Lake Fork Fishing Report for June 24, 2019




What a crazy week here at Lake Fork. We had several thunderstorms with more than 5 inches of rain, which brought the lake to over full pool conditions. That meant they opened all five gates on the dam. The water clarity is still stained and the water temperatures remained in the lower 80’s. The Bass fishing was great the first part of the week with numerous Bass being caught on Carolina rigs, Strike King XD10’s and XD8’s, and of course the wacky worms. The best color Strike King XD 10 is the chartreuse with blue back and the best color of the XD 8 was the sexy shad. We fished them off main lake points in the south part of the lake and in creek sub points. You will get hung up with deep crank baits so invest in a good bait knocker with good nylon rope on it. The Carolina rig is still the go to rig in deep water. We continued to use Bubba Bait’s watermelon/candy/red Boss Hog on our Carolina rigs. We found isolated brush piles were the best place to fish the Carolina rig. My favorite way to catch the Bass here at Lake Fork is by using the Zoom chartreuse/pumpkin trick worm rigged wacky style around docks and Hydrilla. Do not forget to put a nail in the head of the trick worm.

The Crappie fishing was good this week. The Bubba’s Bait chartreuse 1/8 ounce Crappie jig continued to be the go to jig to constantly catch good Crappie. Isolated brush piles were the best place to find the Crappie. The bridge fishing is still slow.
The White Bass fishing is still very good. Joe Spaits chrome and chartreuse ½- ounce Flashtail jigging spoon is the best way to catch them. They are still on most of the main lake humps.

The Catfish anglers were doing well until the high water on Friday. Punch bait was the go to bait around brush piles and isolate baited trees.
On our equipment list, this week was our Ranger Z520c powered by a Mercury 250 Pro XS, Duckett rods, ABU Garcia reels, Stren line, Eagle Claw hooks,

Strike King hard baits, Buddy’s Custom Baits, Zoom soft plastics and Bubba’s Crappie jigs.

Here at J & M Guide Service we have one day left open in June for guided Bass trips. Give us a call at (903) 413-6919 or E-mail us at [email protected].




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Lake Fork Current Weather Alerts

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Lake Fork Weather Forecast

Monday

Sunny

Hi: 87

Monday Night

Mostly Clear

Lo: 64

Tuesday

Mostly Sunny

Hi: 80

Tuesday Night

Clear

Lo: 48

Wednesday

Mostly Sunny

Hi: 80

Wednesday Night

Partly Cloudy

Lo: 55

Thursday

Mostly Cloudy

Hi: 80

Thursday Night

Mostly Cloudy

Lo: 62


Lake Fork Water Level (last 30 days)


Water Level on 10/21: 400.98 (-2.02)



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Fishing Report from TPWD (Sep. 24)

GOOD. normal stain; 85 degrees; 1.29 feet below pool. There is good topwater action early in the morning around pond weed with topwaters and frogs. Then use flukes and soft plastics stick baits along the edge of the pond weed most of the day. There are still a few groups of fish offshore, but bass are primarily scattered from 12-22 feet in roadbeds, humps and long points. Deep crankbaits are good over points and humps in 18-25 feet. Report by Marc Mitchell, Mitchell's Guide Service. Early and late topwater bites around grass lines and isolated cover on main lake and secondary points. Try frog and mouse patterns for topwater. Bass are schooling in creeks, so a hard-bodied popper should work. Bream are shallow, try small hoppers. Sand bass are schooling mid-lake. Report by Guide Alex Guthrie, Fly Fish Fork Guide Service. Lake Fork crappie fishing is heating back up as we begin to head into early fall. The black crappie are stacking up in huge numbers this week on brush piles and other structures. The bite for them is still a little finicky but small hand tied jigs swam over them or small jig heads tipped with minnows are working to get them in the boat. Still having to go thru numbers of fish to find the larger ones. The white crappie are also showing up on timber along creek channels in 18-28 feet. That bite has gotten stronger and the minnow tipped jig heads are working well on those fish. Have caught some fish on soft plastics the last few weeks. We should see the bite getting even better when water temps drop down as we begin to cool down more. Report by Jacky Wiggins, Jacky Wiggins Guide Service.

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