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!