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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Friday

Partly Sunny

Hi: 91

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Partly Cloudy

Lo: 75

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Hi: 91

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Lake Fork

Fishing Report from TPWD (Jun. 4)

GOOD. Water Stained; 73 degrees; 0.25 feet above pool. The early morning bass bite is good on points and around grass with topwaters, and chatterbaits. Points with shad are best in 2-4 feet of water with chatterbaits, and squarebill crankbaits. The grog bite is good over shallow grass. The offshore bite has been good in 15-22 feet of water on Carolina rigs with flukes or big worms on points, humps, road beds. Deep crankbaits are starting to improve in channel swings in 20-25 feet. 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 midday when bass are seeking cover. Frog patterns are working in the shallow vegetation early and late. Drop a clouser on an isolated cover for black bass. Large bream have moved shallow, wooly buggers are producing good fish. Channel catfish are cruising 2-4 feet, clousers are a good choice. Report by Guide Alex Guthrie, Fly Fish Fork Guide Service. Lake Fork crappie fishing improves daily as we head into the summer pattern. The bigger fish are finally stacking up with all the small fish we have been seeing the last few weeks. Crappie are on underwater bridges, underwater roadbeds, bridges, lay downs, brush piles, tire reefs and of timber in the 14-32 feet range. Minnows, soft plastics and hand tied jigs will work as these fish are aggressive and hungry coming off the spawn. Great success has come using small 1/16 ounce hand ties with or without a 1/4 ounce egg weight pegged above it. The winds dictate whether or not we can fish that jig solo. Color does not seem to matter, if you swim or even hold that bait above the fish. The most important part of the presentation is to stay above the fish always. Report by Jacky Wiggins, Jacky Wiggins Guide Service.

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