Overall the summer bass fishing here on Lake Fork has been pretty good, but still very inconsistent, one day you will catch 25 and the next day 15. I have heard of 50 and 60 fish days lately but take away the white bass and the count for black bass would be a lot less. The bass are schooling on shad all over the lake but in smaller groups than at this time last year. Yesterday Steve Berry from Dallas fished with me, and about 10am we got in a big school of bass that were running shad to the top, this school of bass stayed on top long enough for us to put 12 in the boat in that one spot its all about timing on these schooling bass, this one spot saved the day, every bass we caught in that school came on a 1/2oz lipless Crank Bait, color Chrome and blue and a Zara Spook, most of these bass were 2 to 4 lbs and full of shad no big ones but a lot of action, we ended up with 19 for the day and one that went 7 lbs 4oz.

I have found many fish holding on deep cover in 18 to 25 feet of water, the best places have been humps, points, ridges, and roadbeds. Here are a few of the baits I been throwing lately and this is the rundown of them, for the bass that are suspended I have been using a 1/2oz white Jig with a white salty chunk trailer, and a 1/4oz Storm Swim bait, on my Carolina rig I have been using a 4 to 5 foot leader and a 1oz weight, Dragging behind it on a 3/0 hook will be a Watermelon seed Centipede or a Watermelon red Baby Brush Hog, Green pumpkin is working good to, for the schooling bass the best baits for me have been a 1/2oz lipless Crank Bait, and a Zara Spook or a Yellow Magic.

Good places to try right now are the mouth of Chaney Branch, SRA Point, and there is always bass to be caught this time of year on the 515 East and West Bridges, the bass are starting to school under the bridges in the middle of the day, they always do this time of year, also look for schooling bass around the Dallas pump station. The weather is getting hotter, but don�t let that keep you off the water, the summer fishing can be tough at times, and it can be fantastic! because you can get into some awesome schooling action! this time of year here on Lake Fork, as I always say a slow day on lake fork is a great day on most lakes. If you would like to book a guide trip you can reach me at 903-629-7699 or my Cell 903-629-5085 Web site http://www.lakeforktexasfishingreports.com

Good Fishing,
David Vance

Good info, thanks

Thanks for the report! You're right about timing on the schools but I bet it was fun boating those 12 in a few minutes while it lasted!