Lake Fork Weekly Fishing Report (October 17-23)

By JOHN MORRIS
Posted 10/26/16

Well, fall is here and the weather patterns are changing on a regular basis. This week had brisk north winds only to see them changing to the south Saturday.

What does that mean for the fishermen …

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Lake Fork Weekly Fishing Report (October 17-23)

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Well, fall is here and the weather patterns are changing on a regular basis. This week had brisk north winds only to see them changing to the south Saturday.

What does that mean for the fishermen here at Lake Fork? Well, you will have to be really flexible on what fishing techniques you will use and where you can fish, including what ramps to safely launch your boat. Point in fact, when the north winds were howling Wednesday and Thursday I put down my wacky worm rod and picked up my Duckett 7’3’’ Texas rig worm rod and fished a Zoom watermelon/red Mag II worm and continued to catch fish. The Santone swim jig also worked very well as the water temperatures started to fall.

On Saturday the winds switched back to the south which allowed us to return to the wacky worm technique. We did, however, change colors of Zoom trick worms from chartreuse/pumpkin to California 420 that we were using to wacky rig. It is noted that a lot of small fish are being caught on a drop shot rig in the timber near old pad fields.

The white bass are still spread out and that is due to the water temperatures still being in the mid-70s. We did manage to catch a few on Joe Spaits chrome with red eyes Flashtail spoon. Creek channels of 18 feet are a good place to look for them.

The crappie fishing continues to get better. Numerous good crappies are being caught on mylar with orange tail 1/16 ounce crappie jigs. They are starting to really relate to brush piles in 11-18 feet of water. Have fun!

The catfish fishermen had a tough time in the middle of the week due to the north winds. They did better Friday and Saturday in 22-28 feet of water using punch bait and cut bait around baited trees.