Marty Robinson Pattern, Baits & Gear
Jig gear: 7' mag-heavy Castaway Rods Invicta casting rod, unnamed casting reel, 65-pound P-Line braided line, 3/8-oz. Buckeye jig (black/blue), unnamed craw trailer (black/blue). He went with the 65-pound braid due to the pads in the area.
Sight-fishing gear: 7' heavy-action Castaway Rods Invicta casting rod, unnamed casting reel, 20-pound P-Line fluorocarbon line, 3/16-oz. unnamed tungsten worm weight, 5/0 Hayabusa offset worm hook, Zoom Critter Craw (green-pumpkin). Robinson likes a shorter rod when sight-fishing because he likes to stay back off the fish. "I feel like if I'm back off of that fish where I can't see what he's doing, I'm more apt to let them take the bait good." Robinson also caught topwater fish on a 3/8-oz. Buckeye buzzbait and a Booyah Pad Crasher frog.
Main factor: "Not being in the crowd this week. The last time we here I was in the crowd. It started out good, but went south real quick. I didn't want to do that this year. I had to pick areas with less fish, but I had less boats around me."
Performance edge: "Line here is a big deal here. These fish are so big strong and there's so much junk in the water. I never broke a fish off. I lost one, but never broke off. That P-Line is such a great line."
