I am going to be going to Lake Fork this weekend and plan on doing some night fishing. I am thinking I can buy some salties or catch me some bream during the day and I am hoping that I can bag me a flathead! I have heard that there are some good flatties in Fork, any suggestions on areas I should concentrate on? I have never got me a flattie and would like to catch one. Any help would be greatly appreciated

Shep, now dont go up there and jinx that lake!!LOL good luck!!!

Anyone?

I tried one night about two weeks ago. Caught bream in a trap and set out stump lines along two creek channels coming into the main lake. I didn't catch any.

Becareful at night. There are a ton of stumps just under the surface once out of the boat lanes. I got a little off track coming back in and banged one pretty good. Scared the shi. out of me!

Only been to Fork once, 10+ for the stumps everywhere. Here's a casualty while running slow "IN" the boat lanes during the day. I can't even think about running around there at night.

Getting around at night is not hard, I bass fish the lake at night alot. I have a chip I bought for my gps that has the boat lanes and I take a spot light. Just go SLOW when you are not sure or out of the boat lane

I have done very well on cats right outside the Lake Fork marina/cafe. As you come out of the marina there is a long dock on your right with a feeder on the end of it. Fish that dock and the trees around it. There are some bruisers there. I fish 2 rods for channels and 4 for big flatties and blues.

The channel cat rods I use cottonseed meal dough bait casted under the feeder. The feeder has range cubes/ cottonseed cubes so you are matching what they are fed and they eat it up pretty fast. Sometimes before it hits the bottom.

For the big cats I cast 1 rod with live perch at the dock 1 off the channel and 2 at the trees. Lost 2 big cats last year well over 30 lbs. 1 was by the trees and the other hit a channel cat i was reeling in from under the feeder. That's when i started casting at the dock


Sorry i didn't see this post before you went

Here are the cats we kept that hit the grease. Only kept 10 of them for dinner that night but we hauled for hours

Sweet fish!

I have heard the dangers of this lake outside the boating lanes. From what I gather its not hard to find damage on a good deal of the fishing boats that stay on the lake all season.

ended up just doing a lot of bass fishing, caught some good bass, but I did snag a flattie with my shaky head on his tail. It was about 5 lbs, I thought I was hung, it was strong! That was my first flattie, but it was an accident.

Accident or not, you caught it and it was a first. Thats always a good feeling to catch a fish thats new to you. Grats on that