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Lake Fork Fishing Report: Spawn in Full Swing, Bass & Crappie Biting Strong
Artificial Lure here with your Lake Fork fishing report for Wednesday, April 30, 2025. We got a classic East Texas spring morning, starting out in the mid-50s with temps climbing into the low 70s by this afternoon. Skies are partly cloudy and there’s a southeast breeze rolling across the lake about 5 to 10 miles per hour. Sunrise hit at 7:12 a.m. and you’ve got light to fish until sunset at 7:47 p.m.
Water temps are steady between 60 and 66 degrees, and the lake’s sitting just a hair below full pool. The water’s got some stain—especially up in the creeks and around the grass beds—which is making those reaction baits pop.
Bass fishing is about as good as it gets right now. The spawn is in full swing and fish are stacked up shallow. Best bet is working the warm, windy banks and grass lines in 1 to 4 feet of water. Chatterbaits and spinnerbaits are putting up big numbers if you run them slow, especially in stained water. Don’t shy away from Texas-rigged soft plastics—flukes, creature baits, and beaver-style lures are all catching solid fish, both males and some good females staging around the flats. Early mornings bring a hot topwater bite; throw frogs over matted grass and walking baits along weed edges, and you just might find some feeding hard with the shad spawn getting underway. For a true Fork giant, slow down with a wacky-rigged Senko or pitch a frog into the thickest cover you can find[2][4][5].
Crappie fishing has picked up, too, but it’s a moving target. Some days you’ll find them up shallow in less than 5 feet, the next day they’re back out in the timber or brush. They’re scattered from 2 all the way out to 40 feet, hitting swimbaits, hand-tied jigs, minnows, and soft plastics. If you dial them in, you can load the boat quick. Large bream and channel cats are up shallow as well, taking clouser minnows and wooly buggers for those looking to fly fish[4].
For hot spots, check out the grass flats around Little Caney and the edges of Mustang Creek—both are holding solid numbers of bass and panfish right now. The bridges and deeper brush piles are still producing crappie if you put in the time to find them.
Bait of choice: for bass, reach for chatterbaits, spinnerbaits, or Texas-rigged plastics in watermelon, green pumpkin, or black and blue. For crappie, jigs in chartreuse and white or plain old minnows are working well.
That’s the bite for today on Fork—good luck and set the hook hard!
Water temps are steady between 60 and 66 degrees, and the lake’s sitting just a hair below full pool. The water’s got some stain—especially up in the creeks and around the grass beds—which is making those reaction baits pop.
Bass fishing is about as good as it gets right now. The spawn is in full swing and fish are stacked up shallow. Best bet is working the warm, windy banks and grass lines in 1 to 4 feet of water. Chatterbaits and spinnerbaits are putting up big numbers if you run them slow, especially in stained water. Don’t shy away from Texas-rigged soft plastics—flukes, creature baits, and beaver-style lures are all catching solid fish, both males and some good females staging around the flats. Early mornings bring a hot topwater bite; throw frogs over matted grass and walking baits along weed edges, and you just might find some feeding hard with the shad spawn getting underway. For a true Fork giant, slow down with a wacky-rigged Senko or pitch a frog into the thickest cover you can find[2][4][5].
Crappie fishing has picked up, too, but it’s a moving target. Some days you’ll find them up shallow in less than 5 feet, the next day they’re back out in the timber or brush. They’re scattered from 2 all the way out to 40 feet, hitting swimbaits, hand-tied jigs, minnows, and soft plastics. If you dial them in, you can load the boat quick. Large bream and channel cats are up shallow as well, taking clouser minnows and wooly buggers for those looking to fly fish[4].
For hot spots, check out the grass flats around Little Caney and the edges of Mustang Creek—both are holding solid numbers of bass and panfish right now. The bridges and deeper brush piles are still producing crappie if you put in the time to find them.
Bait of choice: for bass, reach for chatterbaits, spinnerbaits, or Texas-rigged plastics in watermelon, green pumpkin, or black and blue. For crappie, jigs in chartreuse and white or plain old minnows are working well.
That’s the bite for today on Fork—good luck and set the hook hard!
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By Quiet. PleaseArtificial Lure here with your Lake Fork fishing report for Wednesday, April 30, 2025. We got a classic East Texas spring morning, starting out in the mid-50s with temps climbing into the low 70s by this afternoon. Skies are partly cloudy and there’s a southeast breeze rolling across the lake about 5 to 10 miles per hour. Sunrise hit at 7:12 a.m. and you’ve got light to fish until sunset at 7:47 p.m.
Water temps are steady between 60 and 66 degrees, and the lake’s sitting just a hair below full pool. The water’s got some stain—especially up in the creeks and around the grass beds—which is making those reaction baits pop.
Bass fishing is about as good as it gets right now. The spawn is in full swing and fish are stacked up shallow. Best bet is working the warm, windy banks and grass lines in 1 to 4 feet of water. Chatterbaits and spinnerbaits are putting up big numbers if you run them slow, especially in stained water. Don’t shy away from Texas-rigged soft plastics—flukes, creature baits, and beaver-style lures are all catching solid fish, both males and some good females staging around the flats. Early mornings bring a hot topwater bite; throw frogs over matted grass and walking baits along weed edges, and you just might find some feeding hard with the shad spawn getting underway. For a true Fork giant, slow down with a wacky-rigged Senko or pitch a frog into the thickest cover you can find[2][4][5].
Crappie fishing has picked up, too, but it’s a moving target. Some days you’ll find them up shallow in less than 5 feet, the next day they’re back out in the timber or brush. They’re scattered from 2 all the way out to 40 feet, hitting swimbaits, hand-tied jigs, minnows, and soft plastics. If you dial them in, you can load the boat quick. Large bream and channel cats are up shallow as well, taking clouser minnows and wooly buggers for those looking to fly fish[4].
For hot spots, check out the grass flats around Little Caney and the edges of Mustang Creek—both are holding solid numbers of bass and panfish right now. The bridges and deeper brush piles are still producing crappie if you put in the time to find them.
Bait of choice: for bass, reach for chatterbaits, spinnerbaits, or Texas-rigged plastics in watermelon, green pumpkin, or black and blue. For crappie, jigs in chartreuse and white or plain old minnows are working well.
That’s the bite for today on Fork—good luck and set the hook hard!
Water temps are steady between 60 and 66 degrees, and the lake’s sitting just a hair below full pool. The water’s got some stain—especially up in the creeks and around the grass beds—which is making those reaction baits pop.
Bass fishing is about as good as it gets right now. The spawn is in full swing and fish are stacked up shallow. Best bet is working the warm, windy banks and grass lines in 1 to 4 feet of water. Chatterbaits and spinnerbaits are putting up big numbers if you run them slow, especially in stained water. Don’t shy away from Texas-rigged soft plastics—flukes, creature baits, and beaver-style lures are all catching solid fish, both males and some good females staging around the flats. Early mornings bring a hot topwater bite; throw frogs over matted grass and walking baits along weed edges, and you just might find some feeding hard with the shad spawn getting underway. For a true Fork giant, slow down with a wacky-rigged Senko or pitch a frog into the thickest cover you can find[2][4][5].
Crappie fishing has picked up, too, but it’s a moving target. Some days you’ll find them up shallow in less than 5 feet, the next day they’re back out in the timber or brush. They’re scattered from 2 all the way out to 40 feet, hitting swimbaits, hand-tied jigs, minnows, and soft plastics. If you dial them in, you can load the boat quick. Large bream and channel cats are up shallow as well, taking clouser minnows and wooly buggers for those looking to fly fish[4].
For hot spots, check out the grass flats around Little Caney and the edges of Mustang Creek—both are holding solid numbers of bass and panfish right now. The bridges and deeper brush piles are still producing crappie if you put in the time to find them.
Bait of choice: for bass, reach for chatterbaits, spinnerbaits, or Texas-rigged plastics in watermelon, green pumpkin, or black and blue. For crappie, jigs in chartreuse and white or plain old minnows are working well.
That’s the bite for today on Fork—good luck and set the hook hard!