Video - Lake Fork Bass Fishing Report - Summer Crankbait Bass Fishing Tips - Technique and Tackle for Lipless and Deep Diving Crankbaits




Hello friends, I hope everyones summertime fishing trips are going great! 2013 has been one of the best fishing seasons I have seen since moving to Lake Fork almost 10 years ago. We have caught both good numbers and good size bass on nearly every trip this season, many of these fish have been caught on crankbaits. During this time of year I like to throw crankbaits in both shallow and deep water to trigger reaction strikes from these pressured bass. In shallow water I like to fan cast lipess crankbaits in 3-6 ft. Focus on main lake flats and points that have large areas of submerged grass and quick access to deeper water. This is especially effective early in the am, late in the evening, or all day long on cloudy or rainy days. For offshore fishing I will throw a deep diving crankbait on main lake points, humps, roadbeds, pond dams, and creek channel ledges in 12-18 ft. Make sure to pay careful attention to your electronics as you idle over these structures as they will clearly show you these active schools of bass. Check out the below video to see more tips for summertime crankbaits. Thank you for watching and for all of your comments. I hope this short video helps some of you learn more about crankbait fishing! Make sure to "LIKE" my Facebook Fan Page for Lake Fork news, photos, tips, videos, and more! www.facebook.com/mylakeforkguide




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Fishing Report from TPWD (Apr. 23)

GOOD. Water Stained; 63 degrees; 0.25 feet below pool. Bass fishing has been slow with some early morning catching near areas with the shad spawn using DieZel chatterbaits. Once bass move off the shore, switch to squarebill crankbaits in 3-5 feet, or Yum dingers and flukes around grass, and frogs in the grass. Report by Marc Mitchell, Lake Fork Guide Service. Black bass are post spawn and the top water bite is on! Frog patterns are working in the shallow vegetation. The crappie are moving shallow, small clousers are producing well. Large bream have moved shallow, wooly buggers are producing good fish. Channel catfish are cruising 2-4 feet biting clousers. Report by Guide Alex Guthrie, Fly Fish Fork Guide Service. The crappie fishing on Lake Fork is moving rapidly into the post spawn pattern. Fish are loading up on brush piles, ledges, underwater bridges, road beds, bridges and post spawn trees in 14-25 feet. The fish are hungry after the spawn and they will bite just about anything you out in front of them. We are having great luck with small hand tied jigs but minnows and soft plastics will also work for the next few months until water temps heat way up. Seeing a lot of small fish this year mixed in so some days you will catch and release a lot of short fish. Report by Jacky Wiggins, Jacky Wiggins Guide Service.

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