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Lake Fork Fishing Report: Topwater Mayhem and Crappie Bonanza
Good morning folks, Artificial Lure here with your Lake Fork fishing report for Wednesday, May 28th, 2025.
Let me tell y'all what's happening out on the water today. We're sitting at about 74 degrees water temperature this morning, with the lake currently at 0.32 feet above pool level with some stained water conditions. The sun rose around 6:15 AM and will set just after 8:30 PM, giving us plenty of daylight to get after them.
The bass bite has been flat-out phenomenal this past week. These post-spawners are aggressive and the topwater action is absolutely on fire, especially during those early morning hours. If you're hitting the water at first light, target those main lake and secondary points where shad are spawning. Keep your eyes peeled for those blue herons - they'll show you exactly where the bait is active.
For you early birds, I'd recommend tossing diesel chatterbaits, spinnerbaits, and KVD sexy dawgs on the surface. The bass have been crushing these presentations. As the day warms up, switch to mid-running crankbaits in the 2.5-3.5 inch range, focusing on points in 5-7 feet of water.
The vegetation bite has been solid too. Work those frogs in 1-4 feet around grass and pond weed. When the sun gets high, the bass are pulling out to deeper water, so switch to Carolina rigs offshore on points and high spots in that 12-16 foot range.
Crappie fishing is absolutely dynamite right now. We've got a tremendous population of black crappie stacked up on all kinds of structure all over the lake in 12-28 feet. The white crappie are loading up on certain trees too. If you're after slabs, this is prime time.
For you fly fishers, small clousers are producing well for crappie. The big bream have moved shallow, and wooly buggers are bringing in good fish. Channel cats are cruising in 2-4 feet and hitting clousers too.
Hot spots this week include Little Caney Creek arm for shallow bass, Birch Creek for that early shad spawn action, and the main lake points near the 515 bridge for deeper structure fish. For crappie, check out the timber near the 154 bridge.
One last tip from an old timer: with this recent warm-up, the fish are transitioning fast. Don't get stuck fishing yesterday's pattern. Follow the bait and you'll find the fish.
That's your Lake Fork report for today, May 28th. Y'all get out there and keep those lines tight. This is Artificial Lure signing off until next time.
Let me tell y'all what's happening out on the water today. We're sitting at about 74 degrees water temperature this morning, with the lake currently at 0.32 feet above pool level with some stained water conditions. The sun rose around 6:15 AM and will set just after 8:30 PM, giving us plenty of daylight to get after them.
The bass bite has been flat-out phenomenal this past week. These post-spawners are aggressive and the topwater action is absolutely on fire, especially during those early morning hours. If you're hitting the water at first light, target those main lake and secondary points where shad are spawning. Keep your eyes peeled for those blue herons - they'll show you exactly where the bait is active.
For you early birds, I'd recommend tossing diesel chatterbaits, spinnerbaits, and KVD sexy dawgs on the surface. The bass have been crushing these presentations. As the day warms up, switch to mid-running crankbaits in the 2.5-3.5 inch range, focusing on points in 5-7 feet of water.
The vegetation bite has been solid too. Work those frogs in 1-4 feet around grass and pond weed. When the sun gets high, the bass are pulling out to deeper water, so switch to Carolina rigs offshore on points and high spots in that 12-16 foot range.
Crappie fishing is absolutely dynamite right now. We've got a tremendous population of black crappie stacked up on all kinds of structure all over the lake in 12-28 feet. The white crappie are loading up on certain trees too. If you're after slabs, this is prime time.
For you fly fishers, small clousers are producing well for crappie. The big bream have moved shallow, and wooly buggers are bringing in good fish. Channel cats are cruising in 2-4 feet and hitting clousers too.
Hot spots this week include Little Caney Creek arm for shallow bass, Birch Creek for that early shad spawn action, and the main lake points near the 515 bridge for deeper structure fish. For crappie, check out the timber near the 154 bridge.
One last tip from an old timer: with this recent warm-up, the fish are transitioning fast. Don't get stuck fishing yesterday's pattern. Follow the bait and you'll find the fish.
That's your Lake Fork report for today, May 28th. Y'all get out there and keep those lines tight. This is Artificial Lure signing off until next time.
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By Quiet. PleaseGood morning folks, Artificial Lure here with your Lake Fork fishing report for Wednesday, May 28th, 2025.
Let me tell y'all what's happening out on the water today. We're sitting at about 74 degrees water temperature this morning, with the lake currently at 0.32 feet above pool level with some stained water conditions. The sun rose around 6:15 AM and will set just after 8:30 PM, giving us plenty of daylight to get after them.
The bass bite has been flat-out phenomenal this past week. These post-spawners are aggressive and the topwater action is absolutely on fire, especially during those early morning hours. If you're hitting the water at first light, target those main lake and secondary points where shad are spawning. Keep your eyes peeled for those blue herons - they'll show you exactly where the bait is active.
For you early birds, I'd recommend tossing diesel chatterbaits, spinnerbaits, and KVD sexy dawgs on the surface. The bass have been crushing these presentations. As the day warms up, switch to mid-running crankbaits in the 2.5-3.5 inch range, focusing on points in 5-7 feet of water.
The vegetation bite has been solid too. Work those frogs in 1-4 feet around grass and pond weed. When the sun gets high, the bass are pulling out to deeper water, so switch to Carolina rigs offshore on points and high spots in that 12-16 foot range.
Crappie fishing is absolutely dynamite right now. We've got a tremendous population of black crappie stacked up on all kinds of structure all over the lake in 12-28 feet. The white crappie are loading up on certain trees too. If you're after slabs, this is prime time.
For you fly fishers, small clousers are producing well for crappie. The big bream have moved shallow, and wooly buggers are bringing in good fish. Channel cats are cruising in 2-4 feet and hitting clousers too.
Hot spots this week include Little Caney Creek arm for shallow bass, Birch Creek for that early shad spawn action, and the main lake points near the 515 bridge for deeper structure fish. For crappie, check out the timber near the 154 bridge.
One last tip from an old timer: with this recent warm-up, the fish are transitioning fast. Don't get stuck fishing yesterday's pattern. Follow the bait and you'll find the fish.
That's your Lake Fork report for today, May 28th. Y'all get out there and keep those lines tight. This is Artificial Lure signing off until next time.
Let me tell y'all what's happening out on the water today. We're sitting at about 74 degrees water temperature this morning, with the lake currently at 0.32 feet above pool level with some stained water conditions. The sun rose around 6:15 AM and will set just after 8:30 PM, giving us plenty of daylight to get after them.
The bass bite has been flat-out phenomenal this past week. These post-spawners are aggressive and the topwater action is absolutely on fire, especially during those early morning hours. If you're hitting the water at first light, target those main lake and secondary points where shad are spawning. Keep your eyes peeled for those blue herons - they'll show you exactly where the bait is active.
For you early birds, I'd recommend tossing diesel chatterbaits, spinnerbaits, and KVD sexy dawgs on the surface. The bass have been crushing these presentations. As the day warms up, switch to mid-running crankbaits in the 2.5-3.5 inch range, focusing on points in 5-7 feet of water.
The vegetation bite has been solid too. Work those frogs in 1-4 feet around grass and pond weed. When the sun gets high, the bass are pulling out to deeper water, so switch to Carolina rigs offshore on points and high spots in that 12-16 foot range.
Crappie fishing is absolutely dynamite right now. We've got a tremendous population of black crappie stacked up on all kinds of structure all over the lake in 12-28 feet. The white crappie are loading up on certain trees too. If you're after slabs, this is prime time.
For you fly fishers, small clousers are producing well for crappie. The big bream have moved shallow, and wooly buggers are bringing in good fish. Channel cats are cruising in 2-4 feet and hitting clousers too.
Hot spots this week include Little Caney Creek arm for shallow bass, Birch Creek for that early shad spawn action, and the main lake points near the 515 bridge for deeper structure fish. For crappie, check out the timber near the 154 bridge.
One last tip from an old timer: with this recent warm-up, the fish are transitioning fast. Don't get stuck fishing yesterday's pattern. Follow the bait and you'll find the fish.
That's your Lake Fork report for today, May 28th. Y'all get out there and keep those lines tight. This is Artificial Lure signing off until next time.