I was looking back on my records and I've never had a good bite during the 4th of July. That goes back 22 years.

Every time I leave Fork I say I'll never go back......then, in a short while I turn around and I'm back on that mutha! She's a humbler. Love-hate relationship to say the least. Mostly hate. Stay at it, though. I can't truly say that she'll pay off cuz she never does for me. Just go fishing a lot and your luck will change for the good.

I whooped that lake from 1988-1995. She's whooped me back now for 20 years.

I was with Tarbaby today, and hes not kidding i threw every bait i have haha. Rough tough day

Fished from 6-1 today. Had zero bites and my partner caught 2 small ones. It was tough for us for sure.

Touche

Caught this one on Saturday on a spot we fished with Marc Mitchell 3 weeks ago. Caught this one on a 10" worm. Caught a couple more on a chatter bait shallow. Had another solid fish on a 8XD that pulled me down into a tree and hung me up, ended up breaking the line trying to get it free. Fished briefly this morning and got a couple more small fish on a chatter bait but didn't get any bites deep. Wind was really blowing hard this morning which made it hard to fish out deep. Fireworks were awesome on Saturday night up in Mustang creek!

I'm still waiting for one of those magical days.

Kitchen sink baits....ahaaaaaa you did throw everything. Sorry for the bad day on such a good lake...worst feeling in the world imo....you'll get em next round

Today was extremely tough where we were fishing. We were in the right place--balls of shad everywhere. Got three fish in six hours (one small bass, a hybrid, and a freshwater drum) all on reaction bites--rattle trap.
Threw everything including lots of finesse--drop shot, shaky, ned rig, weightless flukes, wacky worm.

Fork is the toughest lake to pattern fish with any consistency. It seems like they will shut down for so many reasons, north wind, full moon, water rising water dropping, Danny fishing. Lol
Like others have said I have a love hate relationship with her, more than not she whips me but then you catch five fish for 28# in thirty minutes and you think you have something figured out, then she just turns off like nothing ever happened.
Keep at it and you'll hang into one of those 8+ slot fish that will make you forget about that skunkin you got today.

Fished Friday and caught 4 and lost 2 on swim jigs. Fished Saturday and didn't get a bite.

Partner and I caught one Thursday. Caught three Friday fishing alone and went back Sunday afternoon and bagged one on the first cast and that was it.........
I am a fish conservationist. I pose no danger whatsoever to the fish population.

I was out there the weekend before last and it was brutal, the worst two days I've ever had out there. But guys where doing good at night. So I don't know if the moon phase the last two weeks has made it tougher or if its just a combination of everything else right now. To me the offshore bite should get better once we really get some hot weather. The weather has been really mild this summer (which is awesome) but combine that with all the new water and I think the fish are just more spread out and probably more zeroed in on bait fish right now.

Just go get some big minnows.

Fork Fish are temper mental, moody.