Lake Fork
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- Texas Rigs (Worming)7
- Blade Baits2
- Deep Diving Crankbaits (13'+)2
- Soft Body Swimbaits (Small/Medium)2
- Bladed Jigs1
- Largemouth Bass19 Reports
- Crappie2 Reports
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70 Reports on Lake Fork
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Sm/Md)
Structure
Baitfish
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
78°
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Frogs/Toads
Structure
Matted Grass
Water Temperature
78°
Fished the north end grass since a tournament was going on and the south end was congested. Pre-frontal with east winds so we started with Texas rigged magnum trick worms. Good success on smaller fish in the 2-3 lbs range. Cloud cover moved in and we started throwing frogs. My first time using and Toad thumper brand and it lived up to the hype. 40 minutes of good cloud cover and that frog got hit 4 times and all 4 hooked up. Walked amazingly well over thick mat and the Berkeley x9 braid is the best casting braid I’ve ever thrown. Sun came back out and the frog bite died but we were able to get bites on a whale swim bait with an under spin. Found a few blue gill beds and switched our whales to a gill color and found a few more quality bass.
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Bladed Jigs
Structure
Stumps
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
62°
My tournament partner Iain and I fished a yearly vendor tournament on the lake on Sunday 04/21/24. The day before was supposed to be our practice day, but we did not get to practice at all due to extreme rain and storms occurring basically all day. The week leading up to the tournament it was sunny and hot, and then the day before a major front blows in (of course) and dropped the lake's water temperatures from the low to mid 70's down to 59-63 degrees, which made the bite on the lake very tough. The water temperature on the lake this day ranged from about half a foot of visibility to around 3 feet of visibility, and finding the cleaner water was key to our success. We only ended up catching 2 under sized keepers to go towards the tournament, but we also caught 3 nice slot fish all between 3 and 5 pounds. We caught all of our fish on a chatterbait or wacky rig up shallow on sandy spawning flats with isolated stumps spread out throughout the spawning flats in 2-4 feet of water. The new Shimano Mastiff FC Fluorocarbon line in the 16 lb strength is what I chose to use for my chatterbait, and I was super impressed! Super smooth casting and held up well, definitely give it a try if you haven't already! Unfortunately, we did not get to weigh in our fish due to us being 20 seconds late to weigh in because Iain hooked me in the head with his Jackhammer. However, the bite was super tough that day, and we had 3 pounds in the livewell, which would have been enough to cash us a check, as it only took 2.46 pounds to get a check! The bite on Fork was tough that weekend, but with the warming weather, its only going to get better!
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