LOGAN MARTIN LAKE / Reed Montgomery / Reeds Guide Service 1/2/12
LOGAN MARTIN LAKE - ALABAMA'S COOSA RIVER SYSTEM
By Reed Montgomery / Reeds Guide Service
Birmingham, Alabama (205) 663-1504
Website: www.fishingalabama.com
" Over 40 Years Guiding, Fishing and Exploring Every Lake in Alabama For Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Spotted Bass and Striped Bass "
Always Call on Reeds Guide Service...First! Alabama's (and Logan Martin lake's), Oldest Professional, Freshwater Fishing Guide Service!
Impounded 1964
Lake level: down 5 feet for winter pool
Water Temperature: 50
Water Clarity: Stained from recent rain, lower lake clear
Air Temperature: High 60 / Low 35
Predicted Weather: Cold front Tuesday January 3 - Lows near 20 degrees with highs in mid-to-upper 40's. Warmer in mid-60's next weekend
SPOTTED BASS AND LARGEMOUTH BASS STILL FEEDING IN SHALLOW 50 DEGREE WATER TEMPERATURES
FOR THE LAST GUIDED FISHING TRIP OF 2010 - ON ALABAMA'S LOGAN MARTIN LAKE
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We could have fished earlier in the week...and froze! So, a postponed guided fishing trip to Logan Martin lake (until Friday, December 30) showed good results, for the last guided trip of 2010 with a largemouth bass close to five pounds and a spotted bass 4 pounds!
Air temps at dawn were about 30 degrees, with the water temperature at 50 degrees. But the sun came out and air temperatures quickly rose close to 60 degrees by midday, and just as suddenly, the lake's water temperatures (flats, where we fished) rose close to 60 degrees. Meaning biting bass!
It was a rather slow morning to start out as I introduced Logan Martin Lake to a service man that had just moved to Logan Martin lake (here from Texas) and his son in law visiting them from Australia! We did find some very cooperating bass, and on this day two very nice bass (our biggest bass) a largemouth bass about 5 pounds and a spotted bass of about 4 pounds! On a nice, partly cloudy, but what turned out to be a warm day by evening.
As we had launched the boat that morning, it was evident we were not alone at the boat dock. Several boats were already there! But most places we fished we had to ourselves for a while at least! Due to recent rains and some cold nights prior to our fishing day it was a rather slow day. But it turned out to be a rather good day for bass fishing, size-wise! Not a lot of really big bass bites, but maybe about 15 pounds with our 5 best bass!
But those bass that did bite were "well appreciated" especially early when it was a bit slow and still cold. While I once again I enjoyed fishing with the pleasant company of a "lake resident client and his son in law on just another day on Alabama's Logan Martin lake while fishing with Reeds Guide Service!
* NOTE - Wintertime Low Water on Logan Martin Lake - Use Caution! Down 5 feet! Logan Martin Lake is perhaps the lowest it will drop this entire winter season. Before it is returned to normal, full pool lake levels in April.
As with any low water, man made impoundment, caution is advised for boaters (especially first timers) on Logan Martin Lake. The lake is 50 miles long, but there are many places found lake wide, that are now shallow with dangerous, underwater obstructions like road beds, rock piles and stump rows, that can damage your boat! So use extreme caution and watch your depth finder and what's up ahead!
Low water does have its advantages. It exposes this previously underwater wood and rock cover, places that bass will "back off" to, as the lake's flats, creeks, small cuts and pockets become exposed. It also bunches up both prey and predator in some very likely locations. Warming trends, sunny days and even spring-fed creeks only enhance this feeding activity. As waters warm so does the metabolism of each and every bass in that shallow water location. Which means...more feeding fish!
Lots of shad and some very evident warmer water of 3-5 degrees warmer than the main lake, wind-blown, more current laden, deeper water areas, (flats, which heat up much slower), these were our targets that day. Places out of the wind, that were bathed in water warming sunshine, from mid-morning to late evenings.
* Lures and Techniques - We fished mostly shallow, main lake flats and some small shallow creeks mostly in 1-5 foot depths, fishing around wood cover, around stumps, brush piles and piers. Slow or stop-and-go presentations elicited most strikes.
Mid diving shad and bream colored crankbaits and lipless lures like Rapala's one knocker and and Strike King's Red Eye Shad, while fishing around stumps, rocky points and flats. Around 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. was when most bites occurred. Three Coosa River "spots" were caught in one location!
Later in the day 2 big bass, a largemouth bass about 5 pounds and a spot weighing 4 pounds, were both aroused into biting in water temps of 59 degrees with "reaction bites" from two very similer lipless lures. A slow, slow stop-and-go presentation showed bass hitting these lures in 1-3 feet of water. Small cuts and pockets seemed to heat up the fastest and these places had the most active bass!
* Pictures - As you can see (if there is a picture with this article, if not, see it on my Website's Logan Martin lake and other lake reports www.fishingalabama.com) from the smiles on these two anglers faces, they had a good time!
* On Logan Martin Lake lake, even in January with the lake's water cooling down and low water lake levels, there are always some cooperating bass to target!
Or you can always call on Reeds Guide Service...first! "Logan Martin Lake's and all of Alabama's oldest, professional - bass fishing only - guide service for over 40 years."
* REEDS GUIDE SERVICE
Only one professional, Alabama fishing guide service can claim to be "Alabama's oldest professional fishing guide service." Guiding on Logan Martin Lake for over 40 years. Reed Montgomery, owner of Reeds Guide Service based out of Birmingham, Alabama has taken anglers from all over the globe to fish all of Alabama's many lakes, offering bass fishing state wide, year round. Targeting largemouth bass, spotted bass, small mouth bass and striped bass. (See: the pictures link on my Website www.fishingalabama.com).
Same rates for either one or two anglers with discount rates available on two day trips, to any Alabama lake. We welcome (with several qualified guides and insured boats), corporate guided trips, family outing fishing trips, parent and child learning trips, lake residents, both the tournament angler and the novice angler. All are welcome!
Call today (205) 663-1504 or E-mail me alabassgyd@aol.com for more info. Or see my Website www.fishingalabama.com for my guide service info, seasonal fishing tips and lake reports for all of Alabama's lakes, fishing articles, fishing links, pictures and more!
GUIDED FISHING TRIPS FOR ANGLERS
* KEEP IN MIND ALTHOUGH CHRISTMAS IS OVER A GUIDED FISHING TRIP WITH REED MONTGOMERY OF REEDS GUIDE SERVICE FOR, "THAT LOVED ONE THAT LOVES TO FISH" MAKES A GREAT GIFT FOR ANY OCCASION! E-MAIL OR CALL ME TODAY (205) 663-1504 TO RESERVE YOUR GIFT CERTIFICATE!
* WBRC FOX 6 T V "GOOD DAY ALABAMA" - Call in with your fishing questions (205) 741-7474 as Reed Montgomery answers with his, "Ask the Angler" question and answer session. Reed Montgomery (an Alabama native) is on this very popular morning T V show the last Tuesday of each month. Reed is on just after 8 a.m. Central time.
Reed has been on "Good Day Alabama" for over 6 years on Birmingham's WBRC Fox 6 Television (seen state wide). Mark your calendar and make plans to tune in to "Good Day Alabama" morning show! Reed's next live appearance will be on Tuesday morning just after 8 a.m. on January 31 2012!
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All at the January 19-22 41st Annual Birmingham Boat Show!
* REED MONTGOMERY'S ELEVENTH ANNUAL (FREE!) 2012 KIDS FISHING SHOW! - To be held on Saturday, January 21, 2012 at 2 p.m. at the JANUARY 2012 Birmingham Boat Show! (SEE THEIR WEBSITE FOR MORE INFO.) * Donations are welcome and donators are promoted on stage by either you, a representative of the donating company, or promoted by Reed Montgomery!
"REED MONTGOMERY'S 2012 KIDS FISHING SHOW" - DONATIONS - WE NEED YOUR HELP!
Come help us make this the best kids fishing show to date! Donations of anything shirts, hats, decals, stickers, pens, pencils, fishing lures, line, rods, reels, tackle boxes. Anything! In January of 2011 we had over 500 kids and their parents attend this very popular kids fishing show! Bring yours...its all free and lots of nice donated prizes!
* Call (205) 663-1504 or e-mail me alabassgyd@aol.com with your donations!
Thanks and Good Fishin '
Reed Montgomery / Outdoor Writer
Owner / Reeds Guide Service
Alabaster, Alabama (205) 663-1504
E-mail: alabassgyd@aol.com
Website;: www.fishingalabama.com
" Over 40 Years Guiding, Fishing and Exploring Every Lake in Alabama For Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Spotted Bass and Striped Bass "
Always Call on Reeds Guide Service...first!
Alabama's Oldest Professional, Freshwater Fishing Guide Service!
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