Fishing at Fork has been real steady as far as numbers and size goes. Now that McDonalds is over, and their heads are done ringing from all the boat traffic, I look for the fish to go back to the pattern that they were on previous to the tournament.
I have been starting out shallow around points with grass and lilly pads with grass around them with 2 type baits. First is a topwater bait such as a Blue Shad buzzbait by Nichols Lures http://www.nicholslures.com and or a pop’r type bait such as Yellow Magics or chug bugs. Work these baits over the top off the grass and hang on! These strikes are the ones your looking for when fishing topwaters. The other bait for fishing shallow around the grass has been a Fluke or GrandeBass Rattlesnake http://www.grandebass.com in Watermelon or Watermelon / Chart.. I have been putting a light split shot a foot above the bait to give it a little more action on its fall into the grass, and feel this has helped catch a few more fish in doing so.
After mid-morning, I have been heading out a little deeper and graphing secondary and main lake points for fish holding in groups from 15 to 25 ft. in depth. Im using a Lowrance 113c HD to help find these fish. This graph will show you EXACTLY whats down there. After finding these fish, I am using a Carolina Rigged GrandeBass Rattlesnake in Watermelon, Watermelon Chart., and Chart. Pepper. The Watermelon Chart. Rattlesnake helped me land a 10.11 lbs. last Tuesday along with several other fish up to 7 lbs.. Another bait that has been doing good on the C-rigs is a 6 in. Zoom Trick Worm in Green Pumpkin. The other set-up is a Texas Rigged Zoom Ol Monster worm in Plum and Black Emerald. This bait has been very consistant with catching mainly slot fish. Im fishing both of these on 7 ft. Heavy Helium II rods by Kistler Rods http://www.kistlerrods.com with a 1 oz. weight on the Carolina Rig with a 5 ft. leader, and a 1/4 to 1/2 oz. weight on the Texas Rigged worms. Remeber to still check your normal humps, roadbeds, and ledges, because many fish are still relating to them.
Some fish are starting to move back in the creeks following the bait, so I have caught some fish in the middle to back halfs of creeks on Texas rigged Creature type baits and worms fished next to timber and in the grass.
Hope this helps, and look forward to seeing you out on the water.
Chris Sinkey
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