Main-Lake Point: Specific holding positions

Check tip, shoulders, and base in order

Divide the point into the underwater tip, the two shoulders, and the base where it ties to shore. When current pushes one side, first check the sidewing of the tip and the slack-water buffer; with no current, use weedlines, rock, and baitfish to decide which side is more promising. Smallmouth may leave bottom to track bait; largemouth may still hold on the deep weed edge—don’t decide location strictly by species.

Example: crown at 6 ft, break at 12 ft, base at 22 ft. If repeated bites happen on hard bottom at 12 ft, expand along that layer rather than sitting behind the tip and fan-casting. After catching fish, check one section on each side along the same depth to see whether the school runs the edge or is pinned to a single rock.

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