Big Fish Inspite of Tough Conditions (Pictures), Andrew Grills




We had some good trips this week and a few big fish. Fishing is still fairly tough right now, however I expect it to pick back up soon, now that we are getting more consistent cool weather. We are approaching my favorite time of year; cold weather, less crowds, and big fish. Many anglers opt for hunting instead of fishing this time of year, and that is just fine with me because some of the biggest fish of the year are caught during late fall.

Right now I am looking shallow and deep. There has been a lot of talk about the lake turning over for the past few weeks, however I’m just now seeing the signs of it. I’ve been starting shallow and working out deeper as the day progresses. I’ve been having good success on topwaters, swimbaits, and spoons. There are a lot of techniques that can be effective right now because fish are in transition and the pattern changes daily.

I look for fishing to get good over the next few weeks. Here are some pictures from this past week. We had some good trips and happy customers with personal bests. If you are planning a trip to Lake Fork I encourage you to give me the opportunity to show you an enjoyable experience. Visit my website, www.LakeForkGuideAndrewGrills.com




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Lake Fork Weather Forecast

Thursday

Severe Tstms

Hi: 85

Thursday Night

Severe Tstms

Lo: 62

Friday

Partly Sunny

Hi: 80

Friday Night

Partly Cloudy

Lo: 59

Saturday

Mostly Cloudy

Hi: 79

Saturday Night

Mostly Cloudy

Lo: 61

Sunday

Rain Showers Likely

Hi: 76

Sunday Night

Rain Showers Likely

Lo: 64


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Fishing Report from TPWD (May 8)

GOOD. Water Stained; 70 degrees; 0.41 feet above pool. Bass are fair early morning on topwaters and frogs around grass. Bass are good on shaky heads at the edge of grass in 3-5 feet, or Carolina rigs on points and secondary points in 5-8 feet. Report by Marc Mitchell, Lake Fork Guide Service. Black bass are in a post spawn pattern and aggressive. Top waters are excellent in the shallow grass, streamers are working in the shallow banks. Crappies are shallow catching them on the edge of banks, small fish patterns like wooly buggers are a good bet. Bream are excellent in the shallows, wooly buggers and small poppers should bring a strike. Report by Guide Alex Guthrie, Fly Fish Fork Guide Service. The crappie fishing on Lake Fork has been up and down this past week with the heavy rains and big winds. We had super muddy conditions in areas where we had creek runoff pouring in. It took a few days for the water in those areas to clear back up enough for the bite to pick up. We are finally seeing some black crappie loading up on certain laydowns and docks. If you find the right ones you can load the boat quickly. Seeing a few brush piles in certain areas loading up with white crappie. You can still find white crappie on timber in 10-18ft and we should see more moving out deeper over the next few weeks as all spawning comes to an end. We did see a lot of roaming open water fish as well this past week. Maybe this could have been due to the heavy mud and silt in the water. The crappie may not have needed to get on cover even with the bright sunshine with so much in the water stopping the light penetration. When you find crappie in the clearer water the bite has been good. Hand tied jigs in natural minnow colors are working great. Blues, grays and greens are working in the clear water areas around mid lake. Dark green and orange and dark green and chartreuse was working in the muddy water areas. Soft plastics will produce well in similar colors. Minnows are always a good bait t

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