Lake Fork Fishing Report for December 12, 2013 from Andrew Grills




My favorite time of year has finally arrived! Fishing was very good throughout the month of November for me. While we didn't catch a lot of giant fish, we had some very good days for numbers of quality fish. Naturally, things slowed down after the last week of November where we had extremely cold weather for this time of year. The good news is that drop in water temperature is exactly what we needed and now the bass seem to be recuperating. I love fishing in cold water because it usually means big bites! Of course our overall numbers decrease, but the quality will be there. This winter is looking like it will be a cold one like the one we had a couple years ago. We caught a lot of big bass in very cold water that year, so I am excited about this one. Right now we are catching most of our bass in 24-30' of water. Each day I look at a series of spots until I find them. When I do, I have a flutter spoon, umbrella rig, carolina rig, and football jig to throw at them. Most of our fish over 7lbs have been on Mark Pack's weedless football jig. The type of structure these fish are relating to are the ends of points, edges of humps, and roadbeds. I am pitching jigs to standing timber near ledges in 12-20' of water as well. The jig pattern will produce throughout the winter months. I am also very proud to announce that I just placed my order for a 2014 Skeeter FX20! I had the honor to meet the nice folks at the Skeeter factory right down the road in Kilgore, TX. I felt like part of the family when I walked through the door. Words cannot describe how thankful I am that I get to do what I do for a living! My office is getting a big upgrade for 2014! Andrew Grills (903) 638-1170




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Lake Fork Weather Forecast

Friday

Sunny

Hi: 89

Friday Night

Clear

Lo: 66

Saturday

Mostly Sunny

Hi: 91

Saturday Night

Mostly Clear

Lo: 68

Sunday

Sunny

Hi: 93

Sunday Night

Mostly Clear

Lo: 66

Monday

Sunny

Hi: 89

Monday Night

Clear

Lo: 62


Lake Fork Water Level (last 30 days)


Water Level on 10/5: 401.15 (-1.85)



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Fishing Report from TPWD (Oct. 2)

GOOD. Water Stained; 81 degrees; 1.74 feet below pool. The lake is turning over on the upper east and west arms. Early morning bite is good on topwaters and flukes, and yum dingers around grass. Carolina rigs and Texas rigs are good on points and humps in 7-12 feet. Deep crankbaits are fair over brush piles and roadbeds. Report by Marc Mitchell, Lake Fork Guide Service. Bass are aggressive on top water and shallow. Windy banks can provide schooling action so be ready with a small top water or streamer. Catfish are shallow around boat houses. Bream are excellent in the shallows, wooly buggers and small poppers should bring a strike. Report by Guide Alex Guthrie, Fly Fish Fork Guide Service. The Lake Fork crappie fishing continues to be excellent as we head into fall. You can find fish in a very large range of depths from 12-40 feet. Timber still has some great white crappie if you cover water and pick off those fish. Brush piles are holding decent numbers with a combination of white and black crappie. You can find black crappie on underwater road beds and bridges. We should see more and more black crappie on the tops of timber in deeper water over the next month. Minnows are a great bait but we did catch fish on small hand tied jigs this week. Soft plastics will work and that bite will get better as water cools off. The catfish bite is on fire in 18-28 feet around timber along creek channels. These fish are following bait migrations and will load up under your boat as you begin to fish. They will even elevate off the bottom as they load up so you can fish up and down the water column to find the larger fish. Use any prepared bait of choice to catch this fish. Using some cattle cubes or sour grain will attract and hold even more fish. Report by Jacky Wiggins, Jacky Wiggins Guide Service.

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