I had another incredible day of fishing at Lake Fork yesterday. The bass spawn is really going right now, with bass on beds everywhere. I ended up catching 17 bass, with all but two being 3 pounds or bigger. There was one 7 pounder and five 4 pounders, with one of those amost a 5 pounder, at 4.85.

The main lake is 58 degrees now. There was a pretty stiff north wind early yesterday, but it eased up as the day went. And like so often seems to happen at Fork in the spring, it was pretty tough fishing in the morning, but then a spectacular bite in the afternoon. It seemed to be a smaller crowd on the lake than usual yesterday, and most of the ones who were fishing either weren’t targeting bedding bass, or weren’t finding them. The water has cleared slightly, but it still takes a pretty keen eye to spot most of them.

Stormy days are predicted for the rest of the week, so I’m not sure if I’ll make it there again this week or not.

This fish, the best bass of the day, weighed 7.06 pounds.