Five Secrets To Try Crappie Fishing Lake Fork

Lake Fork, Texas is one of the best places to be if you love crappie fishing

. This lake is so large that it covers three counties within Texas. These counties are Woods, Rains and Hopkins and if you live in one of these areas and love to crappie fish, you know just how productive this lake can be. If you've never been fishing here, you don't know what you're missing.

Lake Fork was impounded on the Sabine River in 1980 and it's around seventy feet deep and contains over twenty-seven thousand acres of water. Crappies naturally hang out around underwater structure where they can take cover and seek out baitfish. This lake is filled with trees and flooded timber that creates the perfect habitat for this species. You'll find crappies most anywhere you go fishing on this lake.

Crappie fishing is enjoyed by all types of anglers because they are a very easy species to catch. Both the black and white crappies can be caught in Lake Fork and it is an excellent place to fish if you want the opportunity to reel in a nice catch. Most anglers prefer to use ultra or light fishing rods and reels combined with four to eight pound test line when fishing for crappies.

This is because they are a small species with a small paper thin mouth. Even though the crappie can be caught easily, learning some of the secrets that the locals have learned can still increase the amount of success that you have when fishing this lake.

Five Secrets to Try Crappie Fishing Lake Fork:

1.When fishing this lake one of the first things that you should do is learn the lake. In other words, you need to know where the hotspots are and this is usually where the most structures are located such as grassbeds, rocks, ledges, trees, brush and so forth. The more information you have the easier it will be find and reel in a mess of crappie.

2. When visiting the area it's a good idea to use a guide service if you truly want to get the most out of your fishing experience. They can take you to all of the crappie hotspots and they should know which baits are the most effective at any given time. If you're new to the area, then using this service

for the first couple of times you go out will help you learn the lake faster and then you'll be ready to do some experimenting on your own.

3.When fishing Lake Fork in the spring, summer and early fall the crappie will be the most plentiful under bridges, docks and similar areas. Use minnows and crappie jigs for the best results. In the winter months the crappie will be the most plentiful near the dam and out in the deeper parts of the water.

4.The crappie will be suspending at certain depths depending on the water conditions and the season in which you're fishing. Using a depth finder will help you locate this depth mush faster and easier. Once you locate the right depth the fish will stay pretty consistent and be at the same depth throughout the lake. A depth finder will help you stay consistent as well. However, they will be at different depths on different days.

by: Daniel Eggertsen

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