Thread: Fish Attractors In West Point Lake

Did you ever get that list of GPS #'s?

Ride the shoreline on the east side of the lake and look for trees that have been cut down in the water.Known places are bird creek batson cook branch and maple creek. When the crappie move up they should be in some of these places.
Good luck!

I saw the trees that had been cut down in Maple Creek. I laughed and told my buddy that some shyster had slipped in there with a chainsaw.

Didn't know it was legit.

I want to give a big shout out to Slab for my decals - love 'em and will get them applied ASAP.

This morning I also wanted to rekindle this thread with an offer. As I have an affinity for maps and usually have time on my hands I have discovered how to share maps with the group. Don't worry - nothing secret going on here. As a test bed I want to offer this map and see if it is useful to the group.

Link to West Point Wood Structure and Fish Attractors - MAP
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Byq...ew?usp=sharing

From the platform that I offer these items new technology provided by Google allows me to share these types of things with you. Please take a look at the map. The secure link above will let you view it, manipulate (zoom in & out) as well as download it for yourself. Click on any point on the map for more info and let me know if it is helpful. Your feedback will let me know if it is worth pushing info like this to the forum & I can do the same with just about any body of water in the US. We can look at Boat Ramps and Bridges, Roadbeds and Pond Dams, Points and Humps, Rocks, Culvert Pipes and other odd items or just the Wood Structure including standing timber, stumps and planted Fish Attractors that we have represented here.

Now this does not have the Fish Attractors that DBE022576 spoke of back in 2006. I've never seen that list. What this does include is publicly available information that can be found on the Mobile District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers website, the 20 places that PVC FA were placed in a project that the scouts had in Wehadkee Creek a while back as well as other places I've generated based upon Google Earth and some old 1964 topo maps. That said, some of these places are shallow so if the lake doesn't come up to full pool they may be on the bank.

I mention this because based upon the past three years of data the lake will be at 632 feet MSL at the end of March. This level will represent 3 feet below the full pool of 635. The archive graphs available at West Point Lake Water Level show a significant rise in lake level that occurs in either the end of February or the beginning of March each year. The West Point Lake Water Level of 628 feet MSL appears to be the US Army Corps of Engineers preferred winter pool level, based upon publicly available recorded levels from 2009-2014.

I don't want to overwhelm with data but instead introduce tools that any angler can use to his/her advantage. Mostly I just want it to be fun and perhaps encourage someone to get out more often and enjoy the great outdoors!

I will try it at home this afternoon. I have heard the Corp has structure in this lake. Thanks!

You definitely rekindled an old thread...Good info...Thx!!!

Originally Posted by TnT

You definitely rekindled an old thread...Good info...Thx!!!

Now talk about coincidence. Thinking about what DBE022576 spoke of back in 2006 I do a Google search for the West Point Lake Coalition and locate their FaceBook page that has a picture of a document that details 27 Fish Attractors that they have placed in the lake. Pause, thank you West Point Lake Coalition. The document was dated 01/11/2012. I've plotted these points and they are available at

West Point Lake Coalition Fish Attractors - MAP
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Byq...ew?usp=sharing


One snafu I've noticed from the original map I posted above is that there's a rouge point named "Stump Flat" that's across the main channel from Pyne Road Park. Instead it should be below the Railroad Tracks in the back of the cove and in behind an old road bed. Later I'll fix the first map and edit the post above but the simplest solution short term is to just clue you in to where the "Stump Flat" actually exists. It is located at 33.044186, -85.172238

West Point Wood Structure and Fish Attractors - MAP (adjusted position of "Stump Flat")
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Byq...ew?usp=sharing

One more and I'll leave this topic alone for today. We all like Boat Ramps and Bridges right? Well check this out

Boat Ramps and Bridges at West Point - MAP
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Byq...ew?usp=sharing