Fishing information for Lake Fork Reservoir in Wood County, Texas, including documented fish, lake facts, access planning, cover, and official regulations sources.
Stocking records show that the following fish or strains were stocked here. A historical stocking does not by itself prove that a self-sustaining population remains today.
Lake Fork’s marked travel lanes cross a reservoir with extensive submerged wood. Use them for navigation and slow down outside them; a promising stump field is fishing cover, not an invitation to run across it.
For largemouth bass, a jig or Texas-rigged plastic allows a deliberate presentation beside timber. A lipless crankbait can search a more open patch. Give the first lure time to fall beside the target instead of immediately pulling it away.
| Water | Lake Fork Reservoir |
|---|---|
| State | Texas |
| County | Wood |
| Surface area | 27,264 acres |
| Maximum depth | 70 feet |
| Normal storage in associated dam record | 675,819 acre-feet |
| Impounded | 1980 |
| Watercourse in associated dam record | Lake Fork Creek |
Crappie anglers have identifiable options at the Highway 154 and Highway 515 crossings and other bridges. Work minnows or little jigs at the depth of located fish; the piling is only the starting point.
Fork’s white bass can benefit from abundant forage. A jigging spoon provides a practical second plan when fish are schooling offshore and the shoreline bass bite is slow. Check the lake’s special harvest regulations before treating a successful catch as one to keep.
24 public or commercial access facilities are listed for Lake Fork Reservoir. Listed facilities include parking at 24 sites, restrooms at 17 sites, courtesy docks at 14 sites, ADA access at 2 sites, and camping at 11 sites.
Useful fishing structure documented around Lake Fork Reservoir includes submerged timber, brush and woody cover, boathouses, points, bridge structure, hydrilla, milfoil, and coontail.
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Distances are straight-line estimates between mapped water locations.