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Lake Fork Fishing Report: Springtime Action and Trophy Potential

Lake Fork Fishing Report: Springtime Action and Trophy Potential

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 Howdy folks, this is Artificial Lure with your Saturday Lake Fork fishing report for May 24, 2025. If you’re looking for some springtime action, you’ve picked a fine day—conditions are setting up just right for a memorable trip.

Sunrise hit right around 6:15 AM and sunset will be close to 8:15 PM, so there’s ample daylight to chase those famous Lake Fork bass. The weather’s classic East Texas May: warm mornings that heat up quick, with a touch of humidity lingering over the water. The lake’s just a hair above pool, and water temps are running between 69 and 78 degrees, ticking hotter late in the day as this recent warm stretch keeps on[1][2][3].

The bite’s solid with fish active in all stages of the spawn—some bass are still shallow, some guarding fry, and others already pushing to deeper water. Early mornings have been lights-out in the shallows, especially where shad are up spawning. Look for bass feeding aggressively on main and secondary points, particularly around pondweed and submerged grass. A white or black buzzbait, frog, or walking topwater will get you explosive strikes at first light. After the sun climbs, squarebill crankbaits and wacky-rigged soft plastics in three to six feet around wood and shallow cover have been producing steady numbers[3][4][5].

As the day rolls on, move out to secondary points in 8 to 16 feet and target bass with Carolina rigs, big ribbon-tail worms, or deep-diving crankbaits. Keep your eye out for bird activity—blue herons and gulls can tip you off to the last pockets of shad spawn. For numbers, focus on spots like Little Caney Creek and the points around Mustang and Williams Creek. If you’re trophy hunting, the edges of big main lake points near the dam and the roadbeds by the 515 bridge have given up a few heavyweights lately[3][4].

Crappie are moving deeper but some keepers are still hanging around brush piles in 12 to 18 feet, especially early. Chartreuse and white jigs have been the best bet. Catfish are shallow and hitting well on cut bait and punch bait throughout the lake’s coves and creek mouths.

Hot spots today: try the mouth of Little Caney at sunrise for a quick limit, or slide over to Mustang Creek mid-morning to intercept bass moving out. Don’t overlook the deeper channel swings at the main lake points later in the afternoon.

Best baits right now: white or black buzzbaits, popping frogs, squarebill cranks in shad or chartreuse, wacky Senkos, Carolina rigs with watermelon or plum worms, and XD 5-6 deep cranks. For crappie, go with chartreuse jigs, and for cats, you can’t go wrong with punch bait.

That’s your Lake Fork report for today. Good luck out there, and if you hook a monster, send me a picture. Tight lines, y’all[1][2][3][4][5].
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