Update on Lake Fork fish attractors





Fisheries staff recently checked up on the PVC fish attractors that we partnered with the Lake Fork Sportsman's Association to help build and sunk back in February.

Here is an underwater image of five PVC structures recorded with side-imaging sonar, where we observed fish of various sizes! Staff spoke with one angler fishing the attractors that said he caught some bass and sunfish. Staff also confirmed small crappie were using the structures with one of our more sophisticated sampling gears (i.e. rod & reel and a dozen minnows).

There are currently 22 fish attractors at four locations on Lake Fork, and we will be building 40 more PVC fish attractors to place at new locations around Lake Fork soon. Funding for the fish attractors has been provided by Friends of Reservoirs and restitution funding provided by TPWD's Kills and Spills Team. Visit our website for the locations of these and other fish attractors in Texas lakes: 

http://tpwd.texas.gov/…/recreat…/lakes/fish_attractors.phtml




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Lake Fork

Fishing Report from TPWD (May 1)

GOOD. Water Stained; 60 degrees; 0.67 feet above pool. Lake Fork flood gates are open which can make the bite tough. The best bite has been on shaky heads and Carolina rigs on main lake points and secondary points in 5-8 feet of water. Squarebill crankbaits are catching a few in the same areas. Frog bite is slow over flooded grass. Yum dingers are fair at the edge of the grass 2-4 feet. Report by Marc Mitchell, Lake Fork Guide Service. Report by Guide Alex Guthrie, Fly Fish Fork Guide Service. The crappie fishing on Lake Fork has been great this week if you find the right areas and patterns to fish. The spawn is coming to an end and the black crappie are beginning to load up on certain bridges and docks. If you search you can find some big schools of keeper size black crappie. We have had to battle heavy rains, terrible winds and even thunderstorms lately a lot. Hopefully we will see more stable weather conditions over the next few weeks. You can still find some larger white crappie on timber in 10-22ft. Also seeing some white crappie loading up on certain brush in some areas close to where they spawned. Jigs and minnows are both producing well right now and should stay the same until around June or July. Catfishing is still hot on Lake Fork. Baited holes in 12-20ft along creek channels are doing great for channel cats. Use cattle cubes or sour grain to get them to hold in one spot. Then use any prepared catfish bait or cut shad to load the boat with eater sized catfish. Report by Jacky Wiggins, Jacky Wiggins Guide Service.

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