Lake Fork
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Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Carolina Rigs
Structure
Points
Water Temperature
73°
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
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 BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Spinnerbaits
Structure
Baitfish
Forage
Shad
fished a booyah covert with orange blade and a zoom brushbog in black with blue flake.With the rain water is high and fish are shaalloow holding tight to the buck brush and the reeds
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Texas Rigs (Worming)
Structure
Stumps
Late May Bassmaster Elite tournament and lots of things were going on at Lake Fork. In practice I caught fish cranking offshore, on topwater walking baits shallow, jerkbaits on points, and flipping trees and docks. In the tournament, my most consistent bite was flipping trees and stumps in 2-8ft of water with a jig or big plastic worm. I also caught some key fish on docks. Fishing tree lines or isolated trees/stumps around points were key. The fish I was targeting seemed to be coming off the spawn and were pulling out into these areas on their way offshore to summertime areas. I was finding them in transition so new fish seemed to show up each day.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Football Jigs
Structure
Stumps
Forage
Bluegill
The water is up right now. Early morning we threw poppin frogs in grass. The farther back in the grass, the better the bite got. Afternoons when the sun came out, we started getting bites on trees and stumps in 2ft - 6ft with a 1/2oz football jig (bluegill colored) shad were around the edges of grass. Bluegill are up shallow starting to spawn in protected coves.
Species
CrappieSeason
Summer
Technique
Swim Jigs
Structure
Brush Piles
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
78°
14’-18’ cast past target, sink to bottom, slow retrieve while constantly twitching rod as you go over the brush pile.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Sm/Md)
Structure
Humps
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
78°
Main lake humps road beds ridges slow retrieve frequent bottom contact. Rock piles and lay downs or brush on jumps and road beds as attractant. Slow sweeping hookset otherwise you’ll pull the bait from their mouth.
