Lake Fork Fishing Report for December 12, 2013 from Andrew Grills




My favorite time of year has finally arrived! Fishing was very good throughout the month of November for me. While we didn't catch a lot of giant fish, we had some very good days for numbers of quality fish. Naturally, things slowed down after the last week of November where we had extremely cold weather for this time of year. The good news is that drop in water temperature is exactly what we needed and now the bass seem to be recuperating. I love fishing in cold water because it usually means big bites! Of course our overall numbers decrease, but the quality will be there. This winter is looking like it will be a cold one like the one we had a couple years ago. We caught a lot of big bass in very cold water that year, so I am excited about this one. Right now we are catching most of our bass in 24-30' of water. Each day I look at a series of spots until I find them. When I do, I have a flutter spoon, umbrella rig, carolina rig, and football jig to throw at them. Most of our fish over 7lbs have been on Mark Pack's weedless football jig. The type of structure these fish are relating to are the ends of points, edges of humps, and roadbeds. I am pitching jigs to standing timber near ledges in 12-20' of water as well. The jig pattern will produce throughout the winter months. I am also very proud to announce that I just placed my order for a 2014 Skeeter FX20! I had the honor to meet the nice folks at the Skeeter factory right down the road in Kilgore, TX. I felt like part of the family when I walked through the door. Words cannot describe how thankful I am that I get to do what I do for a living! My office is getting a big upgrade for 2014! Andrew Grills (903) 638-1170




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Lake Fork Weather Forecast

Saturday

Increasing Clouds

Hi: 77

Saturday Night

Slight Chance Rain Showers

Lo: 59

Sunday

Chance Rain Showers

Hi: 68

Sunday Night

Partly Cloudy

Lo: 59

Monday

Partly Sunny

Hi: 77

Monday Night

Clear

Lo: 62

Tuesday

Mostly Sunny

Hi: 86

Tuesday Night

Mostly Clear

Lo: 71


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Water Level on 5/11: 403.43 (+0.43)



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Fishing Report from TPWD (May 7)

GOOD. Water Stained; 73 degrees; 0.73 feet below pool. Good early morning bass bite around shad spawn areas and with topwater frogs over grass. Midday to mid afternoon work flukes and yum dingers around grass good1-3 feet. New wave of spawners pulling up this week. Carolina rigs fair in 5-10 feet of water on secondary points. 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 is settling into the post spawn and summer patterns we should see for the next few months. We are seeing incredible numbers of small black crappie right now loading up on brush piles, lay downs, bridges and docks. The larger black crappie are a little hard to find but you can find some nice groups of them or pick a few out of the smaller fish. The bigger white crappie are beginning to load on the summer pattern trees. We have a tremendous amount of fry covering up a lot of those trees and making it very hard to see those bigger white crappie on forward facing sonar or for them to see your bait. You can find fish in 10-30 feet of water and some may only be 2 feet under the surface or right on the bottom. Minnows and any colored jigs are both producing extremely well. Report by Jacky Wiggins, Jacky Wiggins Guide Service.

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