Lake Fork Guide David Vance Fishing Report

This October and November has been the toughest I have seen here in a long time. I think mainly because it stayed so warm, and then went to winter overnight and plus all the rain we got in the last few weeks. Whatever the reason, the fall fishing here has not been good at all for Lake Fork standards. Some of the fish we are catching have been shallow; from the mouths of the creeks to the backs of some of them. Most of the fish we have caught shallow have been on Wacky worms. Best colors have been watermelon seed and green pumpkin, also Shad colored shallow running crank baits, lip less crank baits and spinner baits covering a lot of water. Good creeks to try now are Ray Branch, Wolf Creek, Rogers Creek, Running Creek.

Hopefully with December almost here the deep fishing will pick up. Humps, road beds, points, ridges and old pond dams in 15-25+ feet will all hold schools of bass feeding on shad, and bar fish. A Carolina rigged Brush Hog, and a super fluke, 3-4 foot leader and a 3/0 wide gap hook is what I like to use to catch the deeper Bass. Best bait colors for me have been Watermelon seed, Watermelon Red, or Chartreuse pepper. I also like a 1/4 oz. football jig head with a smoking shad fluke. I have good luck catching suspended fish with this bait this time of year, and always have a Jigging Spoon tied on .

Right now, with the fishing being so tough, I am booking trips on Lake Welsh, about an hour east of Lake Fork. Lake Welsh is a power plant lake, and the fishing has been good there. We have been catching 25 to 35 Bass on most trips, so if you would like to get into some good numbers action, Lake Welsh is the place to be.

Wow! This year is almost over, and Spring will be here before you know it! So, if you are thinking about a spring trip, now is the the time to book it. My Spring books up very fast so book early for best available dates. When planning a trip to Lake Fork in the spring, try to come on weekdays, the 2 toughest days to fish this lake,due to weekends tournaments and boat traffic, are Saturday and Sunday. You can reach me on my cell 903-629-5085 Web Site www.lakeforktexasbigbass.com

Good Fishing,
David Vance

Author: David Vance

Company: David Vance, Professional Lake Fork Fishing Guide

Since Lake Fork opened, David Vance has been a professional guide on this world-famous lake. David Vance's Guide Service is well known across the country, and has been featured on Bassmaster TV, Jimmy Houston Outdoors, The Bass Class with Denny Brauer, Fishing with Orlando Wilson, ESPN Sportsman's Challenge with Lonny Stanley, and ESPN Outdoors.

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Lake Fork Weather Forecast

Friday

Severe Tstms

Hi: 77

Friday Night

Severe Tstms

Lo: 57

Saturday

Sunny

Hi: 73

Saturday Night

Clear

Lo: 51

Sunday

Sunny

Hi: 73

Sunday Night

Mostly Clear

Lo: 53

Monday

Partly Sunny

Hi: 75

Monday Night

Thunderstorms

Lo: 62

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Lake Fork Water Level (last 30 days)

Water Level on 5/2: 403.35 (+0.35)

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Fishing Report from TPWD (Apr. 30)

GOOD. Water Stained; 73 degrees; 0.21 feet below pool. Shad spawn is decent in the early morning with diesel chatterbaits and small spinnerbaits on points with birds. Flukes and wacky rigs are good around grass and the edge of grass in 1-3 feet. Work topwaters over the bass guarding fry in the pockets. 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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