Texas Fishing Report
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| Date | 04-Apr-24 | |
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: LAKE FORK - GOOD. Water Stained; 60 degrees; 0.19 feet below pool. Bass fishing is improving everyday, especially along windy banks. The best bite is on topwater frogs, flukes, and soft plastic worms around flooded grass in 1-3 feet. Chatterbaits and spinnerbaits are also good around grass and secondary points. Light Carolina rigs are good on points in 3-7 feet with green pumpkin creature baits and soft plastic worms. Squarebill crankbaits are fair on points in 3-5 feet of water. Windy banks have been good. Report by Marc Mitchell, Lake Fork Guide Service. Changing weather means changing bite. Bass are nesting and under lots of fishing pressure. Small baits and long casts are your best bet. Frog pattern topwaters are excellent in the grass and brush. Crappies are shallow, small fish patterns like wooly buggers are a good bet. Bream are beginning to make themselves known in the shallows, wooly buggers and small poppers should bring a strike. Report by Guide Alex Guthrie, Fly Fish Fork Guide Service. Lake Fork crappie fishing is heating up like the water temperature this week. Lots of big fish and numbers showing up on timber in 8-14 feet. Seeing some shallow fish up in less than 4 feet as well. We should see spawning fish in this pattern over the next month. Some fish can be found on brush piles and lay downs. Bridges are holding a few fish and are worth checking out. Covering water and checking multiple patterns works out this time of year with big changes in weather. Small hand tied jigs are working well. Minnows are always good on Lake Fork anytime of year. Soft plastics will also get you bit until the bite gets finicky around June. The catfish bite is really good right now around roosting trees in 12-20 feet. Bait them out with cattle cubes or sour grain to hold them. Use any prepared catfish bait of choice to catch them. Some areas are holding shallow catfish that are feeding on spawning Shad in less than 4ft of water around grass. Cut bait, minnows or any catfish bait will work under a cork to catch those shallow fish. Report by Jacky Wiggins, Jacky Wiggins Guide Service. Reported by: |
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| About: - Largemouth bass are the most popular sportfish on Lake Fork Reservoir. A combination of restrictive harvest regulations, stocking of Florida strain largemouth bass, and good habitat has contributed to Lake Fork's development as one of the country's premier trophy bass lakes. More than 65% of the Texas Top 50 largest bass, including the current state record, were caught from Lake Fork. Crappie fishing is generally good, especially in standing timber and under the lake's numerous bridges. (more on Lake Fork) |
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| Misc Info: - FISHING REGULATIONS Special regulations govern the harvest of largemouth bass at Lake Fork. Currently, bass 16 inches and shorter and 24 inches and longer (16 to 24 inch slot length limit) can be harvested with a daily bag limit of 5 fish, of which only 1 fish can be 24 inches or greater. Crappie harvest is also restricted by a special regulation. During the months of December, January and February, the minimum length limit is waived but harvest is regulated by a 25-fish daily bag limit. The first 25 crappie caught, regardless of size, must be retained; culling is not permitted. From March through November, harvest is controlled by a 10-inch minimum length, 25-fish daily bag limit. The harvest of all other sport fishes is controlled by statewide regulations. | |||
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