Lake Fork Fishing Report for September 29, 2019




This month has been the warmest September on record. It is also the longest time in September that the water temperatures has stayed in the upper 80’s and lower 90’s that I can remember. I hope that with cooler temperatures coming this week the water temperatures will start to cool off. The water clarity is lightly stained in the south end of the lake to stained in the upper creeks. The Bass fishing has been just fare at best. The fish are pretty well scattered and have not started to school up yet as they usually do for fall fishing. The best patterns this week has been Wacky rig, Texas rig and the Carolina rig. We used two colors of trick worms on our wacky rigs. One was Zoom Watermelon/candy/red and the other was Zoom green pumpkin magic. Both colors worked well! On our Texas rig, we used the Zoom Mag II worm in the green pumpkin magic color and fished it in 6 to 10 foot for water around isolated stumps. Note: On both the Trick and Mag II worms, we dyed the tails chartreuse. On the Carolina rig, we used three different baits. The first is the Zoom watermelon/candy/red Baby Brush Hog and dyed the tails chartreuse. We fished it in 16 to 20 foot of water over brush piles. The Second was the Zoom Mag II worm in the green pumpkin magic color and dyed the tail chartreuse. It worked the best in 6 to 8 foot of water. The last was the Zoom chartreuse pumpkin trick worm, went to a ½-ounce weight on the Carolina rig, and fished it in 4 to 6 foot of water.

Crappie fishing was good this week. White with an orange tail and chartreuse and white were the best colors of Bubba’s Bait Crappie jigs to use this week. You can find them in 18 to 20 foot of water suspended over brush piles.

The White Bass have started to move in from the 30 foot of water to 18 to 20 foot along creek bends leading into major creeks. Joe Spaits 1/2–ounce white with a black strip Flashtail jigging spoon was the best bait to put a limit of White Bass in the boat.

On our Equipment list this week is our Ranger Z520c powered by a Mercury 250 Pro XS from Nichols Marine in Longview, TX, Duckett rods, Lew’s reels, Stren Line, Buddy’s Custom Baits from here at Lake Fork, Bubba’s Bait Crappie jigs, Joe Spaits spoons, Zoom soft plastics and Strike King hard baits.

Here at J & M Guide Service we have 4 days open to help you get ready for the up-coming Berkley Bass Tournament. We will be using Berkley products to help you get ready. Give us a call at (903) 413-6919 or E-mail us at [email protected]. Do not forget that it is Texas State Law to have the kill switch hooked to your body when the boat is under way. Have a safe fishing week.




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Lake Fork Weather Forecast

Thursday

Slight Chance Thunderstorms

Hi: 95

Thursday Night

Mostly Clear

Lo: 75

Friday

Mostly Sunny

Hi: 95

Friday Night

Mostly Clear

Lo: 75

Saturday

Slight Chance Thunderstorms

Hi: 93

Saturday Night

Partly Cloudy

Lo: 75

Sunday

Chance Thunderstorms

Hi: 93

Sunday Night

Mostly Cloudy

Lo: 75


Lake Fork Water Level (last 30 days)


Water Level on 7/10: 403.28 (+0.28)



Lake Fork

Fishing Report from TPWD (Jul. 9)

GOOD. Water Stained; 82 degrees; 0.23 feet above pool. Fork : Top waters early around pond weed and grass with frogs and poppers still working . Mid morning chatter baits on the outside edge of grass in 3-5 ft is good as well as shaky heads . Best bite is Carolina rigs off shore on points , road beds and humps in 12-25 ft . Big worms and flukes are good . Deep Cranks are good over the same area when the fish are suspending 19-23 ft . Report by Marc Mitchell, Lake Fork Guide Service. Lily fields are filling in, hydrilla and milfoil are reaching for the surface. Fish this type of cover at mid day when bass are seeking cover. Frog patterns are working in the shallow vegetation early and late. Small fish patterns like a dock knocker are producing bass and crappie shallow near grass. 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. Lake Fork crappie fishing has been super up and down this past week. The fish are stacked up on brush piles, lay downs, tire reefs and some trees. The bite is the tricky part. Some days the bite is good and the bigger fish show up. Some days the bite is just off and the short fish show up. Seems like the bite may be better on days we have a little breeze. If the winds are calm the bite is very slow. Minnows will get some bites but small 1/32nd ounce hand tied jigs with small bodies and tails are working well on fish that don’t want to bite. Best depths have been 18-13ft with most fish suspended on trees and loaded in the brush. Report by Jacky Wiggins, Jacky Wiggins Guide Service.

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