Mar. 25 - Lake Fork has finally turned the corner and is ready to explode. The harsh winter has had all of us scratching our heads about fish position being as we have had a cold front every other day for three weeks. High pressure is brutal to deal with. Yesterday's trip proved to be the turning point as we had 14 fish during a half day trip, most all were over four pounds. Four of those were over six pounds. Quite entertaining. Fish are starting to show up on beds across the lake in protected pockets and the next full moon should usher in a major movement to the shallows. Flukes, senko's, texas rigs and shaky heads have all produced big fish. Use dark colors on cloudy days and watermelon red on sunny days. I am finally starting to see back up patterns develop when cold fronts drive us out of the shallow pockets.
     Main lake and secondary points are holding the larger prespawn fish and the Carolina rig is holding it's own capturing these monsters. Lizards, flukes and hyper sticks in green pumpkin or chartreuse pumpkin will get the job done and be sure to work them slowly. Main lake water temps are still in the mid fifties while the backs of the creeks are showing low to mid sixties. I foresee the spawn trailing well into late May this year but the biggest females will gang up on this next full moon. It won't be long and the shad will be spawning leading us to throw squarebills, big swimbaits and Alabama rigs to harvest the huge sows. I believe the next several weeks will be amazing so give me a call to book a trip. I still have a few days available in April and my favorite time of the year, May, still has plenty of spots available. Come join me and take a shot at the fish of a lifetime.