The BIG Girls Are About To Pull Up




Lake level is still +77 high with all gates open and surface temps are 68 on upper end and 60 lower end. The spawn is on. Guide, Eddie Garrett reports that on the northern end there has even seen “fry” balls, but from mid lake to the south end fish are just now starting to pull up on spawning beds.

“We have a warm week coming and it's about to bust loose. We had several windy,cold and rainy days the past week and we still caught them pretty decent. But now going forward this week through April is when I love it,” said Garrett.

He said on the upper end a lot of people are bed fishing, flipping, throwing frogs, crank baits and spinner baits as first big wave has already come in. “We are fishing mid to lower end for pre spawn in cooler temps as the first wave will be in shortly.

“Our best bite has been Carolina and Texas rigs with 1/2 oz. weights with a 18" leader in 3' to 7' inside secondary points, drains and spawning flats.” Lizards, V&M Chop Sticks and LFT creature baits are taking their share of bass.

“On this big warming trend we have coming these fish are about to really chomp and the BIG girls are about to pull up.” Garrett can be contacted on facebook.com.




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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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