Entry 137-5 

Bass Fishing with Chad Brauer

How to Fish a Point

Chad BrauerEditor's Note: How would you like to go fishing with one of the Strike King pros and have him coach you on how to fish different types of cover, which lures to use and which presentations to make to catch the most bass? This week, we'll put you in the boat with Chad Brauer where he will operate the trolling motor as you stand right beside him. As we approach different types of cover, Brauer will tell you what type of lure to use and how to fish that specific kind of cover each day.

Situation: We've come out of the pocket now and are getting ready to fish a point. So, our question is, is a point a good area to fish at this time of year?

Brauer: To learn where the bass are holding, what type of structure they're holding on, what water depth they're holding in, and what bait they're most likely to take, when I'm practice fishing before a tournament, I'll put my trolling motor down and go fishing. By that I mean I'll try to fish different types of cover, various water depths, different kinds of structure and various patterns and lures to determine where the fish are and what they'll bite. What makes this week so important is every day this week I'm running the kind of pattern I will run during a practice day to try and figure out where the fish are on the lake, because when you get to a lake, you've got to find the fish before you can catch them. So, yes, at this time of year, I'll fish a point out on the main lake.

During the pre-spawn period, my two favorite lures for fishing a point are Strike King's crankbait and/or Strike King's spinner bait. I'll have both lures tied on one of my rods. There are three reasons bass will be on a point at this time of year, regardless of where you're fishing:

  • they're pulling up out of deep water and holding on that point until the water warms up enough for the fish to move into the creeks and bays to begin to spawn. Therefore, the point is a staging area.
  • the bass already have moved onto the point. Now as the weather warms up, the bass are moving farther up the point into the more-shallow water on the point before they actually go into the creek to spawn.
  • the bass already have spawned, so they've pulled back out on the point. Then as the weather gets hotter, they can move down the point and back into deep water.

Strike King LuresBut besides serving as a staging area for the bass during the early pre-spawn, the late pre-spawn and after the spawn, points are also feeding sites where baitfish congregate and bass can feed before and after the spawn. Therefore, at this time of year, you've got a lot of good reasons to expect bass to be holding on main river points, secondary points and points at the mouths of creeks. If you go to a new lake during the pre-spawn and the post-spawn, main river points and main creek points will be the most-productive places to go to start your fishing day.




 

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