One of the great things about keeping a log of your fishing trips is being able to go back to it and see what the fish were doing in any given month and start your next trip using the same pattern.  This has paid off for me MANY times in the past and I am certain it will pay off again.  A lot of people come to East Texas each year from out of town, out of state and even from other countries to take part in some of, if not the best, bass fishing in the world.  Now, nothing beats an up to date fishing report, which we also have, but when that is not available logs from previous trips are hard to beat!  I have compiled a condensed version of my logs that detail the patterns that I have seen time and again on these lakes.  Click on the month that you are interested in to see what the fish should be doing when you get here.

01/01/2002 Fork - Cooper - TX, January Report January fishing, fishing in January is kind of slow but very rewarding if your looking for a trophy bass.  The choice of lure will be a jig n pig fished along the creek channels in depths of 4 to 10 feet.  You won't catch a lot of fish but you will have a chance to catch that fish of a life time.  When you come you can bring both summer and winter clothes because our weather will change regularly.  When rigging your tackle you will want a good baitcast  rod and reel combo,my choice is a Shimano curado reel and a Shimano V rod in a medium heavy and line it up with 20 lb test line.

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