Lake Fork Fishing Reports
Lake Fork Fishing Report from TPWD (Nov. 30)
FAIR. Water Stained; 65 degrees; 5.81 feet low. The bass bite should change after the rise in water. Suspending jerkbaits are still best worked over 7-10 feet around ditches and creeks. Spinnerbaits have been good in the same areas, slowly rolled near big wood. Viper XP jigs in sourgrape, PBJ, Purple Passion, are still good on big wood near the edges of the creeks 8-10 feet. Report by Lake Fork fishing guide Marc Mitchell, Lake Fork Pro. Bass are slow on Carolina rigs, dropshots, and jigging spoons in 15-18 feet of water, and squarebill crankbaits in 3-6 feet of water. Report by Jason Hoffman, Lake Fork Guide Service. Rising water level will bring feeding bass shallow. Fish newly flooded grass and timber with streamers for bass chasing shad. Some bream will be mixed in on warmer sunny days. Crappie will be moving towards wintertime schools in the open water and deep pockets, beaded woolies fished with a 5 wt rod and sinking lines. Report by Guide Alex Guthrie, Fly Fish Fork Guide Service. The bite is getting better and better going into the winter months. Big crappie are beginning to show up in numbers as the water temps continue to drop into the 50s. Catches over two pounds are landed each day with some fish closer to the three pound range. Timber on flats and along the main lake creek channels in 28-50 feet all seem to be holding good fish. We are seeing a good balance of white crappie and black crappie both being caught each day. Minnows still seem to be the dominant bait, but the jig bite is coming around finally on Lake Fork. Report by Jacky Wiggins, Jacky Wiggins Guide Service.
Lake Fork Fishing Reports (141 - 160 of 825)
The summer heat is taking its toll on the lake. We are down about a foot and ahalf. Which is not too bad but the stumps are starting to appear. The waterclarity is still a little stained int the upper creeks,...
by John Morris on 8/3/2020
Lake Fork Channel Catfish
Summer is here, which means it’s channel catfish season. The channel catfish caught in Lake Fork fork are bigger than your average catfish due to the healthy waters in the...
by Matt Marra on 8/2/2020
Boy was it windy. Actually changed where we were going to launch from to get us closer to where we were fishing. Water temps 85 degrees. But besides all of that the fish were biting for most. Congratulations...
by Bruce Allen on 7/30/2020
Tommy Ellis, Athens, LA tops a record field of over 1800 anglers at theMega Bass on Lake Fork with a 10.49 lb. monster. He wins a new Skeeter ZX 200 - Yamaha 200 SHO plus $15,000 Cash.
Top 7 money earners at...
by Tom Behrens on 7/20/2020
The weather today started out fairly cool mainly because of the heavy cloud cover which hung around to about 10 AM. Then it got hot. The fish were caught by wacky, c-rigs, drop shots and t-rigs.
Hard Core is...
by Bruce Allen on 7/16/2020
Lake Fork Guide Notes - 7/12/2020
As of this post the water level on Lake Fork is 402.60 and the surface temperature is ranging from 85 to 88° -
I've been catching all my fish on main lake structures...
by Eric Wright on 7/15/2020
A new bass fishing angler asks the age-old question when fishing a plastic worm; should he set the hook immediately when he feels a bump or wait a second before setting the hook.
My learning curve in fishing...
by Tom Behrens on 7/13/2020
Wind, wind, wind. Which is normal and we should be used to it. The waves breaking over the back my boaters boat caused us a ten minute delay when it was time to leave to pump out all of that water. Drop shots,...
by Bruce Allen on 7/13/2020
July is BLAZING on Lake Fork! The bass fishing couldn’t be better as we head deep into the summer. If you can stand the heat, you’ll want to head this way for some trophy bass action. It’s...
by James Caldemeyer on 7/7/2020
Today was a very strange weather day even for Texas. The forecast said no wind to start, warm and then 2 MPH out of the east. We had heavy mist, 10-12 MPH winds and fog. Some said the fish stopped biting when...
by Bruce Allen on 6/25/2020
Today started out near perfect with light winds and fish biting, however the top water bite went away pretty fast. After that it was mainly drop shots, cs rigs and fish caught in deep water. Water temp in the...
by Bruce Allen on 6/19/2020
A creative angler is always looking for the edge that will help him or her catch more fish. Take for example the popular Fluke manufactured by Zoom. Fluke baits are long, narrow plastic bass lures with a soft,...
by Tom Behrens on 6/18/2020
It was a great morning. Hardly any wind and the bass were biting pretty darn good.. Drop shots, c-rigs, wacky rigs and shaky heads and won the day.
All fish 10" and up count as well as slot fish. Only...
by Bruce Allen on 6/15/2020
Ah, warm weather is upon us and we started our summer hours today. Fishing 5:45 AM to Noon. Great fishing and off the water before the sun fries out old brains.
Hard Core is what we call this...
by Bruce Allen on 6/5/2020
The bass fishing on Lake Fork is fire during the month of June! It’s absolutely my favorite month of the year. The big bass are in heavy post-spawn patterns and you can catch numbers of hungry fish using...
by James Caldemeyer on 6/3/2020
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) confirmed the presence of common salvinia on Lake Fork near Emory after conducting a vegetation survey on May 19, 2020. The common salvinia was found in the White...
by Tom Behrens on 6/2/2020
FROM: J & M Guide Service
DATES: 24 – 30 May 2020
It was a great week to fish Lake Fork. The water clarity in the upper creeks is stillstained but the lower lake is clearing up again. The water...
by John Morris on 6/1/2020
It started out calm, went to wind and rain, then back to calm, then back to wind from the other direction with more rain, then back to slight winds and then sun. Typical Texas Spring weather and the fish were...
by Bruce Allen on 6/1/2020
Today started off very windy out of the south east. Which really screwed up where I had a great day pre-fishing yesterday. The weather was warm and the fish were biting. Once again drop shots, c-rigs and...
by Bruce Allen on 5/26/2020
FROM: J & M Guide Service
DATES: 10 – 16 May, 2020
We had a few nice days to fish this week. The water temperatures are in the midto upper 70’s. The water clarity is still a little stained in...
by John Morris on 5/18/2020
