Martha is just short of 60 acres in size and has some good depth to it with depths to 50 some feet in the northern half of the lake but the southern half averages 20 to 30 feet.

I have always used a slow trolled fly, usually a wooly bugger or wooly worm in black but any leach pattern in dark or dark with sparkle works well. The tubers do quite well with midge patterns in the spring and the power bait and worm folks do fine on the bottom.

I have found several trolling routes that seem to produce well. Troll straight out from the launch ramp and head west then loop around in front of the park until you meet your starting point and retrace your route over and over. When you parallel the shore, stay about 100 yards out. Otherwise, troll down the east side of the lake in about 30 feet of water and make a loop in front of the dock that has a fishing shed on it. Generally there will be someone still fishing right in front of that dock. If you get tired of that, head west across the lake and troll a circle in front of the blue trampoline which has been there for three years and can't be missed. You will now be in the north end of the lake where the creek dumps into Martha. I have caught my biggest fish in this area.

Then, if you want, troll up the east shore and start the route all over. I have never failed to pick up fish on these routes. I have watched fishermen troll up and down the middle and have seen very few fish taken so I wouldn't recommend doing that.

Many people troll pop gear or plugs but I say, the simpler the better. An old timer that is always on the lakes just puts on a worm, drops it near the bottom and lets the wind drift him around. He always has a nice stringer of fish at the end of the day.

Martha stays productive until mid summer or until the lake warms up then you have to go deep and really work for the fish.

Although there are bass, perch and sunfish present, or so I'm told, I haven't seen any during my many visits.