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2011 Aug. 11-14 SCOTT MARTIN Winner: CLEWISTON, FLA. Four-day winning weight: 61-01 Lake level: 572 feet Water temperature: upper 80s to low 90s Weather: hot (low 90s), with a mix of sunny and cloudy skies and some thunderstorms Winning pattern: Targeting main- lake areas around bird island, pollard creek and mountain harbor, martin focused on brush in 23 to 27 feet. The key was finding brush with schools of large shad blown into the cover, and he didn’t burn time on those lacking the forage. martin caught most of his fish on a Fish head Spin with a soft-plastic jerkbait body and a Texas-rigged 10-inch rib- bon-tail worm. he also added keep- ers with a swimbait on a 7/16-ounce head and a drop-shot with a roboworm in the morning dawn or watermelon candy colors. 74 FLWFISHING.COM I JULY 2018