Martens on a hot spot

Aaron Martens moved away from the weigh-in site, but not far. The Highway 109 bridge is just around the corner. And he's quickly put two fish in the boat, giving...

Martens at the weigh-in site

Aaron Martens has moved across the lake from Holiday Park to the Pyne Road Park weigh-in site. He's within 75 yards of where he'll bank his boat to bring his...

Martens circling, ospreys attacking

I have no idea what Aaron Martens is looking for exactly, but he's spending a lot of time doing it. Martens has been idling in circles, looking at his sonar...

Slow and steady

  Tommy Biffle is methodically working the banks of Brush Creek. In the photo that's Tommy to the left and a spectator to the right. Tommy is working his trolling...

Biffle with a spinnerbait

We finally caught up with Tommy Biffle after a chilly 60-minute boat ride that included a couple of detours for us. We had trouble finding this slippery fox despite looking...

Overstreet, Martens on “Osprey Point”

James "The Osprey" Overstreet is taking more photos of the osprey guarding her nest in a tree offshore of Holiday Park than he is of Aaron Martens, who has moved...

Biffle getting away from the crowd

We are way up the Chattahoochee River, trying to find Tommy Biffle.   In the 25 years I've followed Biffle, he's had the knack for getting away from the crowd...

Martens has two early

James Overstreet and I have caught up with Aaron Martens, who is fishing near Holiday Park, right across from the Pyne Road Park takeoff site. He has two fish. The...

Aaron’s start

According to Seigo, Aaron Martens is starting strong this morning. His text: Aaron got his first keeper about a pound on same spot he started yesterday

My day as a Marshal

Photo by Don Barone    You may have seen in an earlier post that I was pulled into emergency Marshal service because Kevin Short’s Marshal didn’t show up. In the...