May 10, 2025
By In-Fisherman Staff
In-Fisherman Editor-in-Chief Doug Stange visits his favorite Texas lake to target huge winter bass. Lake Fork has long been known as the best bass lake in the country, but it will have it's challenges. When the temperatures are cold, a number of jig-fishing applications will do the trick. Big bass can't say no to a big jig!
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00:00:11.400 --> 00:00:24.030: As winter sets in during late fall in the north and settles in for the count during December, January and February in the south, anglers must adjust tactics to suit fishing in cold water conditions.
00:00:24.030 --> 00:00:42.270: First, define fish. Secondly, to get them to bite. Refined gigging tactics often are crucial to making good catchesin these conditions. Let's have a look at the process as it unfolds on Lake Fork, Texas, one of the world's most famous largemouth fisheries.
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00:00:42.270 --> 00:00:54.150: That is a lake for hog in the head. Yes, sir. We get the thing here up here. Foot. There we are. Birdie pretty. Yes sir. Thank you for putting me on that fish. You bet.
00:00:54.150 --> 00:01:11.250: Nice job, Doug. We are on Lake Fork and fifth guy Jason Hoffman this year. And there's always something to learn on Lake Fork. And one thing is don't come in January once at a time. Yeah, that's right. But I tell you what, whenever you're on Lake Fork, every little pitch, every little cast can produce something really nice like that...
