Lake Fork Fishing Report for February 24, 2013




This week was more of the same "cold water temperatures". Water temperatures ranged from 52.2 to 55.6 degrees all over the lake. With cold nights this week we should expect more of the same. Water clarity is stained, especially in the creeks. Bass fishing was slow, but some fish were being caught. One of the baits that was the most consistent, was the chatter bait. We used a gold blade, chartreuse and white skirt and a chartreuse trailer. The best bite came around wood in three to four feet of water. One more way to catch these cold Bass is by using a suspending jerk bait. I have two favorite jerk baits; one is a Smithwick Suspending Rattlin' Rogue and the other one is the Rapala Suspending Husky Jerk. I like the Rapala jerk bait if the fish are moving in and are in 4 to 5 feet of water. I use the Smithwick in 2 to 4 feet of water. The best color seems to be chrome and black. The Crappie fishing is still slow. Though, a 3.5 pound crappie was weighed in at Lake Fork Marina on Saturday. All the Crappies were caught on small minnows. The best water death was 22 to 26. The White Bass fishing is still really good. The best bait for the White Bass is still Joe's 1/2 Joe's ounce flutter spoon in the Barr fish color. They are now in 24 to 26 feet of water. Lake Fork Marina has plenty of Joe's Flutter Spoons. The Catfish are doing well but have changed their diet this week. Numerous Catfish were caught on punch bait. They were caught in 14 to 18 feet of water. The punch wait was put on a #6 treble hook with a 1/2 ounce sinker. With the water temperatures still in the 50's and Lake Fork has lots of stumps, you have a possibility of falling in. Hypothermia can set in very quickly. Make sure you keep a dry change of clothes in your tow vehicle or in your boat. Oh yes did I mention, wear your life jacket while your big motor is running. While you are at Lake Fork make sure you stop in at Lake Fork Marina for the latest in tackle and say to Ken and Dana. They always have the latest information on what is happening on the lake. We are taking bookings for the Spawn months of March, April and May. So give us a call here a J & M Guide Service, Toll Free: 1-888-454-7037. Have a great fishing week. J & M Guide Service (John Morris) E-mail: [email protected]




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Lake Fork Weather Forecast

Friday

Chance Thunderstorms

Hi: 75

Friday Night

Mostly Clear

Lo: 59

Saturday

Partly Sunny

Hi: 75

Saturday Night

Mostly Cloudy

Lo: 57

Sunday

Mostly Cloudy

Hi: 73

Sunday Night

Partly Cloudy

Lo: 59

Monday

Mostly Sunny

Hi: 77

Monday Night

Mostly Clear

Lo: 60


Lake Fork Water Level (last 30 days)


Water Level on 5/10: 403.41 (+0.41)



Lake Fork

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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