Fall Bite is On at Lake Fork - Largemouth, Crappie, Cats Biting Strong

Artificial Lure here with your September 26th, 2025, Lake Fork fishing report. It’s a clear, early fall morning with just a hint of chill—perfect fishing conditions as we roll into the first real cool spell of the year. Sunrise hit at 7:11 am and sunset’s set for 7:15 pm, which gives us that prime low-light window bass anglers love.

The forecast shows partly cloudy skies, highs pushing up around 84°F, and a light wind from the southwest, gusting now and then but nothing to keep you off the main lake. Humidity’s manageable and no storms on the radar, so it’s going to be a busy one on the water.

Tides aren’t much of a factor for Lake Fork—freshwater, after all—but with the cooling trend and stable weather, fish activity’s been ticking up, especially in the mornings and late afternoons.

Now, the bite: Largemouth bass are still king here, and folks this week have pulled in solid numbers with a few fish pushing double digits. Nothing to break the lake’s all-time record today—Barry StClair’s 18.18-pounder from 1992 still stands according to the latest Texas Parks and Wildlife all-tackle records—but there’s no shortage of quality 3- to 7-pounders mixed in, especially around deep wood and classic creek channels. Some recent buzz about big fish at Caney Point and Mustang Creek, so those are your hot spots.

Most anglers have been getting results on shad-patterned deep-diving crankbaits and medium Carolina rigs worked over points and ledges. Work ’em slow and steady—fish are chasing but want a little coaxing. Topwater early and late is solid too, with walking baits or poppers drawing aggressive blowups around the grass and shallow timber at first and last light.

If it’s numbers you’re after, white bass have schooled up mid-lake and are chasing shad, easy to spot by bird activity. Slab spoons and small swimbaits are the ticket—just follow the birds and enjoy the action.

Crappie fishing’s picking up with the dropping temps. Folks vertical jigging brush piles in 14-20 feet are reporting good catches of slab crappie, many up to 2 pounds. Best baits are small jigs in chartreuse or natural shad colors. Drop ’em slow and don’t be shy about working the stickups deeper than usual.

Catfish are making a strong fall showing too, especially at night and early morning. Use cut shad or stinkbait down deep near creek mouths and channel bends. Some blues over 20 pounds have come out in recent days, especially on trotlines and heavier rod-and-reel setups.

If you’re bringing kids or just want some fast action, bream and sunfish are still biting off docks and riprap on garden worms and crickets.

To sum up your top choices:
- For big bass, work the deep trees off Caney Point and ledges near Mustang Creek with shad cranks, Carolina rigs, and jumbo soft plastics.
- Chase white bass under the birds in the main basin with spoons and swimbaits.
- Target crappie on deep brush and timber with small jigs.
- Set baits deep for big blue cats if you want to test your string.

Best baits right now: shad imitations, chartreuse jigs for crappie, cut bait for catfish, and worms for the panfish.

Thanks for tuning in to today’s Lake Fork Report. Be sure to subscribe so you never miss an update—tight lines and happy fishing!

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Artificial lore. Here with your September twenty sixth, twenty twenty
five Lake Fork Fishing report. It's a clear early fall
morning with just a hint of chill, perfect fishing conditions
as we roll into the first real cool spell of
the year. Sunrise hit at seven eleven a m and
sunset set for seven to fifteen pm, which gives us
that prime low light window bass angler's love. The fore

(00:22):
cast shows partly cloudy skies, high's pushing up around eighty
four degrees fahrenheit and a light wind from the southwest
gusting now and then, but nothing to keep you off
the main lake. Humidities manageable, and no storms on the radar,
so it's going to be a busy one on the water.
Tides aren't much of a factor for Lake Fork fresh
water after all, but with the cooling trend and stable weather,

(00:45):
fish activity has been ticking up, especially in the mornings
and late afternoons now the bite Largemouth bass are still
king here and folks this week have pulled in solid numbers,
with a few fish pushing double digits. Nothing to break
the lake's all time record today Barry's Declar's eighteen point
one to eight pounder from nineteen ninety two still stands

(01:06):
according to the latest Texas Parks and Wildlife All Tackle records,
but there's no shortage of quality three to seven pounders
mixed in, especially around deep Wood and Classic Creek channels.
Some recent buzz about big fish at Caney Point and
Mustang Creek, so those are your hot spots. Most anglers
have been getting results on shad pattern deep diving crank

(01:26):
baits and medium Carolina rigs worked over points and ledges.
Work them slow and steady. Fish are chasing, but won
a little coaxing. Top water early and late is solid too,
with walking baits or poppers drawing aggressive blow ups around
the grass and shallow timber at first and last light.
If it's numbers you're after. White bass have schooled up
mid lake and are chasing shad. Easy to spot by

(01:49):
bird activity. Slab spoons and small swim baits of the ticket.
Just follow the birds and enjoy the action. Crappy fishings
picking up with the dropping temps. Folks vertical jigging brush
piles from fourteen to twenty feet are reporting good catches
of slab crappy, many up to two pounds. Best baits
are small jigs and chartreuse or natural shad colors. Drop

(02:10):
them slow and don't be shy about working the stick
ups deeper than usual. Catfish are making a strong fall
showing two especially at night and early morning. Use cut
shed or stink bait down deep near creek mouths and
channel bends. Some blues over twenty pounds have come out
in recent days, especially on trotlines and heavier rod reel setups.
If you're bringing kids or just want some fast action.

(02:33):
Bream and sunfish are still biting off docks and rip
wrap on garden runs and crickets. To sum up your
top choices for big bass, work the deep trees off
Kney Point and ledges near Mustang Creek with shad cranks,
Carolina rigs and jumbo soft plastics. Chase white bass under
the birds in the main basin with spoons and swim baits.

(02:53):
Target crappy on deep brush and timber with small jigs.
Set baits deep for big blue cats. If you want
to test your string best baits right now, shad imitations
Chartru's jigs for crappy, cut bait for catfish, and worms
for the panfish. Thanks for tuning in to today's lake
Fork report. Be sure to subscribe so you never miss
an update. Tight lines and happy fishing. This has been

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