Lake Fork Report 6-26-2017




The last couple of weeks fishing on Lake Fork has gone from good to phenomenal. I haven't caught many giants this month but the numbers of quality fish have given my clients a lot of action on the water. Just this Saturday we had 40 + fish for the day and on our evening trips we are averaging 15 - 30 depending on the conditions. I started finding some larger fish the past week and I am excited to see what July will bring.

The water level on Lake Fork is 403.06 and the temps are from lower to mid 80's.

During the morning hours my clients are catching fish on a Spook Jr. (chrome and blue) and Underspins. We are also throwing a weightless fluke (white/disco violet) and catching some on square bills. I like to focus these baits in 1' - 4' around main lake points.

The offshore bite has been most consistent, so I am targeting main lake points, roadbeds and humps out deep in 20' - 30'. I am using several different techniques right now to catch these fish but the Drop shot has been catching most. I like to set my Drop shot up with a 5/16 oz weight, #1 rigging hook (Tomato). If you are up at Lake Fork Marina, go ahead and check out Buddy's Custom worms.

I am setting up my Carolina rig with a 5' leader, 1 oz weight and #3 hook. The two baits I am rigging up here have been either a fluke (watermelon gold) or a 4 inch centipede. Some of the other baits I have on are a 3/8 oz football head jig (PB&J) and a TX rig 10 inch power worm. I am using a 3/8 oz weight and a #4 or #5 hook for the TX rig.

I always have a swimbait, deep diving crankbait and flutter spoon on deck and ready to go. When we come across schooling fish, I like to have a weightless fluke (white) and a Spook (chrome) tied on.
Here are a few pictures from last month and I hope this report can help some of you coming to the lake. If you have any questions about myself or my guide services on Lake Fork, please feel free to call. I'm always available to help.

Whether you’re a first time or seasoned angler, my goal is to work hard and offer my clients every opportunity to catch a fish of a life time here on Lake Fork. If you have any questions, please feel free to call.

Thanks, Eric Wright

Phone: 972 757 7947
www.ericwrightlakefork.com
[email protected]

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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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