Fishing Report For West Point Lake, GA

By Rick Seaman

May 6, 2025

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Fishing Report West Point Lake, GA

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Popular Fish Species West Point Lake, GA

Spotted Bass

Current Report: Good To Very Good
Outlook: Very Good

Spotted bass are a major player in the bass fishery here at West Point Lake. Big spots often make up a significant portion of bass being weighed in, in tournaments. The majority of bass have spawned and the females have moved outside the shallow spawning areas. Worms and tube baits will work on the remaining bedding fish. The shad spawn has also started on the main lake. Anglers are having success on the east banks of the lake from dawn until the sun starts beating down on the shallows. Buzzbaits, topwater and flukes are all catching some nice fish, if you get there early.

Hybrid Striped Bass

Current Report: Good
Outlook: Good To Very Good

Throughout this winter, hybrid bass have been caught on the main lake, especially around the mouth of feeder creeks and major coves. In March they were migrating up river, and being caught in the 12' to 17' range. Trolling is delivering the best reports, but casting is also catching fish. Their food source is shad and blueback herring, so anything that imitates these baitfish can catch these wipers. Alabama rigs, swimbaits, bucktail jigs, jerkbaits, crankbaits, spoons, live bait and cut bait are all catching fish. By late Spring these schools will be out on the main lake, where they are being caught in 20' to 30' of water. Use electronics and fish finders to locate both bait and wipers.

Black Crappie - White Crappie

Uncle Buck's Panfish Creatures Curly Tail Minnow Rigged

Current Report: Good To Very Good
Outlook: Very Good To Excellent

Crappie fishing has been excellent here for several years. They have basically finished their spawn, and are moving to deeper water where they will remain throughout the Summer. Expect to find the shallowest crappie in 3 to 6 feet of water, while others retreat to depths of 10 to 25 feet or deeper. Brush piles, wood and deep vegetation are a good place to cast small crappie jigs or live minnows. Light tackle with 4 lb to 8 lb line is ideal. Anglers are reporting good success using fish finders and forward facing sonar to locate clusters of crappie around cover.

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Guide to fishing for largemouth bass, spotted bass, channel catfish, black crappie, white crappie, bluegill, redbreast sunfish, redear sunfish, white bass and hybrid striped bass at West Point Lake in Georgia.

West Point Lake is a 26,000-acre fishing paradise with 525 miles of shoreline. This is home to bass, crappie, catfish, hybrid stripers, white bass and sunfish. Situated along the GA - AL border, a fishing license from either state is legal for fishing here.

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Rick Seaman is a fishing enthusiast with over five decades of fishing experience, a retired tournament fisherman, author of numerous published articles on fishing, and co-author of the book "Bass Fishing - It's not WHAT you throw, It's WHERE you throw it".