Fork Fishing Report

Dec 3, 2025

FAIR. normal stain; 57 degrees; 2.52 feet below pool. The morning bass bite has slowed but is fair with chatterbaits around clumps of grass or lipless crankbaits in the flats. Suspending jerkbaits have been fair on the outside edge of grass and around big wood. Viper XP jigs are also good on big stumps in 3-6 feet. Carolina rigs are fair on points and road beds in 12-20 feet. Report by Marc Mitchell, Mitchell's Guide Service. Black Bass are feeding in the backs of creeks and coves. Cooler nights have dropped water temperatures and bass are cruising the shallows. Streamers are enticing bass early and late in the day. Bream are shallow, try small hoppers. Sand bass are schooling mid-lake. Report by Guide Alex Guthrie, Fly Fish Fork Guide Service. Lake Fork crappie fishing is about as hot as it has ever been going into the last week of November. Fast limits of crappie can be caught off all kinds of structure. The lake has tons of keeper sized black crappie congregated on brush piles, tire reefs, underwater bridges, regular bridges, road beds, humps, points, ledges and timber. Lots of big white crappie are on deeper timber and some brush piles in 14-40 feet of water. Crappie will bite anything you put in front of them as they feed hard and fatten up for the coming cold water. Small hand tied jigs, minnows and soft plastics are producing catches. This winter should continue to be some very good crappie fishing and a great time to fill your freezer up. Report by Jacky Wiggins, Jacky Wiggins Guide Service.

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