What Truck, Boat and Outboard does Martin run?

ford F 350 truck and 2009 Stratos 200xl Minnkota 112 I-pilot Evenrude  E-tect 225 Hummingbird Helex 5

My Sponsors

Titon Tungstan, TH marine, Riot Baits, GoFish Cam, TRC covers, amphibia sun glasses Bobs machine shop.

What Martin does for a living:

working in maintenance in the automotive indrustry

What you should know about Martin:

I love the sport of Bass Fishing  there is nothing more exciting then hooking a  monster,  to bring in to the scales. I am Married  to a wonderful lady Amy K Smith We have been part of the aba since 1998 we got out of fishing for awhile  ( had to work to much and did not have time.) Now I will have all the time i need to get involved  in fishing again . REALLTY Looking forward to geting back on the water.

 

How Martin started fishing

I STARTED BASS FISHING IN MY 20'S with a boat I made  then I bought a newer boat and kept  fishing then I found the aba  and joined and I will continue fishing untill i can no longer do it any more

Aspirations or goals with fishing

Favorite way to fish

I like to fish fast until i find the fish then slow down and look for the big one

Most exciting fishing experience

How Martin preps for a tournament

Three favorite search baits

Rattle trap and dt 6 crank bait

Best tournament finish and what you did that day when you were fishing.

Most challenging part of tournament fishing

Sticking with your method when the bite is tough

When tournaments don't go my way

I look back on what I did and try to correct it

Advice to give to an aspiring tournament angler:

Stick with it and keep learning

Some shared general bass fishing techniques for people just getting into the sport

Trick worm on a wheightless setup