Fishing Lake Fork in July for bass has been on fire!! The mornings I have been fishing floating hyacinth grass that stretches out into deeper water and also Lilly pads. When sun gets up and around 10:00 am I go deep. Lots of graphing with my Lowrance Electronics, focusing on river channel swings, main lake humps, main lake points, deeper road beds and some deeper boat docks with brush piles in them. Depending on where I’m at and how the fish are set on my graph, will depend on what I throw.
For shallow water bite around the grass, I am throwing a popping frog in a Bluegill color made by SPRO, Santone swim jigs, and neko rigged trick worms. Around deeper boat docks with brush and cover, I am throwing 6th Sense L7 Movement square bill crankbait and a Scottsborro Tackle 5 inch, swimbait rigged weedless.
On off shore river channel swings, humps, roadbeds and points, I am chunking a Santone Football Jig in color Pinto Beans and Carrots with a Strike King Rage Craw as a trailer bait in color Alabama Craw to match my jig as best as I can. Also, if the fish are on the bottom, a Magnum Shaky Head with Magnum Trick Worm has been a great producer.
In the days the off shore fish are not grouped up and scattered, I am using a Santone under spin with a Scottsborro Tackle 4 inch Swimbait as trailer bait. Also a Carolina rig with a 5 ft leader and a 7 inch Mark pack Impact Fluke in color green pumpkin magic but dipping the tail in Chartreuse Garlic Dip. The glow has helped them find and hold on to the bait longer before spitting it out.
