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Species
Spotted BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Texas Rigs (Worming)
Structure
Boulders
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
89°
Species
Spotted BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Shakey Heads
Structure
Laydowns
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
84°
Fishing was slow, all fish caught in laydowns with shakey head all fish hit on the fall either on the cast or when pulled over limb. Caught 13 fish biggest fiver only weighed 6.28 lbs
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Topwater Walking
Structure
Brush Piles
Forage
Blueback Herring
Late summer on Lake Martin means one thing, topwater. Start early on seawalls with a popper for a chance at big largemouth or spot. As the day gets hot and slick, move offshore where you will find schooling spotted bass on blueback herring. Using your electronics, target points, humps, and high spots looking for brush/cane piles. A topwater walking bait is my first choice but as things slow down move to a finesse worm on a shakey-head. Night fishing is your best bet this time of year to escape the heat and boat traffic. Target dock lights with a shakey-head and small swimbait.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Topwater Walking
Structure
Humps
Forage
Blueback Herring
The topwater bite on Martin is not quite in full swing yet but in the first and last 2 hours of the day, you can find schooling fish on almost any shoal or point. Look for points and shoals that are in anywhere from 15' to 30' of water and work a topwater or jerk bait and it should produce some bites. When these spotted bass come up you need to be ready to fire in the middle of them before they go back down and miss the action.
Species
Spotted BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Spinnerbaits
Structure
Humps
Forage
Shad
Bite was tough due to some not-so-ideal conditions with little to no wind a a hot sun most of the day. Around mid-morning the wind picked up and got the bigger fish biting moving baits on main lake humps.
Species
Spotted BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Umbrella Rigs
Structure
Baitfish
Forage
Blueback Herring
Water Temperature
90°
Chase busting baitfish with umbrella rigs and jerkbaits. Also caught some on a spook about 5:30-6:30 AM.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Buzzbaits
Structure
Laydowns
Forage
Shad
small pockets in slightly stained water held bass around lay downs in mid october.
Species
Spotted BassSeason
Winter
Technique
Crankbaits 0-6'
Structure
Baitfish
Forage
Shad
i fished pockets with the Storm Smash Shad and caught 20+ good spots & large mouths.lost one of my lures to a huge Stripe now i am down to only five more of these baits. these have been discounted but they are the best bait for lake Martin i ever used especially in the spring.(Storm please bring back the smash shad, thread fin shad.) also caught a some on a Rebel jumping minnow bone color.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Ned Rigs
Structure
Docks
Forage
Blueback Herring
We began our day trying to get a big limit of largemouth fishing boat docks in Elkahatchee Creek. We started with topwater lures and crankbaits to see if the fish were active; we never got a bite. As the sun began to rise more and more, the bite slowed down. By 10 o'clock, we figured out we could get a small limit with a ned rig and a drop shot. We fished almost every boat dock in Elkahatchee, and the creeks headed towards the 280 bridge. We ended up with five fish for five and a half pounds.
