Lake Size: 600-acre
Counties: Covington County

Information: Point A Reservoir was impounded in the 1920s mainly to supply electrical power to local sawmills. The reservoir is still operated for hydropower generation, as well as swimming, boating, and fishing. Due to the watershed characteristics, Point A Reservoir typically has a tannic brown water color and fairly low productivity. The lake is mainly fished by local anglers for bass, bream, crappie, and catfish. The only minimum size limit imposed on the lake is a 9-inch minimum length limit for crappie. Fishing pressure is usually light to moderate. Anglers typically have good success for bass, redear sunfish, and crappie in the spring and fall, while bluegill and catfish typically bite well in the late spring and summer. Anglers also reported good catches of crappie at night fishing around lights during the summer of 2007. Point A Reservoir also has an abundant population of longnose gar, bowfin, and chain pickerel. Flathead catfish over 45 pounds have been harvested from Point A in the recent past. Flatheads prefer live prey, so most successful flathead anglers fish trotlines baited with shiners or other large bait fish in the upper end of Point A.