Lake Fork Fishing Report for Feb 17, 2019




Happy 2019 to everybody!

It was great to be back to work this week on beautiful Lake Fork, TX. I was greeted by water temperatures into the lower 50’s and stained to muddy water. However, I was surprised to find that the Bass have already started to move up from their 24-foot winter home into 4 to 8 foot of water. We found several small Bass in 2 to 4 foot of water. We used three baits this week to catch the cold water Bass. The first was the ½ ounce Rayburn red Rattle Trap, next was the orange Joe Spaits chatter bait and finally, the split shot rigged Lake Fork Trophy Lures chartreuse pepper Hyper Stick. The slower you moved the bait the better the Bass could find the bait and react to it. 

The Crappie fishing was really slow this week. The crappie that was caught was caught on minnows over brush piles in 12 to 14 foot of water and around docks that had brush piles around them.

The Catfish anglers struggled this week to find them. Cut bait worked the best in 20 foot of water around old trees.

On our equipment list this week is our Ranger Z520c powered by a Mercury 250 Pro XS, Duckett rods, ABU Garcia reels, Stren line and Joe Spaits Chatter Baits.

Here at J & M Guide Service we are taking bookings for March, April and May Bass trips. Give us a call at (903) 413-6919. Have a safe fishing week.




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Lake Fork Current Weather Alerts

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Lake Fork Weather Forecast

Sunday

Sunny

Hi: 73

Sunday Night

Clear

Lo: 50

Monday

Sunny

Hi: 84

Monday Night

Mostly Clear

Lo: 62

Tuesday

Sunny

Hi: 80

Tuesday Night

Mostly Clear

Lo: 48

Wednesday

Mostly Sunny

Hi: 78

Wednesday Night

Partly Cloudy

Lo: 55


Lake Fork Water Level (last 30 days)


Water Level on 10/20: 401.00 (-2.00)



Lake Fork

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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