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1 hour ago, Amateur Hour said:

Quick question.  What do you consider secondary points? Below is a pic from 6 mile.  Would you consider the one in black a secondary or the one in red?  I think the black is a primary and the red is secondary.

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I have always been of the mindset a point inside a cove is the secondary point.

 

Meaning the second land point they reach before they hit the back of the cove.

 

I would consider that lil red point just left of the red circle a secondary point as well.

 

Put I may be mistaken in my understanding of it.

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Miss Gilley's Point ?

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Thank y'all.  For the record I have never fished and probably never will fish that area.  

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23 minutes ago, Team9nine said:

Both are secondary points in my book...

 

Yes sir ?

 

4 minutes ago, Amateur Hour said:

Thank y'all.  For the record I have never fished and probably never will fish that area.  

 

That's a mistake!

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2 hours ago, Amateur Hour said:

Thank y'all.  For the record I have never fished and probably never will fish that area.  

Good thing. That are is completely void of fish. ?

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My camper is on Six Mile. If you ever want to fish it, you're welcome to hang out if and when I get back. 

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26 minutes ago, BassMan9000 said:

Heading to Toledo for the weekend. What am I targeting given current weather conditions?

Given the conditions I seen in the weather report, I wouldn't even get on the water.

 

If you do becarful out there this lake gets mean real quick.

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Fished Toledo today launched at Cypress Bend at daylight.  Searched around mid lake until noon with zero to show for it, no bites, no fish on graph, nothing. Finally ran down south and found a school of fish on a creek channel swing. Inside swing was 18’ with a 25’ Creek running around it.  Caught 17 real quick.  Top 5 16-17lbs all on a 6xd and Arig.  Found another group on a road bed in 20’. Caught a few on dropshot and Arig.  It was tough today. Not much fish to see on electronics. Hopefully that changes soon.

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On 1/14/2019 at 11:11 AM, Catt said:

 

Somebody is paying attention ?

 

That whole Jessie Lowe's bay area down to & including Indian Mounds is a highly overlooked area of the lake. 

 

With the fish starting early pre-spawn now a time to pick an area of the lake & learn what structure the fish move on. Most generally the structure they use to move up on will be the structure they use to move back out. 

 

The biggest mistake I see guys make is they try to fish the entire lake before they understand areas. 6-Mile doesn't fish like Palo Gaucho, yes they use the same types of structure the breaks/breaklines are different.

 

That's just a dumb Coonass's viewpoint!

Spent some time thinking about this one - again. There is another perspective to consider, one that worked for me. Locate an area that fishes like you do. I spent one full year in Caney Creek. I scanned hours on end, I fished deep I fished shallow and I fished every thing in between. If there is anything you want to know about Caney ask me. Well every thing but how to put a winning stringer together that is. I told a friend that from a map perspective, considering structure, there is absolutely no reason an angler would ever have to leave Caney Creek to win a tournament. I spent a year proving myself wrong. I finished well down in the yearly standings.

 

Year 2 - I left Caney on a regular basis. That’s not to say abandoned it completely. Several times last year I’d be short 1-2 fish for a limit. I could come back to Caney at some point during the day and using the information I gathered the year before- finish out my limit. We have a big fish for the year prize. Last year it was almost $600.00 I won it - that fish came out of Caney. 8.69#s If you’re wondering. I also finished second in points. Had the fish on to win the two day championship tournament and the AOY competition but that fish wasn’t near Caney. When your using an 8’ heavy rod and 50# braid and have a fish on you can’t turn - it’s simply not your time.

 

Sooooo... Learning a section of the lake is not a bad idea and I’m glad I spent the year learning Caney - I know it well! 

 

What I did different between year 1 and year 2 ? I looked for and fished structure that I have confidence in fishing with a technique(s)I have the upmost confidence in. I fished from the dam to palo gaucho Tx and La. I covered a lot of water, moved more than probably should have but- it worked for me. But I also know me well and the value of having confidence in where I’m fishing and what I’m fishing with. 

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@Dougw1515@aim.com 

 

Now you're starting to understand what I have been saying for years right here on this thread.

 

Learn an area BEFORE moving to the next area!

 

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On 1/19/2019 at 7:12 AM, A5BLASTER said:

Sitting on the porch drinking my coffee, watching a nice bass boat, looks like a silverish ranger, go around in circles scanning for bass on a main lake point.

 

Amateur hour that you buddy lol

 

 

Nah, but I bet I know which point you are talking about.  Every fish I caught that last weekend was in 4 ft. or less.

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For Y'all Information 

 

Friday noon to 3:00 

West of the 6-Mile bridge 

Creek channel bends 

Sitting in the creek throwing up shallow with a 1/2 oz Hack Attack Jig, black-n-blue with a Gene Larew 5" craw black-n-blue, cut 1 1/2" off the tail.

Boated 12 with the biggest 5 around 18#.

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8 hours ago, Catt said:

For Y'all Information 

 

Friday noon to 3:00 

West of the 6-Mile bridge 

Creek channel bends 

Sitting in the creek throwing up shallow with a 1/2 oz Hack Attack Jig, black-n-blue with a Gene Larew 5" craw black-n-blue, cut 1 1/2" off the tail.

Boated 12 with the biggest 5 around 18#.

Spent the day dragging main lake points with no success. sounds like i need to head to the backs of the creeks. how much water were you in?

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4 hours ago, kj21 said:

Spent the day dragging main lake points with no success. sounds like i need to head to the backs of the creeks. how much water were you in?

If I had to guess i would say he was sitting in bout 15 to 17 foot of water and casting up too bout 5 to 7 foot of water.

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4 hours ago, A5BLASTER said:

If I had to guess i would say he was sitting in bout 15 to 17 foot of water and casting up too bout 5 to 7 foot of water.

 

That would be fairly close with one exception, it wasn't me but someone I trust enough to report it here!

 

@kj21 sometimes y'all need to simply put the trolling motor down & fish!

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10 hours ago, A5BLASTER said:

If I had to guess i would say he was sitting in bout 15 to 17 foot of water and casting up too bout 5 to 7 foot of water.

My guess would be a narrow creek channel coming out of a small cove, making a hard swing as it exits the cove.  Your depths are pretty close.

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3 hours ago, jcdogfish said:

My guess would be a narrow creek channel coming out of a small cove, making a hard swing as it exits the cove.  Your depths are pretty close.

how far back in the creeks?

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5 hours ago, kj21 said:

how far back in the creeks?

 

Hundred yards past the bridge

 

Y'all stay out of the back of Housen'  ?

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Hey, y'all stay outa the back a Housen, Six Mile, and Sandy lol 

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