Martinez Lake is locted in the lower Colordao River, 31 miles north of Yuma. It's part of Imperial Reservoir.

North of Martinez Lake is the Imperial National Wildlife Refuge which emcompasses 55,000 acres on both sides of the river, stretching over 35 miles. The refuge is a migratory stop over for some 235 species of birds.

Commonly seen mammals include deer, big horn sheep, wild horses, wild burros, coyotes, raccoons, foxes beavers and bobcats.

Largemouth, smallmouth and striped bass are available to the angler. Other species found in the lake are crappie, sunfish, channel and flathead catfish, bullhead, and carp.

Located about 150 miles northwest of Phoenix. Take Martinez Dam Road north from Wenden on Highway 60.

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Name: George Copple	Date: 2008-03-08
Location: Blythe, CA	E-Mail:
Water Teamp: 57-60	Water Clarity: 2
Report: Hey guys. Did pretty good down in martinez this past weekend. a little bit of a cold front came through and made fishing a little tougher than a lot had expected. There had also been a ton of pressure on the fish with the fed-nation there as well as NBW. Witht he cold front in mind and all the pressure, i stayed really close to the launch, i knew martinez could get me at least a limit pretty fast and then i could go searching for bigger fish. we fished tules in about 4-6ft. with wacky rigged senkos. we were surrounded by other boats the entire morning, man there had to be 20 boats in that small area. most looked to be using jigs or t-rigs with no luck. us on the other hand had a limit by 9am. i was planning on leaving when we got a limit but my limit fish was 5.12 and 3rd big fish of the tourny, so we stuck around, basically all day. we culled about 4-5 times throughout the rest of the day. with about 2hrs. left we went to a backwater towards the dam where i had seen some decent fish on beds. i thought they had already been caught and they were, so we fished for about an hour in there and then left. we went to the little backwater right by the weigh in at fisher for the last hour and threw a dropshot around with no luck. with about 25min left i picked up the senko and skipped it under a dock, bam 3 1/2lber. next cast, backlash, picked it out then went to the next dock, dam, 2 1/2 lber...with 6min. left i skip one more dock and...thump my rod bows with a fish at least 4lbs. half way to the boat...slack line. i reel in my senko and the week guard didn't even move, i never even had a hook in her but she just wouldn't let go. that fish would have won us the tournament. anyway, we did good and that was the only mistake we had all day. my partner didn't catch one fish but he was a hell of a netman. in the end, we finished 3rd place with 15.32lbs. and 3rd big fish of the tournament with a 5.12lb. martinez is awesome right now, go fish it.
Tips: keep your line wet and hold on, this is the time of year you can throw whatever your favorite bait is and catch them good.