The bass are starting to spawn here at Lake Fork. For those of you that are looking for the opportunity to catch a bass of a lifetime, this is the time of year you can do it. There are a lot of Big bass up shallow right now just looking to be caught. Here are a few tips for catching these bass. Key areas to fish right now are in the back of the creeks and points that are adjacent to spawning flats. Creek channels leading to these flats will produce good results also. Fish can be found in a number of creeks and pockets on the lake right now, and can be found moving on the beds just about everywhere with this warm weather.
Finding the areas that are holding the most concentrations of spawning bass is the main objective. Water Conditions, Lake Fork is full and the water clarity is clear to slightly stained in the main lake. The water temperature hit 63 degrees in the areas that I was fishing today. Best Patterns, Bass can be caught on a number of different ways during the spawn. We have been catching the majority of our fish on weightless Trick Worms and slightly weighted when it is windy. A Trick Worm fished slowly over and in the grass where these bass are making beds is hard to beat. Best colors have been watermelon red, and green pumpkin, also a Texas rig or short Carolina rig with a Brush Hog or a Lizard.
Today was great day to be on the lake the weather was in the seventies, and the rest of the week the weather is going to be in the eighties. Yesterday Jim Fowler from Oklahoma fished with me and we put 22 in the boat, today Bill Scott and his dad from Louisiana fished with me we put 28 in the boat with two over seven and one that went 8 lbs 9oz, most of these bass came on the Brush Hog and Trick Worm. With this warm weather these bass are making a mad rush to shallow water to spawn. With this cold March we have had is going to make April and May the main Spawning Months hear on lake fork. If you would like to book a Guide Trip and get in on some Great Spawning Action My Cell # is 903-629-5085 or 903-629-7699 Check out my Web Site http://www.lakeforktexasfishingreports.com
Good Fishing,
David Vance