Lake Fork Fishing Report 2.25.13




Welcome to Lake Fork The lake is a little over 4' low and surface temps are running 51 early to 56 degrees later in the afternoon. Forecast for this coming week is that we will not get out of the 50s. This is not going to help surface temps get any warmer. There are fish that have moved up closer and we have just came up on the full moon which will push more fish forward for the pre spawn. But every year at this time you hear a lot people saying that "their about to get on beds and start spawning" or " we caught some males that were peeing so get ready." The water is to cold folks and it's going to be a while before the annual ritual begins.There are some fish up close looking in a lot of areas but that's about it. Also we have had some time where the water now is cooled throughout so there are a lot of fish shallow and lots of females that have set up in pre stage areas. Here lately the bite has been off and on as far as being real consistant with all the fronts moving in and out. When we find that surface temps are around 58 degrees and stays around there you will see the fish bite much better consistently on a daily basis. Still this is the time to come to Fork and catch a giant! There have been a few over 13, a 15 and 16 caught recently also. We are mostly fishing creek channels and bends 8' to16' early and then fishing on the shallow flats later in the day as the water warms some. Don't under estimate how shallow some of the fish are at any giving time though right now. Some days 1/2 oz jigs in black and blue color best on cloudy days and green pumpkin working a little better on bright days pitching them on the larger wood on the side of the creeks. Other days lighter techniques like drop shot rigs and smaller shaky heads work better. But with the cooler temps coming all this week the jig bite should get a little more consistent as the water cools more. If your fishing the very shallow water rattle traps and spinner-baits or chatter-baits will work on the days with more wind and jigs, drop shots, wacky worms and shaky heads fished VERY SLOW on calmer days. Reds are best on your lip-less and small crankbaits and white and chartreuse working better on you spinner-baits and chatter type baits. Red is always a good drop-shot choice here on fork and green pumpkin with a touch of chartreuse has been good lately on a shaky head. I will also throw black or black with gold flake plastics right now on a few techniques. Right now more important then color is location. When you find a fish or two in a spot go back and fish the same area over again because there is more likely a few more fish close by. You have to remember that their strike zone window is very small right now. They won't move far to get a bait. March is almost here and I think we are going to see some more giants caught throughout the month . I only have a few days left in March but have a lot of good days in April which fish will be spawning in most all areas around the lake and will be some awesome fishing for numbers and size! I hope these tips will help you catch a few more fish. If you need a guide please contact me by email [email protected] or call my cell @972-979-4850.




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Lake Fork Weather Forecast

Saturday

Decreasing Clouds

Hi: 91

Saturday Night

Partly Cloudy

Lo: 75

Sunday

Partly Sunny

Hi: 91

Sunday Night

Rain Showers Likely

Lo: 73

Memorial Day

Rain Showers

Hi: 82

Monday Night

Rain Showers Likely

Lo: 68

Tuesday

Chance Thunderstorms

Hi: 82

Tuesday Night

Chance Thunderstorms

Lo: 68


Lake Fork Water Level (last 30 days)


Water Level on 5/24: 403.25 (+0.25)



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Fishing Report from TPWD (May 21)

GOOD. Water Stained; 73 degrees; 0.32 feet above pool. Bass are good in the early morning on points where the shad are spawning. Cast diesel chatterbaits, spinnerbaits and KVD sexy dawgs on the surface. Target grass and pond weed with frogs in 1-4 feet of water. Mid running crankbaits 2.5-3.5 inches are good on points in 5-7 feet of water. Carolina rigs are good offshore on points and high spots from 12-16 feet. Report by Marc Mitchell, Lake Fork Guide Service. Black bass are post spawn and the top water bite is on! Frog patterns are working in the shallow vegetation. The crappie are moving shallow, small clousers are producing well. Large bream have moved shallow, wooly buggers are producing good fish. Channel catfish are cruising 2-4 feet biting clousers. Report by Guide Alex Guthrie, Fly Fish Fork Guide Service. Crappie fishing on Lake Fork is a lot of fun right now. The lake has a tremendous population of black crappie and they are stacked up on all kinds of structures all over the lake in 12-28 feet. White crappie are also loading up on certain trees. You can find black crappie on some bridges, underwater bridges, roadbeds, brush piles, lay downs, tire reefs, points and the base of timber. I’ve seen some lay downs the past week that may have over 1000 crappie on them. The only problem is finding black crappie over 10 inches when you have so many fish on spots. It is a lot of fun to catch hundreds of crappie per day even if you cannot keep all of them. One of the hottest spots for numbers right now is the big reef in front of the 154 public ramp. Any electronics will find it straight out from the ramp just before the boat lane. It’s very large and easily visible on traditional electronics. The bottom is covered with structures of different kinds and crappie. You can fish minnows just off the bottom or swim small jigs just off the bottom to catch a lot of crappie. You may only see one out of ten fish that are 10 inches. Swimming jigs is a very productive method

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