Swim Baits, V&M Chopstick & Ultra Vine Speed Craw Worm




"If you are sitting at home bored and looking for something to read, this is not the report for you. But if you want to catch some fish, these notes should help," so says Lake Fork fishing guide, Erick Wright.

As of this post the water level on Lake Fork is at 402.74 and the temperatures where he has been fishing range from 62-65 degrees. If you are looking for cleaner water try fishing mid-lake.

"The last few weeks I have been starting out my mornings around 7:00 am fishing main-lake points in 3-5 ft. Some days I am staying on these points until 11:00 -11:30 and others I am moving back in the pockets by 9:00 am. The two baits I am throwing on these points are early morning baits...

• 1. Fish Head Underspin 3/8 oz - Reaction Innovations Little
Dipper (White Trash)
• 2. Line Through Swimbaits - Throw the brand you are
comfortable with - I'm throwing a 7" bait in (Olive Shad)
When I pull off the main-lake points, I am running a lot of different pockets sight fishing. While I am searching for fish on beds, I will have my clients throwing a couple of different searching baits ...
• Owner Flashy Underspin 1/8 oz - Little Dipper (White
Trash)
• V&M Chopstick (Okeechobee Magic) - I am rigging this
weightless with a 3/0 Gamakatsu hook
• Popping Spro Junior Frog (green/yellow)

For bedding fish ...
•Texas Rig 5/16 oz - Tungsten 3/0 hook and Ultra Vibe Speed Craw(June Bug)

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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


Lake Fork Water Level (last 30 days)


Water Level on 5/11: 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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