With main lake water temps still around 51, the major spawn won't take place until middle April and trail well into May. As of this week, the far back reaches of some creeks have had 60 plus degree water temps ushering in the first signs of bed fish. The full moon has drawn most fish to staging areas just off the flats around secondary points. A c-rig, drop shot or shaky head will be the ticket for the next couple of weeks. Lizards, flukes or baby brush hogs will work fine, dark colors on cloudy days and watermelon red on sunny days. Once the water temps reach 60 at the mouths of main lake pockets, throw a shallow running crankbait to score the trophy of a lifetime. Once the water reaches 70 degrees, the shad will spawn and huge swimbaits will be the ticket.
I am still currently catching cruising fish on traps, squarebills and chatterbaits on grass lines just outside of spawning areas. It won't be long, all bass will be shallow and the fun will begin. Also, I finally started catching bass on the wood this past Sunday. Jigs, shaky heads, texas rigs and drop shots will all work around shallow stumps. Contact me at the link below if you would like to take part in the action.
David Ozio
Lake Fork Guide
http://www.lakeforkfishingguideservice.com/
Lake Fork Fishing Report 3-16-14
Bass fishing for smallmouth and largemouth bass. Tell us about your Lunker!
-
- Minnow
- Posts: 8
- Joined: Thu Jan 30, 2014 10:13 pm
Post Reply
1 post
• Page 1 of 1
Return to “Largemouth and Smallmouth Bass”
Jump to
- General Discussion and Announcements
- ↳ Announcements
- ↳ General Discussion
- ↳ New Member Introductions
- ↳ Forum related questions/comments
- Fishing
- ↳ Fishing Reports
- ↳ Fishing Videos and Productions
- ↳ General Fishing Discussion
- ↳ Fish Stories and Humor
- ↳ Fishermen's Trading Post
- ↳ Salt Water Fishing
- ↳ Stripers / Rockfish
- ↳ Surf and Pier Fishing
- ↳ Inshore Saltwater Fishing
- ↳ Deep Sea Fishing
- ↳ Fresh Water Fishing
- ↳ Catfish
- ↳ Trout and Salmon
- ↳ Largemouth and Smallmouth Bass
- ↳ Crappie
- ↳ Hybrid White Bass
- ↳ Fish Recipes and Dishes
- ↳ Fishing Charters and Guides
- ↳ Boats, Motors and Boating Hardware
- ↳ Boating Electronics
- Rich Lindgren's Bass Fishing Forum
- ↳ Bassin' Talk With Rich Lindgren
- ↳ Conservation and Tournament Announcements
- Kayak Fishing
- ↳ Kayak Fishing Basics
- ↳ Saltwater Kayak Fishing
- ↳ FreshWater Kayak Fishing
- Hunting and Camping
- ↳ General Hunting and Camping Discussion
- ↳ Hunting Videos and Productions
- ↳ Hunter's Trading Post
- ↳ Hunting stories and Humor
- ↳ Big Game Hunting
- ↳ Small Game Hunting
- ↳ Game Recipes
- ↳ Hunting Guides, Lodges and Clubs
- Maglite Flashlights
- ↳ Maglite Flashlight Questions, Comments and Discussion
- ↳ Flashlight Parts Requests (Maglite and others)
- Outdoors Websites, SEO and Computer Hardware/Software
- ↳ Your website and Search Engine Optimization
- ↳ Link trade - Reciprocol linking
- ↳ Software and Hardware Help Forum