Secondary Point: Where fish specifically set up

Don’t only check the side facing the main lake

Check the bay-side shoulder that meets the trough, the hard tip, and isolated cover near the bank. With rising water, newly flooded wood may keep fish shallow; when water drops, first check the nearest edge with immediate access to deep water. In clear, calm conditions fish may suspend off the tip; distance from shore can matter more than visible shade along the bank.

Example: point top at 5 ft, side trough at 10 ft. First, run a suspending bait over the shoulder; if fish follow to the boat but won’t eat, back off the boat on the next pass and pause the bait just outside the shoulder. If a jig only gets bites at the base of wood, then methodically pick apart nearby wood at the same depth, rather than spreading effort across a bare slope.

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