May 16, 2013 fishing report




Fishing Report Jim Range Lake Fork Fishing Adventures, LLC May 16, 2013 The lake is approximately five feet low. There is plenty of submerged timber so running tight to the boat lane is a must. Outside the lane, I would advise idling or trolling motor. Safety can't be stressed enough. While there are still scattered spawning fish the post spawn bite is on. We have been fishing secondary points near the spawning areas. There is a good early morning top water bite until around 9:00 a.m., depending on the cloud cover. Our best bites have been coming from small popper baits and shallow running split-back swim baits. We then switch to shaky heads rigged with creature baits and fishing tight to wood in the same area of our top water bites. By mid day we begin to Carolina rig and crank baiting humps and road beds. If you are making plans to fish Lake Fork and you need a professional guide, it would be my pleasure to take you out for some fun and great fishing. Please visit my website or give me a call at 903-473-9520 to schedule a trip. Until the next fishing report, "Have fun, catch fish". Jim Range




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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


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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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