West Point with Dan

On Fri, 11 Jan 2008 12:59:58 -0800 (PST), Ronnie
wrote:

Thursday - 1-10-08 - Day 10

Dan arrived at about dark last night - he is headed toward some warm
weather for part of January. We got up this morning and headed to West
Point. Talked about going to Jackson but I thought odds were better at
West Point. Also have my next tournament there a week from Sunday and
the lake has come up over 5 feet - wanted to check it out.

Although I got a big fish at Jackson last Sunday we had 15 people in
the tournament fishing for eight hours and brought in only 28 bass.
Hoped we could do better at West Point.

Water temps ranged from 52 to 57. Below 109 Bridge water was pretty
clear to real clear, some stain above the bridge. Cloudy all day, calm
until about 10 then pretty good wind.

We fished from 8:45 AM to 5:15 PM and never hooked a fish. We tried
about seven different crankbaits, jerk baits, Carolina rigs, jig and
pig, spinnerbaits, bucktails and jigging spoons. Fished shallow rocks,
brush and clay and fished windblown riprap and rocky and clay points.
Threw into blowdowns, Tried mouths of pockets and secondary points
going back. Spent about three hours jigging spoons from 20 to 35 feet
deep on roadbeds and points around brush and baitfish I saw on the
depthfinder without a bite.

Barometer, water temp, clouds and wind all pointed to a good day. Even
a Solunar Tables major feeding period starting at 12:50 PM. NOPE!
Frustrating day.

Ronnie

http://fishing.about.com

But I did catch GA fish that fought very well. And the gracious host
was a plus! Maybe on the way back we can hook up some Bass or cook up
some of those feisty fighten GA fish I caught!

Thanks again for a good time Ronnie!

The vacationer

We are always open - come on back.

Ronnie

http://fishing.aboiut.com