Late September Fishing Frenzy on Legendary Lake Fork in Texas

Artificial Lure reporting in from Lake Fork, Texas, Saturday, September 27th, and y’all—fall has truly started to settle in. Air temps are cool in the morning, low 60s before sunrise, but we’ll climb up to the low 80s by afternoon with light southeast winds. Skies are mostly clear today, making for ideal fishing weather. The sunrise hit at 7:13 a.m. and sunset will drop at 7:14 p.m.—giving us a full day to cast, flip, and drag everything in the box.

Lake Fork’s water temps are dropping, most areas showing 77–79 degrees at first light and ticking up a notch or two as the sun burns off that fog. That hints at big bass starting their fall transition. Lake Fork, Texas Fishing Report – Daily reports a hot September bite, and that theme absolutely continues today. Shad have moved shallow, and you’ll see bass crashing schools around mainlake points and creek channels.

Results from folks out this week are nothing short of classic Lake Fork: bass in the 3- to 5-pound range caught with frequency, and several over 7 pounds were landed yesterday, most notably near the mouth of Little Caney and at the old 515 bridge. Crappie are stacking up on brush piles in 18–22 feet, and a few big blue cats have shown on fresh cut shad near Wolf Creek.

As for lures, today is prime time for topwaters in the morning—bone colored walking baits and buzzbaits have been dynamite on windblown banks and over submerged grass. As the sun climbs, switch to soft plastic flukes and paddle tail swimbaits in shad or watermelon red. Don’t overlook pitching a black and blue jig around timber or deeper docks, especially after 10 a.m.; big post-frontal females are biting in the shade. For crappie, the go-to is a 1/8 oz. chartreuse jig or a live minnow near brush piles. Catfishermen have had luck with cut bait and chicken liver on the flats, especially in the colder dawn hours.

Some real Lake Fork hot spots for today: hit the west side of the Big Mustang Creek arm right after sun-up—shad are thick and it’s holding some real donkeys. The old roadbed near the SRA point is also firing, lots of bass pushing bait there, especially if you find any wind. Don’t hesitate to check mid-lake humps, like the ones just out from Lacy’s Camp; bass are schooling on top and hitting a chrome lipless crank.

For those who chase monster bass, you’ll want to keep a Carolina-rigged Trick Worm or a big flutter spoon handy at 20–24 feet, especially if you see schooling activity on the graph. If the bite slows late-morning, slow roll a deep-diving crankbait in shad pattern—for several days, that’s been snagging bonus bass and even a few accidental sandies.

There’s no tides to track here, but daily water level is holding steady near full pool, with decent clarity across the mainlake. Boat traffic has been light, so you’ll have room to work those spots.

Lake Fork in late September is famous for huge catches, and with this weather and bait movement, today is on track. Tackle up, be safe on the timber, and swing for the fences because any cast could be the one.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Artificial liure. Reporting in from Lake Fork, Texas, Saturday, September
twenty seven, and y'all, fall has truly started to settle
in air. Temperatures are cool in the morning, low sixties
before sunrise, but we'll climb up to the low eighties
by afternoon with light southeast winds. Skies are mostly clear today,
making for ideal fishing weather. The sunrise hit at seven

(00:22):
thirteen am and sunset will drop at seven fourteen pm,
giving us a full day to cast, flip, and drag
everything in the box. Lake Fork's water temps are dropping
most areas, showing seventy seven seventy nine degrees at first
light and ticking up a notch or two as the
sun burns off that fog that hints at big bass

(00:42):
starting their fall transition. Lake Fork, Texas Fishing Report Daily
reports a hot September bite, and that theme absolutely continues today.
Shadow move shallow and you'll see bass crashing schools around
main lake points and creek channels. Results from folks out
there this week are nothing short of classic Lake Fork

(01:03):
Bass in the three to five pound range caught with frequency,
and several over seven pounds were landed yesterday. Most notably
near the mouth of Little Caney and at the old
five to one five bridge. Crappier stacking up on brush
piles in eighteen twenty two feet and a few big
blue cats have shown on fresh cut shad near Wolf Creek.

(01:24):
As for lures, today is prime time for top waters.
In the morning, bone colored walking baits and buzz baits
had been dynamite on wind blown banks and over submerged
grass as the sun climbs switch to soft plastic flukes
and paddle tail swim baits and shad are watermelon red.
Don't overlook pitching a black and blue jig around timber

(01:46):
or deeper docks, especially after ten am. Big post frontal
females are biting in the shade. For crappye, the go
to is a one eighth outs chartruse jid or a
live minnow near brush piles that fishermen have had luck
with cut bait and chicken liver on the flats, especially
in the colder dawn hours. Some real Lake Fork hot

(02:07):
spots for today hit the west side of the Big
Mustang Creek arm right after sun up. Shatter thick and
it's holding some real donkeys. The old roadbed near the
SRA point is also firing lots of bass pushing bait there,
especially if you find any wind. Don't hesitate to check
midlake humps like the ones just out from Lacey's camp,

(02:28):
bass are school in on top and hitting a chrome
lipless crank. For those who chase monster bass, you'll want
to keep a Carolina rigged trickworm or a big flutterspoon
handy at twenty twenty four feet, especially if you see
schooling activity on the graf. If the bite slows late morning,
slow roll a deep diving crank bait and shad pattern.

(02:48):
For several days that's been snagging bonus bass and even
a few accidental sandies. There's no tides to track here,
but daily water level is holding steady near four with
decent clarity across the main lake Boat traffic has been light,
so you'll have room to work those spots. Lake Fork
in late September is famous for huge catches, and with

(03:12):
this weather and bait movement today is on track. Tackle up,
be safe on the timber, and swing for the fences
because any cast could be the one. Thanks for tuning
in to your boots on the ground lake Fork report
for more updates and stories, be sure to subscribe and

(03:35):
never miss what's biting. This has been a quiet Please production.
For more check out Quiet Please dot ai