Lake Fork Guide David Vance Bass Fishing Report November 8th

Water conditions here at Lake Fork are looking good as we are on the tale end of the turnover, water temperatures have been from the mid to upper 60’s. The fishing this October was one of the toughest I have seen here in a long time, mainly because it stayed so warm, but now that we are into November and it has cooled off, the fishing is starting to pickup but is still not as good as it should be at this time of year. The shallow bite has been fair from the mouths of the creeks to the backs of some of them, most of the fish we have caught shallow have been on Wacky worms, best colors have been watermelon seed and green pumpkin. Shad colored shallow running crank baits, lip less crank baits and spinner baits are also working good. Today we boated 25 bass no big ones, and all on a Carolina Rig and a lip less crank bait.

With this cold front the deep fishing will start to pick up, humps, road beds, points, ridges and old pond dams in 15-25+ feet will all hold schools of bass feeding on shad, and bar fish, and If you are on one of these spots at the right time, you can load the boat. A Carolina rigged Brush Hog, and a supper fluke, 3-4 foot leader and a 3/0 wide gap hook is what I am using to catch the deeper Bass. Best bait colors for me have been watermelon seed, Watermelon Red, or chart pepper. I am also starting to catch fish on a 1/4 oz. football jig head with a smoking shad fluke I have good luck catching suspended fish with this bait this time of year.

November & December is an excellent time to be on the lake, there is less pressure on the lake, and the fish are biting. Spring will be here before you know it so if you are thanking about a spring trip now is the the time to book your trip, my spring books up very fast so book early for best available dates. When planing a trip to Lake Fork in the spring try to come on weekdays, the 2 worst days to fish this lake in March,April, May, is Saturday and Sunday with all the tournaments and boat traffic makes the weekend the 2 toughest days to fish this lake in the spring. You can reach me on my cell 903-629-5085

Good Fishing,
David Vance

Author: David Vance

Company: David Vance, Professional Lake Fork Fishing Guide

Since Lake Fork opened, David Vance has been a professional guide on this world-famous lake. David Vance's Guide Service is well known across the country, and has been featured on Bassmaster TV, Jimmy Houston Outdoors, The Bass Class with Denny Brauer, Fishing with Orlando Wilson, ESPN Sportsman's Challenge with Lonny Stanley, and ESPN Outdoors.

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Lake Fork Weather Forecast

Sunday

Chance Rain Showers

Hi: 69

Sunday Night

Slight Chance Rain Showers

Lo: 59

Monday

Patchy Fog

Hi: 78

Monday Night

Clear

Lo: 62

Tuesday

Mostly Sunny

Hi: 87

Tuesday Night

Mostly Clear

Lo: 73

Wednesday

Mostly Sunny

Hi: 95

Wednesday Night

Mostly Cloudy

Lo: 75

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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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