Fishing Report for Largemouth Bass using Medium Diving Crankbaits (7'-12') in Spring (Post-Spawn)

Item: Lake Fork
Author: T-White

T-White

Blue Ambassador

3/9/24

Lake Fork

Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Crankbaits 7'-12'
Structure
Rock Pile
Forage
Crawfish
Water Temperature
58°

I went out to the lake on 03/09/24 with 2 buddies to try and get on some pre-spawn and spawning fish as the elites had just been there and absolutely smoked them. This day was about 50 degrees outside with a steady northwest wind at about 10-20 mph all day, and partly cloudy skies, with the sun popping out for a few hours at the end of the day and it warming up just a bit. Essentially, we were fishing during the cold front as it passed through the area, as it had been sunny and in the 70's and 80's outside the entire week before. Water temperatures on the lake ranged from about 56-61 degrees and water clarity ranged from about 3 inches of visibility to up to almost 2 feet of visibility, with the creeks and backwaters being more stained and warmer. We spent the day catching a few fish shallow cruising (and even a few on beds) on a jig, wacky rig, and swimbait up shallow around grass, docks, and standing timber, as well as catching several cranking a gravel dawg over a roadbed at the mouth of a spawning creek that was in about 10-12 feet of water. Overall it was a halfway decent day, with our best 5 going around 15 pounds (not special for fork, I know), and our biggest fish being around 4 pounds caught by my buddy Jeremy on the swimbait (pictured with the report). We saw several large fish on beds but they were very skittish and in the limited time that we had to fish for them at the end of the day we could not get them to bite. I hope to be back out there in a couple days so that I can try and get on one of those Lake Fork mega bags! Thanks for reading my reports and tight lines!