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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Presidents Day

Mostly Sunny

Hi: 53

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Mostly Cloudy

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Lake Fork

Fishing Report from TPWD (Feb. 12)

GOOD. Water Stained; 57 degrees; 0.28 feet below pool. Bass are good in 3-5 feet of water with squarebill crankbaits, and chatterbaits. Texas rigs and Viper XP Jigs are good around big timber in 3-8 feet. Carolina rigs are fair on the main lake and secondary points in 8-15 feet with ring frys. Report by Marc Mitchell, Lake Fork Guide Service. Warm sunny days are dictating black bass movements. Try and target fish where the water is 55 degrees or warmer water. To fly fish for bass try game changers and craw patterns in shallow water. Report by Guide Alex Guthrie, Fly Fish Fork Guide Service. The Lake Fork crappie bite is really good this week if you can stand the cold weather and beat the winds. Patterns are changing day to day with fish on the move and the weather so up and down. Some days they will stack up on bridges and the next they will disappear. Timber in 14-34 feet seems to be the most consistent pattern. If you find a crappie and hold an artificial bait above it still enough most fish are crushing that bait. Try using hand tied jigs in two different profiles. Smaller profile jigs in deeper water mid lake or on bridges. When you head north to shallower and muddier water switch to longer and bigger profile jigs. Try to fish lighter, more neutral colors in deeper water and darker colors in shallower water. Soft plastics and minnows will still get you bit as well. We should see the fish push shallower and shallower over the next few weeks with warmer temps in the forecast after the next week. Report by Jacky Wiggins, Jacky Wiggins Guide Service.

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