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Fishing Lake Fork, Texas
Tom Redington
March 21, 2005
Lake Fork - Freshwater Fishing Report
Lake Fork Weekly Report
This past week on Lake Fork ran the gamut. It ranged from some really good spinnerbait and jerkbait days in the clouds and wind, to tough days with cold mornings and calm sunny conditions, and ended with a major move to the beds on Sunday. With warm days and a full moon on this coming Friday, I expect a major wave of spawning fish to hit the shallows at Lake Fork this week.
We did catch a number of nice fish this week but we managed to lose our biggest fish of the day almost every day this week. Call it “The Curse of the Bassino”. Larry Arnold of Alabama and JD Delle of Texas both had big fish get away right by the boat. Fork was especially cold to JD, who went back to Fork this weekend and fished the same pattern, only to lose a double-digit fish right at the boat, while Larry settled the score with his local bass by catching a 7.5 pounder on Saturday. Former NFL great Autry Beamon brought down many running backs and wide receivers in his career but even he couldn’t wrestle out a Lake Fork lunker that we could see after it tangled him up in a tree directly beneath our boat. Meanwhile, Kelly from Minnesota went from a Yankee basser to a full blown redneck fisherman in two days, swinging 5 lb bass into the boat like Denny Brauer; however, he missed a monster bass that looked like the Goodyear blimp while dwarfing her 5 lb male bed companion. And the bad luck extended to me, as I wasn’t paying attention and pulled a jerkbait away from an 8+ right at the boat. What can I say, that’s Lake Fork for you—where it’s often easier to hook a big fish than to land it, but it’s sure fun trying! Hey, if the Red Sox can finally win one, maybe there is hope for the rest of us.
Concerning the current conditions, Fork’s water level is down slightly to 402.57’, about 5” below full pool. Strong winds and runoff from today’s rain have some areas stained but much of the lake is still pretty clear. Water temps dropped into the low 50s midweek with some mornings in the low 30s until the warm sun over the weekend brought main lake temps into the mid-50s and we found some pockets up to 66 degrees on Sunday.
Most of the fish are still relating to the grass, so concentrate on grass along creeks, drains, points and outside edges on cooler days and hit the inside edge, sandy spots, and brush in shallow grass during warming trends. The most productive spots have areas of clear water and are generally in the Northern section of Lake Fork. Cloudy and windy days have been best for fishing white and chartreuse spinnerbaits in 3/8 oz and gold or silver suspending jerkbaits. On sunny and calm days, we have been slowing down and fishing weightless Texas rigged or wacky rigged Lake Fork Tackle Magic Shads, Zig Zags and Twitch Worms in shades of watermelon and green pumpkin. In addition, Lake Fork Top Dog lizards in black neon or watermelon with light sinkers, about 1/8 oz, have been producing a few fish in the grass and around wood.
Here’s hoping you catch the lunker of your dreams. If I can be of assistance, please contact me at 214-683-9572 (days) or 972-635-6027 (evenings) or e-mail me through www.LakeForkGuideTrips.com where your satisfaction is guaranteed.
Good Fishing,
Tom
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