Lake Fork Fishing Report for October 9, 2017




It was another beautiful week here at Lake Fork. The water temperatures are still at 82 to 84 degrees and the water clarity is lightly stained. The Bass fishing was good this week. Many small fish were caught and several good slot fish were taken on the wacky worms and shaky head jigs. The Hydrilla is continuing to grow in the back of the creeks, which means the Bass are starting to relate more and more to it. The wacky worm was the best producer around the Hydrilla. We used the Zoom watermelon/red Trick Worm with the tail dyed chartreuse and put a nail in the head of it to get the worm down into the Hydrilla. On the shaky head jig, we used the Zoom watermelon candy red Baby Brush with the tails dyed chartreuse. This was a great bait not only the Hydrilla but around and under docks. The Strike King KVD 1.5 in the gizzard shad pattern continues to be a great bait to use in the early morning from 6:45 to around 8:00. Fish it parallel to the Duckweed and Hydrilla for the best results. It is noted that the Berkley Havoc Bottom Hopper works well on both the shaky head jig and the wacky rig set-up. On our equipment list this week was our Ranger 520c powered by the Mercury 250 Pro XS, Duckett rods, ABU Garcia Orra SX reels, Stren Line, Zoom and Berkley soft plastics and Strike King KVD 1.5 crankbaits.

The White Bass were still hard to come by this week. They are still scattered out on main lake points and at the drop-offs of old roadbeds. With the water temperatures going to fall this week, they should be schooling up more. You can catch them by using Joe Spaits 5-inch chrome flutter spoon. Remember to keep that spoon close to the bottom.

The Crappie anglers had a great time week. Numerous large Crappies were taken on both minnows and 1/8 ounce white with orange tail Bubba’s Bait Crappie jigs. Isolated brush piles in 18 to 22 foot of water were the real ticket.

Catfishing was also very good this week. They were found around isolated trees in 16 to 18 foot of water. Punch and Jell-O bait were at the top of the Catfish’s menu. Do not forget to bait the trees the day before.

The Berkley Bass Tournament is just two weeks away. I have three days open for guided Bass trips to help you get ready for the big tournament. Give us a call at (903) 413-6919 or E-mail us at [email protected]. Have a safe fishing week.




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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)



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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