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Fall Spawn on Lake Fork
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11/05/17 01:17 PM
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Marc Mitchell's fishing report mentions a Fall spawn on Fork. Just wondering what you Lake Fork guys thoughts are about this?
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Re: Fall Spawn on Lake Fork
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11/05/17 01:46 PM
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ForkedJames
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I would tend to believe what Marc Mitchell says. He is out there LOTS.
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Re: Fall Spawn on Lake Fork
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11/05/17 01:55 PM
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Donald Harper
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I am not a Fork Guy; but I know it happens on other lakes like Falcon and Amistad. If Mr. Mitchell says it is taking place then you better get you some of it. I am sure it is on a much smaller scale than in the Spring. A week like this with a huge warming trend will put them right up there.
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Re: Fall Spawn on Lake Fork
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11/05/17 02:56 PM
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Ive had a guide tell me that a few do it on rayburn. Theyre out there more than anybody so i tend to think they may be right. I also believe bass like to be a lot shallower than we think in water we think is cold. Anything over 55 and I think they will stay pretty shallow if they have some cover to get by
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Re: Fall Spawn on Lake Fork
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11/05/17 03:23 PM
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Ken A.
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I have caught fish off beds in the fall. Not bigguns but 2-3 pound males. I think the water cooling down into the 60's fools some of the young bucks and they get all excited thinking they mating season is here again.
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Re: Fall Spawn on Lake Fork
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11/05/17 03:44 PM
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Caught fat bucks dirt shallow on Lewisville yesterday. Same places you’d expect them to be during the spawn
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Re: Fall Spawn on Lake Fork
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11/05/17 03:51 PM
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skeeter james
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Not on fork, but I caught a 5 lber the other day up pretty shallow and it's tail was torn up just like in the spring.
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Re: Fall Spawn on Lake Fork
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11/05/17 04:02 PM
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Ken A.
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When there was more grass in the lake I have actually witnessed 2-3 pounders in a fanned out spot guarding the bed. No females nearby but they were very obviously on a bed they had made. And it wasn't just an isolated fish or two. We caught half a dozen one afternoon up in LF Creek one day all off beds in late Oct.
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Re: Fall Spawn on Lake Fork
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11/05/17 07:24 PM
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EastTexasBassin
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I've seen it on other lakes. I've seen bass fry in November and December before so I know some of them did successfully spawn.
Last edited by EastTexasBassin; 11/05/17 07:25 PM.
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Re: Fall Spawn on Lake Fork
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11/05/17 08:36 PM
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I don't buy it for a minute.
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Re: Fall Spawn on Lake Fork
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11/05/17 09:48 PM
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Far from traditional thinking but I guess anything is possible. I've never heard a fisheries biologist discuss this or even TP&W publish anything about it. Knowing that bass are territorial it's possible they are marking their territory for a future mate. Realistically speaking though that would be like a man renting a motel room and then sit back and wait for a girlfriend to show up. Crude metaphor but it makes a point. I have witnessed bass on a bed in June but figured he was too ugly to get a mate, lol. If they are on beds I'll be on the lookout tomorrow and report back if I see evidence. I've seen weirder things in my life. Saw a dog mate with a chicken one time and a bicycle with a steering wheel.
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Re: Fall Spawn on Lake Fork
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11/05/17 11:00 PM
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I've seen it on other lakes. I've seen bass fry in November and December before so I know some of them did successfully spawn. Same. Few years back I saw small fry shallow in a 26 acre private tank first week of December. It's very deep (35+ feet makes up 80% of it) and super clear. I scooped some of these unknowns up in a bucket and put them in my koi pond. By early spring they were 3 inches long and clearly bass. How were they less than fingernail size the first week of December if they had not been born a week or two before in November? The tank is not stocked... so riddle me that.
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Re: Fall Spawn on Lake Fork
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11/05/17 11:13 PM
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Re: Fall Spawn on Lake Fork
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11/05/17 11:57 PM
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EastTexasBassin
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Believe it or not, it still happens. Some bass can and do spawn in the fall.
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Re: Fall Spawn on Lake Fork
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11/06/17 02:08 AM
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skins84
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Marc Mitchell is telling the truth, if you know where to find them you can sight fish for bedding bass in the fall. I didn't know it was such a secret.
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