There have been two startling Tweets this morning from Lake Martin – one indicating Bradley Roy caught a 10-pounder and another stating Ray Hanselman landed an 8-pounder. Both were mistakes in entering BASSTrakk info. But here’s what you should know: Big bass like that aren’t out of the question at Lake Martin, where a 9.13-pounder was caught in a Bama Division BFL on March 19, 2016.
You have to wonder if bass like that one, Cliff Prince’s two weighing 6-13 and 6-3 on Day 1 and Adrian Avena’s 6-8 on Day 2 aren’t results of some intensive stocking of Florida strain largemouth bass by the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources in previous years.
Lake Martin was one of the lakes where that Florida strain stocking took place. From 2010 through 2012 there was a total of 1,027,220 Florida strain fingerlings stocking in Sandy Creek. The remnants of those stockings may well be the game-changers in this tournament.