Fishing report for April 12, 2016




Big Bass are starting to show up all over the lake, for all the bed fisherman you will continue to see beds in many areas continue to load with healthy males and females. last nights front would have pushed some of the big females off the bank! secondary points going into creeks are a good place to throw a finesse bait or a square bill crank bait! Primarary source of forage will be shad this time of year. Keep your eyes open for bass busting shad. I would be throwing a top water walking bait this time of year in the morning and the slowing down with a Carolina rig or a slow falling wacky worm. Big thing to remember is that these bass are in constant transition so try not to get stuck waiting around an area for to long. move around a lot and cover water! and Remember if it looks like a shad they will probably eat it! I will be focusing on subtle break lines and secondary points to try and catch post spaw, staging and pre spawners. remember they all dont spawn at the same time so be versitile! 

For anyone interested in a guided adventure I have a few spots opn in May and would love to take you fishing!

hook sets are free, and have fun

 

Joe Ford

905 809 5144

www.joefordfishing.com




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Lake Fork Current Weather Alerts

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Lake Fork Weather Forecast

Thursday

Sunny

Hi: 70

Thursday Night

Clear

Lo: 52

Friday

Partly Sunny

Hi: 76

Friday Night

Mostly Cloudy

Lo: 58

Saturday

Mostly Cloudy

Hi: 79

Saturday Night

Mostly Cloudy

Lo: 62

Sunday

Mostly Cloudy

Hi: 80

Sunday Night

Mostly Cloudy

Lo: 66


Lake Fork Water Level (last 30 days)


Water Level on 3/29: 403.35 (+0.35)



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Fishing Report from TPWD (Mar. 27)

GOOD. Water Stained; 60 degrees; 0.28 feet below pool. Bass fishing has been slow due to the fluctuating weather patterns. The best bite has been on frogs behind the grass and Texas rigs in front of the grass. Yum dingers are good around flooded grass in 1-3 feet deadsticking rigged wacky worms. Report by Marc Mitchell, Lake Fork Guide Service. Bass have moved up and are nesting, small crawfish patterns will work well. Frog pattern top waters are excellent in the grass and brush. Crappie are shallow, small fish patterns like wooly buggers are a good bet. Bream are beginning to make themselves known in the shallows, wooly buggars and small poppers should bring a strike.Report by Guide Alex Guthrie, Fly Fish Fork Guide Service. Crappie fishing has been up and down and all over the place this past week. Patterns are not just changing weekly or daily but sometimes hourly. Fish can be in water deeper than 30 feet, or as shallow as 1 foot. Seeing fish around grass, around timber, under bridges, under docks and on ledges. There are very few fish on brush piles and lay downs. Finding fish all over the bridge in the morning then gone that afternoon. The cold fronts and winds have really made finding patterns that will hold up difficult. Not seeing very many fish spawned out yet, so we should have shallow fish for the next months. The bite when you do find fish, and they do not run, is good on small hand ties, minnows, soft plastics. The catfish bite continues to be red hot in 12-18 feet of water around trees that have birds roosting overnight. We should see fish showing back up around trees along creek channels in 18-25 feet of water as well. Bait the area with cattle cubes or sour grain to get the catfish loaded up. Any prepared catfish bait works great and we have been having great trips using punch bait. Report by Jacky Wiggins, Jacky Wiggins Guide Service.

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