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MARTIN LAKE
By Reed Montgomery
Impounded 1964
Water Temperature: Mid-70's
Lake Level: Full Pool
Bass have bed for the most part. New weeds are appearing lakewide and they
are holding bass, all day. Many smaller males are still guarding the beds and
are very shallow. Bigger, female bass are nearby and many remain shallow.
Both will attack a variety of lures, especially trick worms and soft
jerkbaits, from top to bottom, this month, as they feed and fatten up for the
upcoming summer.
Upper lake regions and some feeders are slightly stained. Mid-to-lower lake
regions show some very clear water, due to little rain. Down river, some
feeder creeks show a slight stain from the mid-portions to the far to back
ends, due to last weekends rain. This is good for topwater lures, especially
early, late in the day or all day, if raining or very cloudy. Buzzbaits, zara
spooks, prop-baits, and popping lures are fooling both spotted bass and some
big largemouth's. So are jerkbaits, rattletraps and crankbaits.
Fishing these lures around any visible cover, such as brush piles, weedy
points, rocky points or around piers and boathouses is the ticket to getting
bit. Being on the water very early is another.
Flipping and pitching jig combos, tube baits, and Texas-rigged plastics
around these man made piers, boathouses and marinas, is getting better with
the lake now at full pool. Best colors are a matter of preference, but with
clear water natural hues are best. On the tubes or jig, try brown, black,
purple, pumpkinseed, watermelon, root beer and other natural looking colors.
Trailers should match the jig color. Line test should be at least 17 or as
big as 25 pound test. Its all according to water clarity (and if you get any
bites) as to whether you go to lighter line.
I've seen some very big sacks of bass caught during tournaments lately,
fishing Carolina-rigged plastics in deep water. Hidden, underwater brushpiles
in 5 to 20 feet of water, are producing 15 to 20 pound limits, for anglers
with the patience to fish them all day, waiting for the bass to move up to
begin feeding. Some of these anglers put out hundreds of brushpiles and have
them located. Others just stumble on these brush piles, catch a few fish and
drift away in the process.
Always carry a hand held GPS to quickly mark these offshore brushpiles when
you find them, or suddenly catch a bunch of big bass, often far from any
landmark, for future reference. There's no other way (except for cross
triangulation) to return to these spots, spots loaded with big bass of both
species, only a few anglers know of.
This report provided by:
Reed Montgomery
Producer / Host "Fishing Alabama" Radio Talk Show
WJOX 690 AM
Birmingham, Alabama
Phone (205) 787-5133
Owner / Reeds Guide Service
"Over 30 Years Fishing Alabama for Bass and Stripers"
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