Lake Fork Anglers Results From December 30




tt has been hot all week and today supposed to be in the mid 70's once again with light winds. And it was but that didn't improve the fishing in any way. Perhaps the fact that the lake is down almost 6' may have something to do with the tough fishing. Looking at the number of skunks you have to figure the water level change has the fish upset. But out of all those fishing there were only 5 limits caught. Most of the fish caught were deeper than normal in 5 to 10'.

Today is the first 5 fish limit format (known as the LFA) tournament. All fish 10" and up are keepers. Only the best 5 count.

 

Boaters

  1. First Place went to Dennis Bubinas of Lake Fork with 11 bass for 15.38 LB with a 4.49 LB lunker
  2. Second Place went to Robert Gaylor of Lake Fork with 6 bass for 14.17 LB with the boater lunker of 5.28 LB.
  3. Third Place went Tim Gold of Mineola 7 bass for 13.01LB. with a 4.04 LB lunker
  4. Fourth Place went to Herb King of Alba of 5 bass for 8.77 LB. with a 2.74 LB lunker
  5. Fifth Place went to Bill Ailes of Sulphur Springs with 5 bass for 8.30 LB with a 4.13 LB lunker

 

Co-Anglers

  1. First Place went to Alf Tuggle of Scroggins with 4 bass for 15.94 LB. with the co-angler lunker of 5.60 LB.
  2. Second Place went to Jackie Price of Alba with 4 bass for 6.21 LB with a lunker of 2.81 LB
  3. Third Place went to Rick Wright of Rowlett with 3 bass for 4.66 LB. with a lunker of 2.55 LB.
  4. Fourth Place went to Gary Gilmore of Ennis with 3 bass for 2.91 LB. with a lunker of 1.72 LB
  5. Fifth Place went to Hohn Berech of Garland with 3 bass for 2.90 LB with a 1.03 LB lunker.

 

We caught 68 keepers today with seven anglers skunking.




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Lake Fork Current Weather Alerts

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Lake Fork Weather Forecast

Sunday

Sunny

Hi: 79

Sunday Night

Mostly Clear

Lo: 50

Monday

Mostly Sunny

Hi: 75

Monday Night

Chance Thunderstorms

Lo: 53

Tuesday

Mostly Cloudy

Hi: 68

Tuesday Night

Partly Cloudy

Lo: 47

Wednesday

Mostly Sunny

Hi: 70

Wednesday Night

Mostly Cloudy

Lo: 55


Lake Fork Water Level (last 30 days)


Water Level on 3/27: 401.49 (-1.51)



Lake Fork

Fishing Report from TPWD (Mar. 22)

GOOD. Water Stained; 55-62 degrees; 1.64 feet below pool. The cold front dropped the water temperature down 10 degrees in some areas slowing the bass bite. Use a slow bait presentation with Texas rigs, baby brush hogs or beaver type baits on the outside edge of the grass. Darker colored baits like V & M chopsticks in Texas smoke have been fair in 3-6 feet. Look for the bite to improve by the weekend as the water temperature warms and bass return to beds. Frogs and baits worked on top of the grass and in the pockets of grass should be great by the weekend. Report by Marc Mitchell, Lake Fork Pro. Cooler weather is affecting the movement of the black bass, as the water cools the females are not committing to the beds, but as the water warms activity will increase. Search warmer clearer water in the backs of coves and creeks for active fish. Crappie are beginning to move towards the banks, try small bead heads fished slowly 3-4 feet. Carp and gar are spawning in shallow water. Report by Guide Alex Guthrie, Fly Fish Fork Guide Service. The crappie fishing on Lake Fork is getting really hot. Seeing great numbers and lots of big fish each day. The fish are making huge moves shallow this week and will for the next month. Areas in 2-13 feet are finally beginning to see more fish that are spawning. The 14-32 feet staging areas are also still loaded with fish and reloading daily now. Seeing lots of fish roaming in open water but the best luck is still coming on fish on timber or brush. Small hand tied jigs in chartreuse or orange are getting crushed right now, and you can still catch fish well on soft plastics and minnows. Report by Jacky Wiggins, Jacky Wiggins’ Guide Service. The crappie are biting in the main creek channels about halfway back in the creek. With the cooler weather most of the crappie are laying on the bottom. Once the sun comes out fish suspend up in the water column around 15 feet. Success with Snacky lures FS200 matched with the eye hole jig or crappie

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