Martin Creek Fishing Report

GOOD. Water stained; 73 degrees; 0.23 feet below pool. Bass are good along the hydrilla and main lake points with darker colored wacky rigged worms, and swimbaits. Crappie numbers are increasing. Fish the timber and brush piles in 15-25 feet of water with minnows. Catfish are moving up shallow using nightcrawlers, cut and live…

GOOD. Water stained; 74 degrees; 0.11 feet above pool. Bass are good on topwaters early, red bug colored worm Texas rigged and wacky rigged along hydrilla. Some are spawning on the cold water side. Crappie are fair to good in brush piles from 15-25 feet of water using shad colored jigs. Catfish are good using…

FAIR. Water stained; 65 degrees; 0.05 feet above pool. Bass are good over and along the edge of the hydrilla. Topwater baits early along with lipless crankbaits and wacky worms work well. Crappie are beginning to congregate in the timber and brush piles in 16-25 feet of water using minnows and gulp on jig head….

FAIR. Water stained; 64 degrees; 0.01 feet above pool. Bass are good on deep crankbaits fishing on the hot water side in 8-12 feet of water, or running a lipless crankbait over the hydrilla. Crappie are fair to good on brush piles in 15-25 feet of water. Catfish are good fishing the hot water discharge…

FAIR. Water slightly stained; 63 degrees; 0.01 feet above pool. Bass have been good fishing the deep hydrilla with swimbaits, jerkbaits and rattletraps. Crappie are slow while the fish are spawning and scattered in deep water to spawn. The fish spawn deeper due to the warmer water. Fishing should pick up next month. Catfish is…

FAIR. Water slightly stained; 62-70 degrees; 0.50 feet below pool. Martin Creek is 62 degrees at the ramp and 70 degrees near discharge in Dry creek. Bass are good along areas of hydrilla fishing the outside edge with redbug colored worms and rattletraps. Crappie are scattered and some can be found at Dry Creek bridge…

FAIR. Water slightly stained; 60 degrees; 0.50 feet below pool. Martin Creek is 60 degrees at boat ramp, 62 degrees mid lake and 70 degrees at discharge with water. Bass are fair to good. Areas with most action remain on the hot water side but larger fish are coming deeper in the cooler water. Best…

FAIR. Water slightly stained; 55-60 degrees; 4.71 feet below pool. Bass are good in the warmer water with rattletraps, bladed jigs, square bill crankbaits and creature baits on shoreline and flat at the eagles nest area. Crappie are good in timber along Dry Creek levee and submerged bridge. Minnows should work the best. Catfish should…

FAIR. Water slightly stained; 55-60 degrees; 4.76 feet below pool. Another cold front in the forecast heading into the weekend. Bass are good using crankbaits on rocky points on the cold water side. Male fish are moving into spawning patterns in Dry creek. Spinnerbaits, chatterbaits, and rattletraps are working well along the bank in the…