Lake Fork
Water Temperature: 60
Water Clarity: 2-3
Well, Thanksgiving is over fishing continues. Many, many fish are being caught and the crappie have once again begun to hit the jiggin spoons and Chuck-n-spins once again on a more consistent basis. Fishing has been tough on the blue-bird (high-pressure) days. I've been starting out our day fishing shallow and then hitting the deeper points and humps through-out the lake and finishing up shallow again. The best bite is still coming between 10am. and 4:00pm. In the shallow water, we're throwing white Lockhart spinnerbaits and chartreuse Bandit crankbaits. Out on the humps, we're throwing jiggin' spoons, Chuck-n-spins, and Carolina-rigged watermelon seed flukes. Colors on the 'spoons & 'spins have not been too specific on colors. The C-rig best bite has been fishing it very, very slowly. When we begin fishing the deeper water we have caught our fish in 22 to 34 feet of water. I realize that is a very wide range of water but blue-bird and colder days have caused me to go deeper in some areas that we've been fishing. On Saturday, after nearly 5 inches of rain and 3 floodgates opened I fished with repeat customers Ted Nguyen & Darrin England, we caught 2. Thats right 2! It almost qualified for my 7th day in 8 years of guiding that we have not caught a fish. Sunday, I fished with Van Qualls and we caught 11, as you can see Sunday was a little better than Satuday. Tuesday, I did a magazine article and fishing was not any better than it was on Sunday except for the size of fish that we caught (10). Thursday, I fished with Herb Frye & his son, the gates had closed on Wednesday and I really thought that fishing would be much better and it even started off that way, by putting a nice healthy 4 pounder in the boat, we ended up with a total of 9. For all of you who fished with me over this past week and are mentioned in this report, Thank You and I look forward to fishing with you all again in the future!
If I can be of more help or assistance regarding a trip or Bassin Class please contact me at 972-414-5189 / 800-965-0350 or by e-mail at FISHWJEFF@msn.com. The Fat Girls are up and can be seen at
http://www.fishinwithjeff.com and you can receive more information on my full-time guide service & "Bassin' Class." The next Bassin Class has been rescheduled for December 16th (Saturday). The class will begin at 8am. well break for lunch around 11am. and finish up as close as possible at 3pm. Cost is $75.00, including a $25.00 deposit to hold your seat, only two (3) seats remaining available. Upon completion of the class you receive a $25.00 discount towards a full day guide trip with me and a tackle pack. The first scheduled Bassin Class for 2001 is January 27th. Also, I am currently booking trips for this Fall & Winter and taking reservations for next Spring 2001. Fall is here and fishing is good and were beginning to see some really big deep-water fights take place on the end of the rods and see some very healthy Fat Girls weighed in! Remember, this time of year ITS NOT HOW MANY YOU CATCH, ITS WHAT YOU CATCH! Until next time.Good Luck & Tight-Lines!!!
