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Re: About ready to give up on stripers at Lake Martin
[Re: BCLC]
#3256728
11/04/20 08:35 AM
11/04/20 08:35 AM
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Joined: Nov 2017
Posts: 2,171
Birmingham
7x57_Mauser
8 point
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8 point
Joined: Nov 2017
Posts: 2,171
Birmingham
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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. 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. Ah ha! Learned something new. I shall add it to my arsenal.
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Re: About ready to give up on stripers at Lake Martin
[Re: 7x57_Mauser]
#3259387
11/06/20 11:32 PM
11/06/20 11:32 PM
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Joined: Dec 2010
Posts: 16,652
lat 34.09 long -86.13
metalmuncher
Old Mossy Horns
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Old Mossy Horns
Joined: Dec 2010
Posts: 16,652
lat 34.09 long -86.13
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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. 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. Ah ha! Learned something new. I shall add it to my arsenal. Every striper fisherman should have a few Redfins in his tackle box. And some Sassy-Shad, and some bucktails, and some Creek Chubs, and some Top dawgs, and some jointed rapalas, and some Spooks, and a castnet.
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Re: About ready to give up on stripers at Lake Martin
[Re: muzziehead]
#3274625
11/24/20 10:51 PM
11/24/20 10:51 PM
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Joined: May 2002
Posts: 8,030
Central Alabama
muzziehead
OP
14 point
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OP
14 point
Joined: May 2002
Posts: 8,030
Central Alabama
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I think I could have the entire inventory of Bass Pro and still couldn’t catch a $@#*% stripe. Skunked two days in a row. Just got my Minn Kota GPS trolling motor installed and I will say it was a game changer but the score still ended up the same. I’m about ready to winterize and start doing what I know best, hunting.
"Don't cling to Mistake, just because you spent a lot of time making it."
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Re: About ready to give up on stripers at Lake Martin
[Re: muzziehead]
#3274695
11/25/20 01:57 AM
11/25/20 01:57 AM
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Joined: Apr 2017
Posts: 15,319
Ourtown, AL
BCLC
Old Mossy Horns
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Old Mossy Horns
Joined: Apr 2017
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Ourtown, AL
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Rig a 3-4in bream or other live bait with a circle hook just behind the dorsal fin and pitch it between the 1st main support and the rip rap on the North Side of Kowaliga Bridge. There’s guys that climb up from the bank and walk out in the bridge girders to fish the same spot. First or last light is best time to fish it or at night on a full moon.
We’re not dead. We just smell that way. Dayum. - AC870
Yessir! I’m always gonna shoot what makes me happy and I want everyone else to do the same! If you shoot one be proud of it and don’t worry what anyone else thinks. - SJ22
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Re: About ready to give up on stripers at Lake Martin
[Re: muzziehead]
#3275188
11/25/20 03:49 PM
11/25/20 03:49 PM
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Joined: Feb 2013
Posts: 6,095
Anniston, AL
ikillbux
ishootatbux
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ishootatbux
Joined: Feb 2013
Posts: 6,095
Anniston, AL
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I swore I read "strippers" when I glanced at the thread title.
We were on the edge of Eternia, when the power of Greyskull began to take hold.
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Re: About ready to give up on stripers at Lake Martin
[Re: muzziehead]
#3275387
11/25/20 08:27 PM
11/25/20 08:27 PM
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Joined: Feb 2003
Posts: 6,868
shelby county
buzzard
14 point
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14 point
Joined: Feb 2003
Posts: 6,868
shelby county
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Call Alex City Guide service and go with them. Look at the trip cost as an investment. There are numerous spots that produce stripe year round. It really shrinks the lake when you learn what to look for and when to look where. Take a trip each season to learn what they are doing that time of year. DONT follow them around poaching their spots
"Hell with them fellows, buzzard got to eat same as a worm"
Josey Wales
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Re: About ready to give up on stripers at Lake Martin
[Re: buzzard]
#3276496
11/26/20 11:47 PM
11/26/20 11:47 PM
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Joined: May 2002
Posts: 8,030
Central Alabama
muzziehead
OP
14 point
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OP
14 point
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Posts: 8,030
Central Alabama
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I have A trip already paid in full and booked with David but just not sure when we plan to take it. We were going a few weeks back but had to cancel due to weather so we may just wait till spring. My problem is just locating them. I have The correct set up in terms of equipment, rigging and bait.
Last edited by muzziehead; 11/26/20 11:48 PM.
"Don't cling to Mistake, just because you spent a lot of time making it."
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Re: About ready to give up on stripers at Lake Martin
[Re: BCLC]
#3276497
11/26/20 11:51 PM
11/26/20 11:51 PM
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Joined: May 2002
Posts: 8,030
Central Alabama
muzziehead
OP
14 point
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OP
14 point
Joined: May 2002
Posts: 8,030
Central Alabama
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Rig a 3-4in bream or other live bait with a circle hook just behind the dorsal fin and pitch it between the 1st main support and the rip rap on the North Side of Kowaliga Bridge. There’s guys that climb up from the bank and walk out in the bridge girders to fish the same spot. First or last light is best time to fish it or at night on a full moon. Thanks for the info. I will Certainly give it a try. I hsve Been fishing with black salties and goldfish as I havent Been able to find any shad lately. I’m pretty sure my rigging is correct but can’t catch them if they aren’t there.
"Don't cling to Mistake, just because you spent a lot of time making it."
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Re: About ready to give up on stripers at Lake Martin
[Re: muzziehead]
#3281514
12/02/20 08:51 PM
12/02/20 08:51 PM
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Joined: Jun 2004
Posts: 716
lost in the backwoods
firewhatfire
4 point
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4 point
Joined: Jun 2004
Posts: 716
lost in the backwoods
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Did you ever catch some stripe? I am invested now, never fished on Martin for them I usually just lock in close to the dam on Jordan and cast into the swirling waters where the output is located.
And so I learned what solitude really was. It was raw material-awesome, mallleable, older than men or worlds or water. And it was merciless- for it let a man become precisely what he alone made of himself.--Gus Orviston
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Re: About ready to give up on stripers at Lake Martin
[Re: firewhatfire]
#3282772
12/04/20 12:51 AM
12/04/20 12:51 AM
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Joined: May 2002
Posts: 8,030
Central Alabama
muzziehead
OP
14 point
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OP
14 point
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Central Alabama
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Did you ever catch some stripe? I am invested now, never fished on Martin for them I usually just lock in close to the dam on Jordan and cast into the swirling waters where the output is located. Not a dang one yet. Headed back up this weekend to try again. Friend of mine fished up below the dam in his kayak when they have gate open and caught 7 stripers all around 8-10lbs.
"Don't cling to Mistake, just because you spent a lot of time making it."
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Re: About ready to give up on stripers at Lake Martin
[Re: muzziehead]
#3284152
12/05/20 02:54 PM
12/05/20 02:54 PM
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Joined: May 2002
Posts: 8,030
Central Alabama
muzziehead
OP
14 point
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OP
14 point
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Central Alabama
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FINALLY!!! We got on a few this morning. Ended up boating 7 and missed like 5-6. Certainly makes all the difference in the world when you find them. https://i.imgur.com/e07TxEU.jpg
"Don't cling to Mistake, just because you spent a lot of time making it."
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Re: About ready to give up on stripers at Lake Martin
[Re: muzziehead]
#3285275
12/06/20 09:07 PM
12/06/20 09:07 PM
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Joined: May 2002
Posts: 8,030
Central Alabama
muzziehead
OP
14 point
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14 point
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Central Alabama
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Im not sure if I just got lucky or what but we got on them two days in a row after not catching a single one in past 10 trips. I would have been happy just to catch one to be honest. Can’t wait to get back out there.
"Don't cling to Mistake, just because you spent a lot of time making it."
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Re: About ready to give up on stripers at Lake Martin
[Re: muzziehead]
#3285290
12/06/20 09:20 PM
12/06/20 09:20 PM
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Joined: Aug 2001
Posts: 3,971
Gardendale AL
Stripe
10 point
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10 point
Joined: Aug 2001
Posts: 3,971
Gardendale AL
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Tried to tell you! Your runt now son. Congrats
Striper Steve;
"Aim Small, Hit Small"
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Re: About ready to give up on stripers at Lake Martin
[Re: Stripe]
#3285308
12/06/20 09:29 PM
12/06/20 09:29 PM
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Joined: May 2002
Posts: 8,030
Central Alabama
muzziehead
OP
14 point
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14 point
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Central Alabama
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Tried to tell you! Your runt now son. Congrats Thanks! The wife is thrilled because she loves to fish and hates me killing deer. Only been deer hunting once since now season opened and may just keep fishing till the rut kicks in.
"Don't cling to Mistake, just because you spent a lot of time making it."
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Re: About ready to give up on stripers at Lake Martin
[Re: muzziehead]
#3285310
12/06/20 09:32 PM
12/06/20 09:32 PM
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Joined: Jul 2015
Posts: 1,141
Elmore county , Alabama
BCD
6 point
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6 point
Joined: Jul 2015
Posts: 1,141
Elmore county , Alabama
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Tried to tell you! Your runt now son. Congrats Thanks! The wife is thrilled because she loves to fish and hates me killing deer. Only been deer hunting once since now season opened and may just keep fishing till the rut kicks in. That’s what I’m talking about. 😁
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