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not huge numbers right now , fish are scattered ,,,,,but they are large
holding really deep in deep water 35 to 40 ....
fish over 3 are hitting the boat decks as i type :highfive
a guided trip might be a good idea if you dont know the lake
might get you a personal best fish :cheers2
KABOOM is the word
if your going that far having a guide show you how it's done is a great way to spend your money.
i went with a buddy who knows most of the local guides well , we chatted with Jerry Hancock and another guide to get an idea or 2Quote:
Originally Posted by hdhntr
its big lake and you need to know the seasonal patterns for sure .
Fork is on my bucket list!
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Go with Jerry ,he is for real ....no kidding aroundQuote:
Originally Posted by Redge
When do those Fork crappie start moving to the banks? My dad and I used to fish there years ago for bass and got into the Crappie once. And would love to bring him back down before he cant make the trip anymore.
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Not sure , but I will find out , I imagine around the first of March in a few spots .
On a lake that size some spots might be really early and some rather late .
Only if it was closer......I got to fish this lake once and it for sure fits my style of fishn...... Only if it was closer......
to big and stumpy .....you would end up hurting your boat ....Quote:
Originally Posted by SKs Crappie Catching Adventures
if you ever saw it when it filled up ....you wouldnt EVEN want to put your boat in it
we used to hit it when it was just opened .....it was basically just a huge forest with a bit of water in it :yikes
and still is only you cant see all the danger below now
Fork was one of my three go-to lakes in the 80's when I could trailer my boat. Once a month I would trailer my boat there and sleep in my van Friday and Saturday nights so I could spend the entire weekend fishing there.
Only lake better than Fork those days was Lake Cleburne.
I used to do a 24 hour trip every week to Fork back then Ez ....get there after dark and ketch a few hundred crappie
first light chase the 3 to 5 lb schooling black bass ....late morning until the ice chest was full was a bluegill festival
seen one of the biggest bass i ever saw alive take a giant bluegill off my buds rod right at the boat one time ...
you aint never seen 2 boys throw down there bream rods and grab the big rods THAT fast I tell ya :Rofl
Any reports on Lake Cleburne lately? I’m in Granbury but have never fished Cleburne.Quote:
Originally Posted by ezgoing
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haven't heard anything about lake pat , it stays pretty quiet down there for the most part
them local boys don't pass out information much
2 of the local guides that hit it , lie and say they went to another lake
in an effort to keep it less traveled
it is full of crappie
That’s awesome [emoji1319]Quote:
Originally Posted by Ketchn
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2/6/21
My brother and I split a trip on Fork with Todd Froebe. Todd wanted too fish LOP. I wanted a Big Fish and wanted too fish Fork.
Knew there weren't gonna be numbers, but we were on the rite Lake for a shot at a Giant. Boy they missed the forecast bad :Rofl
Fished in some Tuff Conditions, chasing roaming Spooky fish. My Lil Bro's 1st ever fork fish was a 2.22 roaming in 4' of water :scratchhead
Ended the Day with 4 over 2lbs :highfive
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in 4 foot of water ? interesting for sure ....when i hit fork a bit back our big fish was in that range as well .
we dint see none a dem 3 lb fish on our boat fur sure
congrats and KABOOM :highfive
I remember when the bass fisherman use to pile up on Fork like a rock concert. The crappie guys keep there mouths shut because they knew what would happen if the word got out. It's and amazing fishery. I can only hope Lake Bois Dar'c is just as good when it opens next year.
yep when it opened it was just us and a few locals with minnows , not hardly a soul fished for the crappie or the monster bluegillQuote:
Originally Posted by Grainraiser
good times , we would sink brush under the big bridge in the heat of the day and then swim a bit and get out and start ripping crappie as soon a we could pick up a rod right off the brush we sank while we were tied up in the shade before we swam :highfive
Now THAT is a great time! put brush down, do a lil swimming and relaxing then go back when it was cooler and get to ketchn! Man I want to do a trip to tejas to LOP, Fork and the other great crappie fisheries there.
we actually needed to swim by that part of the day , 2 mid 20eez guys been ketchn fish for 15 or 20 hours after we worked an 8 hour shift and then hit it as soon as we could hook up the boat and go ....was pretty ripe in the boat right after lunch on them trips :RoflQuote:
Originally Posted by hdhntr
It was an outstanding crappie lake when they had the big aerator going by the dam.Quote:
Originally Posted by Slab Apprentice
I made a trip down there in 2007 when I moved back to Texas. Game warden came up to me where i was launching my boat told me I should not go out on the lake in my boat. He stated it was too dangerous for small boats to be on the lake, that 2-3 people were ran over by the cigar boats each year there. He stated they would power up at the dam, get to full speed 1/2 down the lake and then throttle back to be slow enough to turn around at the bridge to do the same thing back to the dam.
That lake is too small for power boats to operate safely, so I asked him why the city allowed big power boats on the lake, given how small the lake is. He pointed to all the big houses on the North shore of the lake. He stated those boys paid so much in property tax that the city allowed them to do whatever they wanted to do.
I took his advice and left. Haven't been back there since then.
Dang that is a small lake for that kind of stuff. Thanks.Quote:
Originally Posted by ezgoing
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If I were to hit cleburne right now there is a big rounded point on the east end of the dam as I remember. Would be a good place to start.
the lake has had numerous condos put in by the state along the dam .
its a producer of eater size fish for sure .
How's the water looking on Fork? Headed down in a week and 1/2.
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they have been on them really shallow for about a week now
4 to 6 fow and in numbers
the 3 lb fish seem elusive but there are high numbers of 2.5 fish hitting the boat decks for sure .
close to that area is really good in the spring time for sure :fishQuote:
Originally Posted by Fridays86