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Spotted BassTechniqueUmbrella RigsSeasonSummerStructureBaitfishChase busting baitfish with umbrella rigs and jerkbaits. Also caught some on a spook about 5:30-6:30 AM.
- SpeciesSpotted BassTechniqueTexas Rigs (Worming)SeasonSummerStructureBoulders
fishing up river around boulders,grass and blowdowns
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Largemouth BassTechniqueHard Topwater (Walking)SeasonSummerStructureBrush PilesLate 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.
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueSpoonsSeasonSummerStructureDocks
Lake Martin, AL. Early morning topwater bite in the back of shallow pockets. Later in the day move out to deep water and catch deeper spotted bass on a jigging spoon.
- SpeciesSpotted BassTechniqueShakey HeadsSeasonFallStructureLaydowns
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
- SpeciesSpotted BassTechniqueShakey HeadsSeasonSpring (Post-Spawn)StructurePoints
Fishing long rocky points slow. Spots are bitting very good.
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueHard Topwater (Walking)SeasonFallStructureHumps
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.
- SpeciesSpotted BassTechniqueSpinnerbaitsSeasonFallStructureHumps
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.
