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"Springtime Slam: Bass, Crappie, and More Biting Big on Lake Fork"
Lake Fork is waking up to another beautiful Saturday, May 10th. Weather’s steady with mild spring temperatures, and the lake’s sitting about three-quarters of a foot below pool. Water temps are holding around 73 to 74 degrees, stained in most spots, and we’ve still got some good morning cloud cover making for prime angling conditions today.
The sunrise was right around 6:27 am, so if you made it out for first light, you caught a magic window. Sunset’s expected near 8:10 pm, giving us a long stretch to get after it. No tidal movement here on Fork but with these water temps and steady spring weather, fish are active and feeding well.
Bass fishing is flat out good right now. We’re full on post-spawn with the last trickle of late spawners finishing up, especially on the lower end of the lake. Early mornings, bass are busting shad around shallow grassy points and creek mouths. If you see herons gathered up, that’s your sign there’s a shad spawn in progress and the bass won’t be far behind. Diesel chatterbaits, small spinnerbaits, and topwater frogs are red hot over grass—don’t leave home without ‘em. Mid-morning through the afternoon, work a fluke or wacky rig along grass edges in 1 to 3 feet. If the sun pops out strong, switch to Carolina rigs, drop shots, or crankbaits on secondary points and rocky structure in 6 to 18 feet. Several anglers have reported solid numbers of three to five pound bass, with a few double-digit fish caught this past week.
Crappie fishing’s shifted into summer mode. There’s a pile of small black crappie stacking up on brush piles, laydowns, bridges, and docks. The bigger slabs are a bit more scarce but worth hunting on deeper trees or isolated cover, especially white crappie. You’ll find crappie from 10 down to 30 feet, some just a couple feet under the surface. Minnows are the top producer, but jigs in any color will get bit too. Channel cats are cruising shallow in 2 to 4 feet, taking worms and prepared baits.
Bream and sunfish are loaded up in the shallows as well, and those chasing them with small jigs or even fly rods are reporting great action.
For hot spots, don’t miss the main lake points at the mouth of Little Caney or the shallow grass beds in Glade Creek. The flats near the 515 west bridge are also holding numbers of bass and crappie. Fish are on the move but if you key on shad activity early and target brush or grass edges as the day wears on, you’ll get bit.
That’s your Lake Fork report for today—tight lines and good luck out there.
The sunrise was right around 6:27 am, so if you made it out for first light, you caught a magic window. Sunset’s expected near 8:10 pm, giving us a long stretch to get after it. No tidal movement here on Fork but with these water temps and steady spring weather, fish are active and feeding well.
Bass fishing is flat out good right now. We’re full on post-spawn with the last trickle of late spawners finishing up, especially on the lower end of the lake. Early mornings, bass are busting shad around shallow grassy points and creek mouths. If you see herons gathered up, that’s your sign there’s a shad spawn in progress and the bass won’t be far behind. Diesel chatterbaits, small spinnerbaits, and topwater frogs are red hot over grass—don’t leave home without ‘em. Mid-morning through the afternoon, work a fluke or wacky rig along grass edges in 1 to 3 feet. If the sun pops out strong, switch to Carolina rigs, drop shots, or crankbaits on secondary points and rocky structure in 6 to 18 feet. Several anglers have reported solid numbers of three to five pound bass, with a few double-digit fish caught this past week.
Crappie fishing’s shifted into summer mode. There’s a pile of small black crappie stacking up on brush piles, laydowns, bridges, and docks. The bigger slabs are a bit more scarce but worth hunting on deeper trees or isolated cover, especially white crappie. You’ll find crappie from 10 down to 30 feet, some just a couple feet under the surface. Minnows are the top producer, but jigs in any color will get bit too. Channel cats are cruising shallow in 2 to 4 feet, taking worms and prepared baits.
Bream and sunfish are loaded up in the shallows as well, and those chasing them with small jigs or even fly rods are reporting great action.
For hot spots, don’t miss the main lake points at the mouth of Little Caney or the shallow grass beds in Glade Creek. The flats near the 515 west bridge are also holding numbers of bass and crappie. Fish are on the move but if you key on shad activity early and target brush or grass edges as the day wears on, you’ll get bit.
That’s your Lake Fork report for today—tight lines and good luck out there.
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By Quiet. PleaseLake Fork is waking up to another beautiful Saturday, May 10th. Weather’s steady with mild spring temperatures, and the lake’s sitting about three-quarters of a foot below pool. Water temps are holding around 73 to 74 degrees, stained in most spots, and we’ve still got some good morning cloud cover making for prime angling conditions today.
The sunrise was right around 6:27 am, so if you made it out for first light, you caught a magic window. Sunset’s expected near 8:10 pm, giving us a long stretch to get after it. No tidal movement here on Fork but with these water temps and steady spring weather, fish are active and feeding well.
Bass fishing is flat out good right now. We’re full on post-spawn with the last trickle of late spawners finishing up, especially on the lower end of the lake. Early mornings, bass are busting shad around shallow grassy points and creek mouths. If you see herons gathered up, that’s your sign there’s a shad spawn in progress and the bass won’t be far behind. Diesel chatterbaits, small spinnerbaits, and topwater frogs are red hot over grass—don’t leave home without ‘em. Mid-morning through the afternoon, work a fluke or wacky rig along grass edges in 1 to 3 feet. If the sun pops out strong, switch to Carolina rigs, drop shots, or crankbaits on secondary points and rocky structure in 6 to 18 feet. Several anglers have reported solid numbers of three to five pound bass, with a few double-digit fish caught this past week.
Crappie fishing’s shifted into summer mode. There’s a pile of small black crappie stacking up on brush piles, laydowns, bridges, and docks. The bigger slabs are a bit more scarce but worth hunting on deeper trees or isolated cover, especially white crappie. You’ll find crappie from 10 down to 30 feet, some just a couple feet under the surface. Minnows are the top producer, but jigs in any color will get bit too. Channel cats are cruising shallow in 2 to 4 feet, taking worms and prepared baits.
Bream and sunfish are loaded up in the shallows as well, and those chasing them with small jigs or even fly rods are reporting great action.
For hot spots, don’t miss the main lake points at the mouth of Little Caney or the shallow grass beds in Glade Creek. The flats near the 515 west bridge are also holding numbers of bass and crappie. Fish are on the move but if you key on shad activity early and target brush or grass edges as the day wears on, you’ll get bit.
That’s your Lake Fork report for today—tight lines and good luck out there.
The sunrise was right around 6:27 am, so if you made it out for first light, you caught a magic window. Sunset’s expected near 8:10 pm, giving us a long stretch to get after it. No tidal movement here on Fork but with these water temps and steady spring weather, fish are active and feeding well.
Bass fishing is flat out good right now. We’re full on post-spawn with the last trickle of late spawners finishing up, especially on the lower end of the lake. Early mornings, bass are busting shad around shallow grassy points and creek mouths. If you see herons gathered up, that’s your sign there’s a shad spawn in progress and the bass won’t be far behind. Diesel chatterbaits, small spinnerbaits, and topwater frogs are red hot over grass—don’t leave home without ‘em. Mid-morning through the afternoon, work a fluke or wacky rig along grass edges in 1 to 3 feet. If the sun pops out strong, switch to Carolina rigs, drop shots, or crankbaits on secondary points and rocky structure in 6 to 18 feet. Several anglers have reported solid numbers of three to five pound bass, with a few double-digit fish caught this past week.
Crappie fishing’s shifted into summer mode. There’s a pile of small black crappie stacking up on brush piles, laydowns, bridges, and docks. The bigger slabs are a bit more scarce but worth hunting on deeper trees or isolated cover, especially white crappie. You’ll find crappie from 10 down to 30 feet, some just a couple feet under the surface. Minnows are the top producer, but jigs in any color will get bit too. Channel cats are cruising shallow in 2 to 4 feet, taking worms and prepared baits.
Bream and sunfish are loaded up in the shallows as well, and those chasing them with small jigs or even fly rods are reporting great action.
For hot spots, don’t miss the main lake points at the mouth of Little Caney or the shallow grass beds in Glade Creek. The flats near the 515 west bridge are also holding numbers of bass and crappie. Fish are on the move but if you key on shad activity early and target brush or grass edges as the day wears on, you’ll get bit.
That’s your Lake Fork report for today—tight lines and good luck out there.