Winter on the Lake 2012

 


Winter on the Lake 2012

A crappie trap exposed by the low water level near Hideaway Harbor.


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Valerie Mellema is a professional writer and photographer living and working on Lake Fork with her husband and son. They enjoy getting out in the surrounding communities and taking advantage of all the fun events the area has to offer.

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Lake Fork Weather Forecast

Friday

Mostly Sunny

Hi: 81

Friday Night

Partly Cloudy

Lo: 59

Saturday

Mostly Cloudy

Hi: 79

Saturday Night

Slight Chance Rain Showers

Lo: 61

Sunday

Rain Showers Likely

Hi: 74

Sunday Night

Rain Showers Likely

Lo: 63

Monday

Chance Thunderstorms

Hi: 81

Monday Night

Mostly Clear

Lo: 62


Lake Fork Water Level (last 30 days)


Water Level on 5/10: 403.48 (+0.48)



Lake Fork

Fishing Report from TPWD (May 8)

GOOD. Water Stained; 70 degrees; 0.41 feet above pool. Bass are fair early morning on topwaters and frogs around grass. Bass are good on shaky heads at the edge of grass in 3-5 feet, or Carolina rigs on points and secondary points in 5-8 feet. Report by Marc Mitchell, Lake Fork Guide Service. Black bass are in a post spawn pattern and aggressive. Top waters are excellent in the shallow grass, streamers are working in the shallow banks. Crappies are shallow catching them on the edge of banks, small fish patterns like wooly buggers are a good bet. Bream are excellent in the shallows, wooly buggers and small poppers should bring a strike. Report by Guide Alex Guthrie, Fly Fish Fork Guide Service. The crappie fishing on Lake Fork has been up and down this past week with the heavy rains and big winds. We had super muddy conditions in areas where we had creek runoff pouring in. It took a few days for the water in those areas to clear back up enough for the bite to pick up. We are finally seeing some black crappie loading up on certain laydowns and docks. If you find the right ones you can load the boat quickly. Seeing a few brush piles in certain areas loading up with white crappie. You can still find white crappie on timber in 10-18ft and we should see more moving out deeper over the next few weeks as all spawning comes to an end. We did see a lot of roaming open water fish as well this past week. Maybe this could have been due to the heavy mud and silt in the water. The crappie may not have needed to get on cover even with the bright sunshine with so much in the water stopping the light penetration. When you find crappie in the clearer water the bite has been good. Hand tied jigs in natural minnow colors are working great. Blues, grays and greens are working in the clear water areas around mid lake. Dark green and orange and dark green and chartreuse was working in the muddy water areas. Soft plastics will produce well in similar colors. Minnows are always a good bait t

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