Lake Fork Fishing Report for March 27, 2016




The weather had its own version of March madness. Two of the days this week we had winds over 30 miles per hour and cold nights. The result of the cold nights was the water temperatures dropping into the mid to high 50’s. The good news is the nights are going to start to warmer this week which should bring the water temperatures back up. The water clarity remained muddy to heavily stained this week due to the high winds. The Bass fishing also had its ups and downs. The bucks were still up close most of the week but the females backed off into 6 to 10 feet of water. The Lake Fork Trophy Lures Hyper Stick was still a good bait to catch them with. With the stained water we still used chartreuse/pepper and continued used the split shot rig. There is slight twist to all of this, since the females moved out to the 6 to 10 foot range we went back to the Carolina rig and still used the Hyper Stick. No matter which method that you are using, make sure you fish it very, very slowly. The Rod and reel combinations we used this week continued to be the Duckett Ghost rods and ABU Garcia Orra SX reels lined with 17 pound Stren line.

The White Bass are still in the creeks but have moved off to the deeper channels. You can find them around the bases of deep stumps. With the falling water temperatures the minnow rig is the best way to catch them.

Now the Crappies are a whole different story. They are scattered in most of the creeks on the lake. The crappies are in 2 to 4 feet of water trying to spawn. You have to keep on the move with the minnow rig hitting all the little brush piles and stumps. Be patient and you will find them.

Lake Fork is really getting beautiful with the spring colors coming on. While you are at beautiful Lake Fork make sure you stop into Lake Fork Marina and check the great tackle selection and make sure you check out the Duckett rods they have in stock.

Well the March spawn has come and gone, but we still have the second half of the spawn to go in April. I have a couple of days left open April for guided Bass and Crappie trips. Give us a call at: (903) 413-6919 or E-mail us at: [email protected]. Keep a tight line and be safe on the water this week.




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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)



Lake Fork

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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