Lake Fork Trophy Bass Fishing Report
Submitted May 16, 2009
By Lake Fork Guide James Caldemeyer
Post-spawn fishing on Lake Fork is really kicking into gear! Whether it is top water fishing or hitting the deep structure with Carolina-rigs, now's the time to get in on some great fishing! May is just the start of the feeding frenzy and you can only expect it to get better as we get into June.
We have continued to get plenty of rain and has the lake up about 7" above pool. This is great going into the summer months! The water clarity has been clear in most areas with some stained water in the backs of the creeks from run off and windy days. Surface temperatures are in the low to mid 70's.
If you like explosive surface action now is the time to get out to Lake Fork! I know there is not much more exciting of a bite for me than a big fish blowing up on top and on Lake Fork it sounds like someone throwing a bowling ball in the lake. The top water bite has been very good and on yellow magics, buzz baits, and frogs early. There are plenty of lily pads, shallow grass beds, and an abundance of new shallow cover for the skinny water bass to hide in. Cloudy overcast days have been real good! When the surface action slows down, I have been switching over to a wacky worm, fluke or shallow running crank bait to pick up a few more fish. There are still some fish on the beds and plenty guarding fry. Working these baits over grass beds in 2-8 foot has been the key. Best colors are any watermelon color, green pumpkin on plastics and shad or baby bass patterns for the crank baits.
The deep water fishing has really picked up and we are catching good numbers of quality fish in 18-32 feet of water. Points, humps, roadbeds, pond dams or ridges are good areas to start looking. The biggest contributor to locating these schools of big post spawn bass has been my new Lowrance HDS electronics. I am running the HDS 5's which is plenty sufficient and man are these new units powerful! If any of you have been waiting for the software update for these units to become compatible to the Navionics chip, you can go to Lowrances website and get the update. Carolina rigs have been my primary weapon for targeting these schools of deep fish. I have been throwing a 7'6" heavy rod, 1 oz. weight and a 4-5 foot leader with a 3/0 wide gap hook. Best baits have been centipedes, baby ring frys, and a 6-8" lizard in pumpkin/chart, watermelon red or chart pepper. DD 22's in baby bass or shad patterns has been good lately too on suspended fish as well as the big flutter spoons.
If you are planning to head to Lake Fork this summer and would like to book a guided trip, I still have a some dates in late July or August available. Feel free to shoot me an email at lakeforktrophybass@yahoo.com or you can reach me by phone at (903)736-9888 to make your reservations. You can also go to my website at www.officiallakeforktrophybass.com I want to thank you all of my sponsors for their continued support and quality products as well as to my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ for His love, grace, and forgiveness. Without Him and His blood on the cross there would be no hope for any of us!
Read - 2 Corinthians 5:14,15
Tight Lines and God Bless,
James Caldemeyer
