Lake Fork is not the same without green water and grass I'm even missing the gator grass right now ... Well thats the fun, challenging part of bass fishing
Adapting to the current conditions of any lake makes us better fishermen .
While I did not get to fish Lake Fork to much last spring due to being on the
tourney trail. Last year there was a real pattern that I could run when I was
home worked real well caught plenty of fish and big ones ......This year not as
easy .But a couple patterns I have found I would like to share with you .
First is Texas rigging soft plastics in water 2 to 4 ft deep in the back of spawning pockets . With a heavy action 7 ft rod spooled with twenty pound flourocarbon
and a 3/16 Dominator tungsten weight and a 3/0 or 4/0 ewg hook I am using
A Grande Bass grande stick or a Beavr Claws in green pumpkin and black and blue fleck.
Last year you throw by a stump and there was a fish there this year i have not
found that as dependable but have found that throwing in the openings
in the stump fields to be working good and the reason why ?
The trunks and tops of all the trees are laying in the openings as lay down logs
giving the fish a hard place to lay eggs and stage on.
The other pattern is a moving bait pattern in water from 2 to 7 foot deep
around the creek channel bends in the back one third of the creeks cranking with square bill crankbaits 1.5 s and 2.5 chartreuse colors and some red ones.
Any points with a 45 degree angle or a channel swing have been good to .
I have been using 15 mono to crank with a 7 foot med heavy cranking stick.
With the new run off the backs of the creeks may set back a week so look
to main lake pockets and points for more active fish .There are a few fish
out deep on points and humps you can catch them with 6 xd crankbaits
and football head jigs
Good fishin to everyone

some Lake Fork Eye Candy below




And we did our share of pest control a couple of days
You can catch one of these every cast with a 6 xds or a bomber slab
white or chartrese colors They are great to eat you can keep 25 a person
Go to the 2946 road by rainswood marina and catch all you want
remember each sandbass you harvest feeds more largemouth bass
and kills 10 of thousands of more sand bass

Nice report. Will try and put this to use Mon. and Tues.

Thanks, Lance!

Great report, and with a drawn out spring, bet it holds for awhile.

Thanks for the info.

GOOD INFO THANKS

Nice Fish! Super report. Thanks for sharing.

with the low lake levels the lake now has lots of new spawning areas
with all this new rain bringing the lake up these hard bottom areas
will have enough water on them for fish to spawn this year ......


Thanks everyone , don't forget to
catch and eat some sandbass

Glad to see you posting reports again.
Good job!

Hope so....

Nice fish, Lance....the "Orkin Man" doing work..

Nice report with some nice catches. Thanks for sharing.

Right,it ain't the same......but it's still Lake Fork.