Lake Fork Fishing Report: Bass, Crappie, and More for September 14, 2025

Good morning anglers, this is Artificial Lure coming to you with your Lake Fork fishing report for Sunday, September 14th, 2025.

Weather at sunrise, 6:57 AM, was mild and humid, with calm winds and temps near 71°F, heading to a high of 89°F by mid-afternoon. Expect a partly cloudy sky, and winds out of the south at 5–8 mph. Sun sets tonight at 7:26 PM, giving us a long day of good light for working the banks and deep cuts. Lake Fork sits well above 400 feet elevation, so while tides don’t affect it, keep an eye on recent rains—water clarity’s good, with slight stain in the creeks and backwaters.

Bass activity has ramped up with the recent cool dawns. The big girls are starting their shift toward fall patterns, feeding heavy early in the day. Shad are schooling up near creek mouths and main lake points, drawing largemouth bass in tight. Texas Parks and Wildlife records show healthy bass populations with stringers up to 9-plus pounds checked in just last week. Most catches are coming in around the 2–6 lb range, with the occasional 8-pounder rolled up from deep timber or hydrilla beds.

Top baits right now include **black and blue creature baits**, chrome and white crankbaits, and the ever-reliable watermelon red fluke. Don't overlook throwing a chartreuse or sexy shad colored squarebill over wind-blown points. If you’re out at first light, moving baits like a white spinnerbait or walking topwater—think Zara Spook or Whopper Plopper—are hammering fish near the grass and edges. By noon, soft plastics like Senkos and Trick Worms fished weightless or with a light Texas rig around laydowns pick up steady bites. The pros are still picking off quality fish on magnum shaky heads in 12–18 feet off main lake humps.

For crappie, Lake Fork’s producing best near the bridges and channel drops. Use live minnows or electric chicken jigs set 18–22 feet down. Several slabs over 2 pounds were caught this week. Brush piles at Little Mustang Creek and Caney Point are crappie magnets.

Catfish remain active in 22–28 foot holes—punch bait, cut shad, or chicken livers are the ticket. Blue cats up to 18 pounds came off points near the dam, with steady channel cats on the usual nightcrawler rigs. Aim for deep water with some current.

Best hot spots right now:
- **Main Lake Points near Caney Creek**: morning bass busting shad and big crappie schools stacked on brush.
- **Little Mustang Creek timber line**: midday bite for largemouth with soft plastics and the occasional monster off standing timber.

If you're looking for something different, bowfishing has been solid for big carp and gar along the northeast shallows.

Bite windows are strongest from sunrise to 11 AM, then again right before sunset. With the water still warm, fish are hugging cover and moving up shallow on shady banks, so cover water until you find ’em. There’s no sign of turnover yet, so expect steady summer and early fall patterns to hold another week.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Good morning, anglers. This is artificial war coming to you
with your lake Fork fishing report for Sunday, September fourteenth,
twenty twenty five. Whether at sunrise six fifty seven am
was mild and humid, with calm winds and temperatures near
seventy one degrees fahrenheit, heading to a high of eighty
nine degrees fahrenheit by mid afternoon. Expect a partly cloudy

(00:22):
sky and winds out of the south at five to
eight miles per hour, catching sunsets tonight at seven twenty
six pm, giving us a long day of good light
for working the banks. In deep cuts make fork sits
well above four hundred feet elevation, so while tides don't
affect it, keep an eye on recent rains. Water clarity

(00:43):
is good with water clarities metal and mass all around
the country A and B water clarity. The big girls
are starting their shift toward fall patterns, feeding heavy early
in the day, chatter scooling up near creek mounts and
Maine lake points, drawing large now f bats and tight
Texas Parks and wildlife records show healthy bass populations with

(01:05):
stringers up to nine plus pounds checked in just last week.
Most catches are coming in around the two to six
pound range, with the occasional eight pounder rolled up from
deep timber or hydrilla beds. Top baits right now include
black and blue creature baits, chrome and white crank baits,
and the ever reliable watermelon red fluke. Don't overlook throwing

(01:28):
at chure truze or sexy shad colored square bill over
wind blown points. If you're out at first light moving
baits like a white spinner bait or walking top water
think Zara spook or wopper plopper are hammering fish near
the grass and edges by noon. Soft plastics like sencos

(01:49):
and trickworms fished weightless or with a light texas rig
around laydowns pick up steady bites. The pros are still
picking off quality fish on magnum shaky heads in twelve
to eighteen feet off main lake humps. For crappy lake
forks producing best near the bridges and channel drops, use

(02:10):
live minnows or electric chicken jigs set eighteen to twenty
two feet down. Several slabs over two pounds were caught
this week. Brush piles at Little Mustang Creek and Caney
Point are crappy magnets. Catfish remain active in twenty two
to twenty eight foot holes. Punch bait, cutshad or chicken
livers are the ticket. Blue cats up to eighteen pounds

(02:32):
came off points near the dam with steady channel cats
on the usual nightcrawler rakes aim for deep water, with
some current best hotspots right now, main like points near
Kenney Creek. Morning bass busting shad and big crappy schools
stacked on brush, midday byte for largemouth creek timberline, midday

(02:52):
bite for large mouth with soft plastics, and the occasional
monster off standing timber if you're looking for something different.
Bowfishing has been solid for big carp and gar along
the northeast shallows. Bite windows are strongest from sunrise to
eleven am, then again right before sunset. With the water
still warm, fish are hugging cover and moving up shallow

(03:15):
on shady banks, so cover water until you find them.
There's no sign of turnover yet, so expect steady summer
and early fall patterns to hold another week. That wraps
up your lake Fork update. Thanks for tuning in, Be
safe out there, and remember subscribe for more reports and tips.

(03:35):
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