Lake Fork ranked 24th best bass lake in Central Region




Lake Texoma and Fork rated 23 and 24 best lakes to fish in the Central Region of the U.S. according to BASSMASTER. The process to create the rankings takes about three months to complete. Data is received from state fisheries agencies across the U.S. This information is coupled with catch data collected from dozens of tournament organizations across the country for the past 12 months. After the numbers are crunched, a blue-ribbon panel from the bass fishing industry debates the strength of the lakes, then settle on final rankings.

Central Region standings:
1. Sam Rayburn
2. Mille Lacs, Minnesota
3. Falcon Lake
4. Toledo Bend
5. Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin
6. Lake Conroe
7. Lake LBJ
8. Lake of the Pines, Arkansas
9. Millwood Lake, Arkansas
10. Ray Roberts
11. Palestine
12. Grand Lake O’ the Cherokees, Oklahoma
13. Lake of the Ozarks, Missouri
14. Lake Dardanelle, Arkansas
15. Bull Shoals Lake, Arkansas
16. Caddo Lake, (Texas/Louisiana)
17. Newton Lake, Illinois
18. Lake Ouachita, Arkansas
19. Lake Oahe, South Dakota
20. Belton Lake
21. Table Rock Lake, (Missouri/Arkansas)
22. Lake Chicot, Arkansas
23. Lake Texoma (Texas/Oklahoma)
24. Lake Fork

Check www.bassmaster.com/news/2018s-best-bass-lakes-revealed for a complete list the bass lakes.

 




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Lake Fork Weather Forecast

Tuesday

Rain Showers

Hi: 68

Tuesday Night

Severe Tstms

Lo: 62

Wednesday

Mostly Cloudy

Hi: 78

Wednesday Night

Slight Chance Thunderstorms

Lo: 62

Thursday

Chance Thunderstorms

Hi: 77

Thursday Night

Slight Chance Thunderstorms

Lo: 59

Friday

Chance Rain Showers

Hi: 73

Friday Night

Mostly Clear

Lo: 55


Lake Fork Water Level (last 30 days)


Water Level on 5/6: 403.65 (+0.65)



Lake Fork

Fishing Report from TPWD (Apr. 30)

GOOD. Water Stained; 73 degrees; 0.21 feet below pool. Shad spawn is decent in the early morning with diesel chatterbaits and small spinnerbaits on points with birds. Flukes and wacky rigs are good around grass and the edge of grass in 1-3 feet. Work topwaters over the bass guarding fry in the pockets. 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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