I know this is probably a stupid post for some people, but i have been seriously bass fishing for like 7 yrs now and dont know what a secondary point is. i always read about main lake points and secondary points but whats the difference. i knwo what points are and have caught many fish but whast the difference. thanks again.

a secondary point is found in a cove, bay, creek, something like that.  The only thing that's different between a main lake point and a secondary point is location.

Primary points lead into the original river.

Secondary points are "inside" the primary

shoreline. That's usually a cove or an arm

of the lake.

8-)

thats what i figured but wasnt 100% sure. thanks guys.

I've always considered a secondary point a small point jutting from a larger more pronounced point. A spot on the spot if you will.

Pick up a football and clean it up.

To clarify these can be small enough as to not be on a map, but still there, and still hold plenty of fish.

Primary points lead into the original river.

Secondary points are "inside" the primary

shoreline. That's usually a cove or an arm

of the lake.

8-)

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A secondary point on man made lakes like high land or hill land reservoirs are points not located on the main lake basin. A major point is a point on the main lake basin that leads to the main river channel. Natural lakes that may or may not have a river or creek channel; secondary points are points inside bays or coves.

Different parts of the country tend to define bass fishing terms in local jargon.

For example; a primary secondary point is the point that divides 2 creek arms, located inside a major creek arm on big high land or hill land reservoirs.

We all have a little different spin depending on where we live and hope this helps a little and doesn't confuse everyone.

To confuse it even more a primary point on a lake the size of Toledo Bend does not have to be on the "main" lake river basin but in a creek channel basin like a Housen' Bayou or Bayou San Miguel that are 8-10 miles long and 2-3 miles wide.

To confuse it even more a primary point on a lake the size of Toledo Bend does not have to be on the "main" lake river basin but in a creek channel basin like a Housen' Bayou or Bayou San Miguel that are 8-10 miles long and 2-3 miles wide.

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A big reservoir like TB that is over 70 miles long can have more than 1 river, sometimes called creeks. These big creek/river arms are like a lake within a lake. Lake Shasta for example has 4 river arms; Sacramento, MCleod, Pitt and Squaw rivers that join onto the main lake basin and each river arm fishes differently.

Maybe my definition is a result of a lake within 10 minutes of everyone, most less than 1,000 acres.

Another point to consider ( ;D)

A 'land' point can very often not be a point at all.

A secondary point may also be on the main lake. It doesn't have to be in a cove or bay.

The best illustration is to imagine a lake as a tree. The trunk being the main river channel with the main lake points being those that originate from the trunk. The secondary points are simply the smaller branches.

A secondary point may also be on the main lake. It doesn't have to be in a cove or bay.

The best illustration is to imagine a lake as a tree. The trunk being the main river channel with the main lake points being those that originate from the trunk. The secondary points are simply the smaller branches.

Yep, that's what I said earlier, but this illustrates it. Secondary juts out from a primary point.