Identify points to fish

[Bgctrading]

As I have pointed out in the past I really enjoy drop-shot fishing in the summer. I mainly fished the lower lake area and have six to eight good points that I can consistently catch three to five fish on each stop and periodically one of them will be loaded and can sit there for several hours catching fish. I cannot see a lot of difference between each of the points that I fish and why one is better than the other. Would anybody be willing to share some tips with me on what to look for on the points that I am fishing or new types of points to look at. There is one particular point in front of our house Southwest of Indian point that is super long and slow to drop that I see a lot of people fish but I rarely can catch them on it what am i missing? Any tips or tricks would be greatly appreciated.

[jdmidwest]

Do you have electronics?

Obviously you have seen a pattern develop and have worked out a system.  I would try to match the same on other points.  Its either drop off, current, or structure.  Drop shot is a presentation to a specific area of suspended fish at a certain depth.

[Bgctrading]

I do have electronics I have standard sonar, side and down imaging as well as livescope. I do realize there are probably some similarities to these points but I'm just not well versed in figuring out seeing channel swings and drop offs. And applying them to another area that is similar but not so similar.

[jdmidwest]

Bring up navionics app on a computer or tablet and look at the map of the area you know.  Then compare that to other points in area and try the same there.

It could be drop or depth that's working, or maybe current is involved.  Bottom structure and current come into play too.  Backwater point or main channel. Rocks, gravel, or mud.

Your maps on the boat unit should help also.

[Bill Babler]

16 hours ago, Bgctrading said:

As I have pointed out in the past I really enjoy drop-shot fishing in the summer. I mainly fished the lower lake area and have six to eight good points that I can consistently catch three to five fish on each stop and periodically one of them will be loaded and can sit there for several hours catching fish. I cannot see a lot of difference between each of the points that I fish and why one is better than the other. Would anybody be willing to share some tips with me on what to look for on the points that I am fishing or new types of points to look at. There is one particular point in front of our house Southwest of Indian point that is super long and slow to drop that I see a lot of people fish but I rarely can catch them on it what am i missing? Any tips or tricks would be greatly appreciated.

If you are doing that you are way better than every guide that fishes this lake. My congrats for sure. 

If your catching 3 to 5 on a milk run of 1/2 dozen points every time you go on each location  with one of them producing enough fish to stay there 2 hrs.  I will tell you none of us has anything even remotely like that. 

Deep fish are continually on the move. They frequently don't live anywhere but more often are browsers working depth,  current and food sources. Here today, gone tomorrow, but then back again at another time and perhaps depth. 

If you have 6 locations that are producing those types of fantastic numbers, you have found nirvana on Table Rock and for sure we should be asking you, what we should be looking for. 

Keep on catching them you have got if figured out. Especially in the dam area. 

[Mitch f]

17 hours ago, Bgctrading said:

As I have pointed out in the past I really enjoy drop-shot fishing in the summer. I mainly fished the lower lake area and have six to eight good points that I can consistently catch three to five fish on each stop and periodically one of them will be loaded and can sit there for several hours catching fish. I cannot see a lot of difference between each of the points that I fish and why one is better than the other. Would anybody be willing to share some tips with me on what to look for on the points that I am fishing or new types of points to look at. There is one particular point in front of our house Southwest of Indian point that is super long and slow to drop that I see a lot of people fish but I rarely can catch them on it what am i missing? Any tips or tricks would be greatly appreciated.

Sounds like you need to give us advice! 😂

What kind of bait are you drop shotting and what length and size of leader?

[Bgctrading]

I am using crawlers mainly so that is cheating I suppose. And I am not saying that every outing I find a point loaded with fish. But each of my "milk run" spots will usually produce fish. I'm using 6-lb fluoro with an overall leader of about 18 to 20 in. I guess maybe I just did not have a good point of reference of how many I should be catching I felt like it should be more. Especially since I have had a few 50 plus fish days throughout the last three summers or so.

[Bgctrading]

Went out this morning for 1.5 hours. Tried two spots I have never stopped. Caught 5 with 3 keepers. All on drop shot 25-40 ft.

[Bgctrading]

I went out Friday for 3 hours all drop shot fish caught nine with four keepers. Went out Saturday for about the same amount of time but hit all the points on my "milk run" caught 17 with 9 keepers one of them being a 20 inch walleye. 

[Daryk Campbell Sr]

So, maybe what you are really asking, or should be, is what are the similarities of the points you are working.  If you can find the common denominator(s) of them, you will find it elsewhere.