in the creeks. Muddy up the Chattahoochee River.
Generation Schedule Today - Around the clock until further notice (subject to change without notice).
LARGEMOUTH BASS / SPOTTED BASS - Fair - The Bass are moving out deeper with the colder water
temps. Look for Largemouth and Spotted Bass to be suspending in the trees along the river and major
creek channels. Bass are also holding in the brush piles on the old roadbeds. Most of the old roadbeds
have brush on or around them. The best way to catch Bass for the rest of the winter is probably going
to be vertically jigging spoons. When they get hungry, they will come out of the trees and move up on
adjacent flats to feed. Locate the Shad on your graph and you should also find a variety of game fish.
STRIPED BASS / HYBRID BASS - Good - Striped, Hybrid and White Bass are now biting good down on
the main lake on live Shad. Good areas to try are the railroad hump, the flats around the mouths of
Wehadkee Creek and Indian Creek and the humps in the mouth of Maple Creek. The D.N.R. has been
stocking Striped Bass for the last four years. The first Striped Bass that were stocked are getting up to
around 18 pounds. By the way, there are also some trophy sized Striped Bass in West Point Lake from
previous stockings a while back. A 39 pounder was caught late last spring up the river. We are about
four weeks away from the start of the Striper/Hybrid/White Bass spawning run up the Chattahoochee
River. Make your plans now for the best Striper fishing of the year. I still have prime dates available!
CRAPPIE - Good - Crappie fishing is picking up. Slow trolling jigs has been producing limits of Crappie
in the past week with some nice sized slabs being caught. Crappie fishing has been best in the creeks
from the railroad trestle bridge north up to Ringer Access. Black/chartreuse and black/green jigs have
been producing the best. Trolling for Crappie should be good until they start moving shallow to spawn.
If you want to catch a big mess of Crappie, give me a call and I'll put you on some West Point slabs.
CATFISH - Good - Blue and Channel Catfish are biting good all over the lake. The best bait is cut Shad.
Fishing for Flathead Catfish has slowed down due to the colder water temps. Unlike Blue and Channel
Catfish, Flathead Catfish do not like cold water and will remain inactive during the colder months. The
Flathead fishing will start picking up when the water starts to warm in the spring, usually about the time
the Striper and Hybrid run up the Chattahoochee River gets going good. I am now offering fishing trips
exclusively for Fathead Catfish and also combo Striper/Flathead trips. Book your Flathead trip today.
Water Clarity - Stained on the main lake. Muddy up in the creeks. Muddy up the Chattahoochee River.
Generation Schedule Today - Around the clock until further notice (subject to change without notice).
LARGEMOUTH BASS / SPOTTED BASS - Fair - The Bass are moving out deeper with the colder water
temps. Look for Largemouth and Spotted Bass to be suspending in the trees along the river and major
creek channels. Bass are also holding in the brush piles on the old roadbeds. Most of the old roadbeds
have brush on or around them. The best way to catch Bass for the rest of the winter is probably going
to be vertically jigging spoons. When they get hungry, they will come out of the trees and move up on
adjacent flats to feed. Locate the Shad on your graph and you should also find a variety of game fish.
STRIPED BASS / HYBRID BASS - Good - Striped, Hybrid and White Bass are now biting good down on
the main lake on live Shad. Good areas to try are the railroad hump, the flats around the mouths of
Wehadkee Creek and Indian Creek and the humps in the mouth of Maple Creek. The D.N.R. has been
stocking Striped Bass for the last four years. The first Striped Bass that were stocked are getting up to
around 18 pounds. By the way, there are also some trophy sized Striped Bass in West Point Lake from
previous stockings a while back. A 39 pounder was caught late last spring up the river. We are about
four weeks away from the start of the Striper/Hybrid/White Bass spawning run up the Chattahoochee
River. Make your plans now for the best Striper fishing of the year. I still have prime dates available!
CRAPPIE - Good - Crappie fishing is picking up. Slow trolling jigs has been producing limits of Crappie
in the past week with some nice sized slabs being caught. Crappie fishing has been best in the creeks
from the railroad trestle bridge north up to Ringer Access. Black/chartreuse and black/green jigs have
been producing the best. Trolling for Crappie should be good until they start moving shallow to spawn.
If you want to catch a big mess of Crappie, give me a call and I'll put you on some West Point slabs.
CATFISH - Good - Blue and Channel Catfish are biting good all over the lake. The best bait is cut Shad.
Fishing for Flathead Catfish has slowed down due to the colder water temps. Unlike Blue and Channel
Catfish, Flathead Catfish do not like cold water and will remain inactive during the colder months. The
Flathead fishing will start picking up when the water starts to warm in the spring, usually about the time
the Striper and Hybrid run up the Chattahoochee River gets going good. I am now offering fishing trips
exclusively for Fathead Catfish and also combo Striper/Flathead trips. Book your Flathead trip today.
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