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Scott
Large"MOUTH" Bass
Joined: 12 Mar 2007
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 Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2007 12:48 pm Post subject: Lake Jordan / Martin |
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| I fished on these 2 lakes last week, about 2 days each. There is a big difference between the 2 with Lake Martin being very clear and still about 5 feet below normal level. Fishing on Martin was better for me than Jordan with the water temp a little warmer I think most the fish were done spawning but talked to others that didn't feel that way. I caught most my fish very shallow and it was fun cause you could see them. Also with the water down you could cast up on dry land and not get snagged then pull your bait right to them and they'd eat it. When there was more than one fish there they'd go crazy fighting for it and when you hooked one the others would follow him out trying to get the bait from them. We caught both LM and spots like this. On Lake Jordan the water has a naturally stained look to it. The spots were still on beds and the LM I think were finishing up. I caught LM gaurding fry and small spots off beds. Looking back I wish I'd spent more time a little deeper trying to find some bigger spots that were staging but had some battery issues and then the cold front kinda cut the trip short.
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bronzeback6
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Joined: 22 Jan 2007
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Location: Bridgman, MI
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| Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2007 1:00 pm Post subject: |
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Your trip sounds a lot like my trip to Georgia. What was the biggest bass you landed?
From what I've heard bass on these lakes spawn for the entire month of April. They come up in waves. Of coarse different creek arms will have fish at different stages. Rich and I would fish certain creek arms and catch them staging, then go to another creek arm and find males guarding nests. The key for us was finding a creek arm that had females just moving up. It's kind of like finding a needle in a haystack because there are tons of creek arms.
Its pretty tough fishing but when you find the bass they don't have a problem eating like their northern relatives.
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Scott
Large"MOUTH" Bass
Joined: 12 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2007 4:05 pm Post subject: |
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| I didn't actually weigh any of my fish but I'd say my biggest was about 3 pounds. I caught 2 LM that were both about that and both looked very skinny. There is definetly alot of water to fish. I was a little nervous starting out because I didn't wanna hit anything. Jordan lake is pretty safe to run about anywhere but Martin lake with the level being down can be dangerous. They have bouys for the hazards when the lake is full but right now most of those places are small islands. I was glad I had a GPS and could save my routes so that coming back in I felt confident on plane that I wouldn't hit nothing. Having my six year old with me makes me think more about safety than I would have a few years ago, I don't know if that's a good thing. We also spent time crappie fishing but caught more white bass than crappie. He was o.k. with that because they are pretty agressive fighters. I know what you're saying about those spotted bass too because they'll surprise yeh how hard they pull for their size. One cool thing down there is that they have boat docks/houses that are about as big as my house and everyone sinks brush under their docks. I heard that Lake Martin has the most shoreline of any man-made lake but that was from a local down there so I'm not sure but I know we fished for 2 days and didn't cover 1/10th of it.
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rich
Blue Gill
Joined: 04 Feb 2007
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Location: Lagrange, Georgia
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| Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2007 4:48 pm Post subject: |
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I don't know about the shoreline of Martin but my aunt use to live on Table Rock and they said there was about 60,000 miles of shoreline. I know they West point is 30,000 acres and that is huge but Toledo Bend is 180,000 acres. That blows my mind. That is like the size of Berrian county!!!!
Rich
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