Bass Fishing Jul 2017 | Page 31

Long points where current is more con- centrated, such as outside bends or areas near dams, are ideal places to find summer schoolers. Lawyer says long, tapering points and current are the two things he homes in on when searching for schooling bass on a new lake. “I try to find the longest points I can that fall out into the river channel; long, tapered ones, because at some area along that point there’s probably going to be some timber or a flat on it, kind of like a staging area,” says Lawyer. “They may be feeding there or just holding there, but they can move up shallower to feed or go out deeper. Bass like options, and long points give bass more options than short points.” According to Lawyer, where those points lie is just as important as their size. “I always try to find points on a cur- rent-side turn,” says Lawyer. “What I mean by that is when they’re pulling water from the dam, however the water’s running through the lake, it would have to go across this point. The way lakes are shaped, some points aren’t going to get as much current across them as others. Of course we don’t feel it, but the fish do, and when that water flows across that point those fish are waiting for stuff to come to them, just like on a major river. Those are the two things I look for when fish- ing a lake ‘blind’ for the first time.” What he looks with is another important factor. Lawyer leans heavily on his electronics when targeting sum- mer schoolers. Large flats and points along the main lake often attract schoolers. July 2017 I FlWFIshIng.com 29