SHORELINES

11 Shor e l i n e S | 2016 Vol :3 Above: Photo by Bernard Troncale – Joey Nania sets the hook on a fish on Logan Martin Lake. A FULL bag of tricks AT LOGAN MARTIN L AKE, ANGLERS INCREASE THEIR CHANCES OF L ANDING BASS WHEN THEY ARE PREPARED TO FISH IN MANY DIFFERENT WAYS. Bass fishermen use diverse tactics, from scouring wooded banks where fish lie in a foot or less of water to tossing their lures in seemingly open water searching for fish congregated more than 20 feet below the surface. The habitat in the lake where they are fishing often dictates the tactics anglers use. Joey Nania believes anglers need a full bag of tricks when they take on Logan Martin Lake near Pell City. "One thing I like about fishing this lake is that you can catch them doing a number of things," says Nania, a professional angler and guide, as he casts a creature bait with a football jig head into the deep water. "This is a very versatile lake. On any given day you have fish living shallow and fish living deep." If you don't think the bass fishing is good in Alabama, Nania would argue to the contrary. At 19 years old, he moved from Washington state to the Pell City area for one reason – bass fishing. Now 25 with his own television show, "Sweetwater," sandwiched between Roland Martin and Jimmy Houston on NBC Sports Network and the Sportsman Channel, Nania couldn't think of a better place to fish for a living. He fished the Bassmaster Open Series, finishing 16th in the standings last year and 11th in the

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