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About ready to give up on stripers at Lake Martin #3250350
10/27/20 06:08 PM
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About a month ago I acquired a center console Ranger. I then became obsessed with catching stripers. To date, I can't even start to tell you what I have spent on tackle, accessories, rods, reels with line counters, planer boards, live bait, etc etc and I still haven't hung much less boated a striper. I have tried trolling with devices that take your bait down to a designated depth 10 20 30 even 40 feet. Tried artificial and live bait, nothing. Watched one of the local charters load about 52 and 37 stripers each day. Went to that exact location and did not see but one or two large fish on Helix 10. I don't yet have the GPS trolling motor that can hover over an specific location but expect it have it installed within the week. The guy I bought the boat from had one ordered already and agreed to put it on. But short of dropping dynamite off the boat, I just don't know what to try next. I have convinced my wife to just give the stripe fishing a break and focus on catching a few spots and that I have no problem with as we have really enjoyed catching a few these past few weeks. But I know me and my determination to catch those stripers will return and I will likely continue being the coyote while they are the roadrunner. I feel like I have looked at enough pics and video trying to learn how to read the Helix that I would immediately recognize a school of stripers. My problem is that have not been able to find them. If I ever do, I think I have everything required to catch the damn things other than actually saying a caught one.

I had a friend tell me to change my set up on the down rigging to a pencil weight, red ball, leader and 4-5 feet fluorocarbon line with 1/0 hook. Did that same results. I know in order to catch them I have to find them so I guess that is the primary problem. Any pointers would be greatly appreciated. My daughter went as far as to buy me a charter trip with the guide I spoke of but I am waiting to take that when my Dad can join us.


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Re: About ready to give up on stripers at Lake Martin [Re: muzziehead] #3250395
10/27/20 06:45 PM
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Have you tried pulling any spoons ? I mainly stipe fish below dams . Pulling planner boards around is a pain in the butt but my pb stripe came out of Smith lake pulling planner boards with live bait.


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Re: About ready to give up on stripers at Lake Martin [Re: muzziehead] #3250412
10/27/20 07:13 PM
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Hang in there muzziehead when I get my boat back we will figure them out😜

Re: About ready to give up on stripers at Lake Martin [Re: muzziehead] #3250448
10/27/20 07:45 PM
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I have Trolled with jigged with spoons, 4” and 6”. Nothing. I just Feel like if I can Ever spot them on fish finder and have the ability to stay on that spot I have what it takes to catch them. I have Seen screens of what they look like at 30-40’ and I can Say with confidence that I havent Seen that screen yet in person


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Re: About ready to give up on stripers at Lake Martin [Re: muzziehead] #3250493
10/27/20 08:15 PM
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Stripers have been schooling for 2 weeks NNE of
Midway Island. See if they are still there. Throw a big Spook
at 'em. They will be up and down and they may be
in choppy water, but you can still see them.


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Re: About ready to give up on stripers at Lake Martin [Re: muzziehead] #3250721
10/28/20 07:05 AM
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Take a charter and mimic what they do.

Last edited by snakebit; 10/28/20 07:05 AM.

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Re: About ready to give up on stripers at Lake Martin [Re: muzziehead] #3250764
10/28/20 08:04 AM
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They were schooling out from Dead Timbers road a couple of weeks back.


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Re: About ready to give up on stripers at Lake Martin [Re: muzziehead] #3251090
10/28/20 01:41 PM
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When we were getting on them, we used Hellbenders to go deep and then a large white rooster tail off a leader from the hellbender. Worked well for us.

Re: About ready to give up on stripers at Lake Martin [Re: muzziehead] #3251515
10/28/20 09:27 PM
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Keep at it, it will click one day and the rest will be history

Re: About ready to give up on stripers at Lake Martin [Re: muzziehead] #3251981
10/29/20 03:27 PM
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Haul butt around the place at daylight and look for topwater action. Start there.


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Re: About ready to give up on stripers at Lake Martin [Re: muzziehead] #3252385
10/30/20 07:47 AM
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Im with snakebit. Book a charter and see what you can learn. I have tried stripers a few times on smith and a few on neely henry, Same luck as you. I just live to far away to get serious with them.

Re: About ready to give up on stripers at Lake Martin [Re: muzziehead] #3253027
10/30/20 10:11 PM
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I'm not real familiar with Lake Martin fishing but in the fall when the lake "turns over" the Stripers will be scattered so your not as likely to find that school that you're looking for. They're in transition and believe it or not even if you do find a pile of them, they may seem to have lockjaw. A little later in the fall and on through the winter you should be able to find some back up in the creeks and coves. I'd start then by freelining a live shad or setting them just above them on a carolina style rig with a 4-6' clear 30lb mono leader. Hook and egg sinker size should be determined by shad size and wind/current conditions. No shad? I'd chunk a 4" Pearl Sassy Shad or other swimbait on a 3/8 or 1/2 oz head. I have done well on a bucktail jig or 1/2 oz inline spinner in cold water a few times. Hope this helps.

Re: About ready to give up on stripers at Lake Martin [Re: muzziehead] #3253220
10/31/20 08:48 AM
10/31/20 08:48 AM
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Getting a guide is the best thing you can do. Ask them a ton of questions, especially about how they find them, and leave a good tip. I'd reccomend going with them more than once and at different times of the year. It will save you money and you will get years of experience in a mere few hours.

Re: About ready to give up on stripers at Lake Martin [Re: muzziehead] #3253243
10/31/20 09:22 AM
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Spring is when stripers are easily caught on Martin. They are schooling on points and humps between the dam and Koliga bridge. Arm yourself with big topwaters and hair jigs.


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Re: About ready to give up on stripers at Lake Martin [Re: muzziehead] #3253811
11/01/20 07:42 AM
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Hey dude chill. Your best months are in front of you. Get your winter gear and coffee thermo ready and hang in there.


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Re: About ready to give up on stripers at Lake Martin [Re: JBL] #3254548
11/02/20 10:18 AM
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Originally Posted by JBL
Getting a guide is the best thing you can do. Ask them a ton of questions, especially about how they find them, and leave a good tip. I'd reccomend going with them more than once and at different times of the year. It will save you money and you will get years of experience in a mere few hours.




A buddy of mine got addicted to stripe fishing down there. He chartered the same guide so many times, that eventually he ended up working for the guy. I'm not sure how good the stripe fishing down there is, but he seems to do well there.


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Re: About ready to give up on stripers at Lake Martin [Re: muzziehead] #3254612
11/02/20 11:46 AM
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Years ago when I started to fish only for catfish in Texas, I hired a couple of guides. I told them I don't want to catch fish, I want to learn how to catch fish. If I come back to the dock with zero fish but lots if new knowledge I would be happy customer.

Re: About ready to give up on stripers at Lake Martin [Re: muzziehead] #3255193
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We live on Smith Lake part of the time and I have never fished Martin. On smith I use two things. Redfins and live bream. Both of which work well. When a stripe blows up that redfin, it is beautiful, and they will take a bream in an all out run. We use the wind to drift the bream.

Re: About ready to give up on stripers at Lake Martin [Re: HappyHunter] #3256077
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Originally Posted by HappyHunter
We live on Smith Lake part of the time and I have never fished Martin. On smith I use two things. Redfins and live bream. Both of which work well. When a stripe blows up that redfin, it is beautiful, and they will take a bream in an all out run. We use the wind to drift the bream.


Threadfin? What's a redfin?

Re: About ready to give up on stripers at Lake Martin [Re: 7x57_Mauser] #3256232
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Originally Posted by 7x57_Mauser
Originally Posted by HappyHunter
We live on Smith Lake part of the time and I have never fished Martin. On smith I use two things. Redfins and live bream. Both of which work well. When a stripe blows up that redfin, it is beautiful, and they will take a bream in an all out run. We use the wind to drift the bream.


Threadfin? What's a redfin?


I think he’s talking about Cotton Cordell Redfin lures. We use them on Lake Martin to catch a pile of stripe: Black Chrome, Bone Appetit, Smokey Joe color pattern.


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