Lake Fork Fishing Reports
Lake Fork Fishing Report from TPWD (Jan. 22)
FAIR TO GOOD. Water stained; 52-54 degrees; 1.72’ low. Largemouth bass are good on crankbaits, slugs, worms, and Alabama Rigs on points and humps. White and yellow bass are fair on Alabama Rigs in similar spots are largemouth. Crappie are fair on jigs and minnows around any structure. Catfish are fair on prepared bait and cut bait.
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Quick Fork Report 1/18/2020
As of this post, Lake Fork water level is 401.33 with water temperatures running anywhere between 52-54 depending on the day.
As we are getting closer to February, the fishing is...
by Eric Wright on 1/19/2020
Happy New Year from Lake Fork everyone! It’s the beginning of another great year here at the big bass capital of Texas. I’m excited about the great fishing season ahead and the numerous events...
by James Caldemeyer on 1/12/2020
Today started out warm for this time of the year in the upper 50's, but it was already when blowing out of the south. Today most of the winners reported using baby brush hogs and drop shot finesse worms to...
by Bruce Allen on 1/10/2020
When crappie get a little finicky, give them a little something extra to keep the bite going.
Berkley Crappie Nibbles:
One of the more popular crappie teaser are the Berkley Crappie Nibbles, in chartreuse,...
by Tom Behrens on 1/7/2020
Deep or shallow for bass at this time of the year? Winter normally means dropping water temperatures, but Texas being Texas, if we have 3-4 days of the daily warming, the bass will get more active shallower....
by Tom Behrens on 12/31/2019
It has been cold for the last several mornings and this morning was no difference, We started out with the temps at 28 degrees but no wind. Water temps down another 5 degrees since last week to 53. Lake down...
by Bruce Allen on 12/20/2019
In order to get the most tournaments possible in a year we now start the next year in December. Today, which was 34 at the start, turned out pretty good. A lot of mostly small fish were caught. But when you...
by Bruce Allen on 12/13/2019
Lately, there has been some criticism about the Major League Fishing trail fishing for small fish. And since we fish that format at us as well.
At the Lake Fork Anglers MLF format, we also fish for small bass...
by Bruce Allen on 12/11/2019
I have been running Cast and Blast trips and will resume on Dec. 7, 2019 - Jan. 26, 2020. These trips begin at 4:30 - 5:00 and we break at 10:30-11:00 to switch gear for the fishing portion of the trip. We...
by Eric Wright on 12/8/2019
For December 79 degrees and light winds until past noon is totally unexpected. And the results showed that. Water temps around 58.
Hard Core is what we call this tournament, but it follows the Major League...
by Bruce Allen on 12/5/2019
It’s December already!? Where did the year go? It’s been a great year of fishing here at Lake Fork. As the year winds down and people split their time between hunting, fishing, and the holidays,...
by James Caldemeyer on 12/1/2019
Sunday is the official kickoff of the 2019-2020 crappie restriction on Lake Fork. From December 1st until the last day of February, anglers are required to retain the first 25 crappie caught.
Ordinarily the...
by Tom Behrens on 11/29/2019
Crappie are being taken on traditional crappie baits … jigs and minnows. On the deeper impoundments the fish have been found suspended in 30 feet of water, about 14-16 feet from the surface. You can...
by Tom Behrens on 11/27/2019
6 boats headed out onto the waters of Lake Fork for the final event of the season. The top 50% of the anglers who moved on after qualifying from the semi-final on 11.7.19.
Todays' weather was forecasted for...
by Bruce Allen on 11/22/2019
OK so it was raining hard and not very warm either, but at least the winds were light. Once again our seniors ventured out to defeat Mother Nature and have an enjoyable day as well.And catching fish they did....
by Bruce Allen on 11/15/2019
Fall is in full swing during the month of November here at Lake Fork. It’s a great month to be outdoors and if you have time to wet a line between trips to the deer stand, it can be very rewarding. As...
by James Caldemeyer on 11/13/2019
Although the weather was not great, the Cayuga Wildcats high school bass fishing team ended their 2019 tournament schedule with a solid day on the waters of Lake Fork. Cayuga placed two teams inside the top-20...
by Tom Behrens on 11/12/2019
12 boats ventured out onto a very warm day for early November. Which turned into a cold very windy afternoon with temps hovering below 45.
But while it did affect the fishing very few actually were skunked...
by Bruce Allen on 11/8/2019
As the winter approaches, the crappie should start moving upriver and stream channels in Texas’ large water impoundments, locating on underwater brush or other structure. Some will prefer bridge pilings....
by Tom Behrens on 11/6/2019
The Crappie Psychic, a new, 21/2-inch, soft-plastic minnow-style bait with a distinct paddletail action has been responsible for beaucoup crappie as well as bream and bass.
The Petit Minnow has a paddetail;...
by Tom Behrens on 11/5/2019