Lake Fork

[pstone]

Made it down to Lake Fork yesterday.    My guide was Jason Conn, recommended by 2 or 3 of you guys.   He was a great guy and we had a good time even though the fishing was tough.    I did get this 7 lber and another that was about 2.5.   He caught 4 with the biggest at 4.5.   I stayed at the Lake Fork resort, nothing fancy but very convenient and nice folks.     

[Quillback]

Nice fish!   We were talking about Fork today when we were out on the lake, it can be tough at times from what I hear.

[Ketchup]

Awesome that you made it down. Middle of last month we talked about heading down that next weekend, but chose a trip on the Harley instead north. 
 

I seen that picture Jason posted of you guys doubling up. Glad you got to go and caught fish. My last trip there my biggest was a 7.4 the last hour of the last day.  Trip before that i caught a 7 on the very first cast of the trip. 
 

Did you guys go back into Little Caney and check out all the gators? 

[pstone]

No, we didn't get back there.    We hit about 4 spots and spent a good amount of time graphing and searching.    It was over an hour before we put the first line in, but I appreciated Jason's efforts to make sure we weren't just hauling water.     We only threw carolina rig and big ribbontail worms.   I caught the 7 lber on a tequila sunrise 10 inch worm from V&M baits.  3/8 oz. texas rig.    I didn't catch the first fish until about 11:30 or so.

[Ketchup]

More and more people are spending at least 2 hours graphing to locate fish before they cast. It’s a great way to be successful but quite boring at the same time. Those big worms are a staple there, as well as most bodies of water this time of year. 

[Flysmallie]

Try it sometime in Feb-Mar. Then you can just locate with a big spinnerbait. 

Probably been there fifty times, but only from November to March. Never tried it in the summer. 

And I never did see any alligators! But spent most of my time in Birch or Little Mustang. Love that lake. 

[pstone]

I would like to go back there in the late Winter-early Spring timeframe.     We stayed near the lower end mostly around Mustang, Little Mustang, near Little Caney and on up near Birch Creek.    Mostly fished near main Lake points.

[Quillback]

This week's Honey Hole outdoors show was on Fork, probably filmed it a few weeks ago.  Bill Wilcox, the host, caught a good one, didn't weigh it, but I'd guess at least 8 lbs.  They also caught several in the 4-5 lb. range.  Mostly on crank baits with a few c-rig fish.

Wilcox made an interesting statement, he said Fork has been 7 feet low for a few years while the dam was being worked on, during that time a lot of brush grew up on the banks.  All that brush is flooded now and Wilcox is of the opinion that should lead to good fishing down the road.  

 

[dblades]

On 6/20/2023 at 8:28 AM, Flysmallie said:

Try it sometime in Feb-Mar. Then you can just locate with a big spinnerbait. 

Probably been there fifty times, but only from November to March. Never tried it in the summer. 

And I never did see any alligators! But spent most of my time in Birch or Little Mustang. Love that lake. 

November is a great time to fish Fork, did it many times when I was living in Louisiana.