Lake Fork Nights

08/08/2015   6:00 pm - 12:00 pm


Location
The Minnow Bucket Marina
Lake Fork, Texas

More Info
214-773-5451




This will be the third of the Lake Fork Nights Open Team Tournaments hosted by two of my JCO team members. This is not a JCO event and does not require a membership to compete. There plan is to run these every other Saturday Night through the months of July and August if there is enough participation. That will be 5 events on 7/11, 7/25, 8/8, 8/22

$100 Cash Only (no checks) Team Entry Includes BB paying 85% back 1 in 5 with $5 of each entry to BB.

Registration will begin at the pavilion at 5:00 PM on the water front at The Minnow Bucket Marina. This will be a trailering event as in the past with a leave the ramp of choice time of 6:00 PM with all fishing ceasing at 12:00 Midnight. Anglers will have until 12:30 AM to be checked in with tournament host Sonny Russell and Bill Cooper.

This will be a 5 fish team tournament weigh in with 1 over per team, bass cannot touch 16" and must touch 24" to be weighed, if a team weighs a fish that falls into the slot the entire bag will be disqualified for this event (no exceptions). So please make every effort to stay away from the 16" mark on the Pro-Rule measuring board and make sure your 24" fish touches the 24" mark or is over 24" on the Pro-Rule measuring board. There will be a courtesy board available at the weigh in so please check accordingly. Tournament board will be a Pro-Rule.

There will be a .50 penalty for per dead fish weighed (dead fish cannot be culled in Texas, a state law) so please use ice and sure life products to ensure quality fish care.

Lake Fork Guides can compete as this is an Open event and is not a JCO affiliated event, but will be limited to one guide per team, no guide double ups.

Please share this info with your friends who would like to compete in some fun night fishing on Lake Fork.

Mark Howard
214-773-5451

Bill Cooper
903-245-3334

Sonny Russell
903-539-1327

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Lake Fork Current Weather Alerts

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Lake Fork Weather Forecast

Monday

Sunny

Hi: 70

Monday Night

Clear

Lo: 53

Tuesday

Mostly Sunny

Hi: 75

Tuesday Night

Partly Cloudy

Lo: 62

Wednesday

Mostly Cloudy

Hi: 78

Wednesday Night

Mostly Cloudy

Lo: 65

Thursday

Mostly Cloudy

Hi: 78

Thursday Night

Chance Thunderstorms

Lo: 68


Lake Fork Water Level (last 30 days)


Water Level on 4/23: 403.32 (+0.32)



Lake Fork

Fishing Report from TPWD (Apr. 17)

GOOD. Water Stained; 60 degrees; 0.20 feet above pool. Fork has been good with fish in just about every stage of the spawn. Lots of fish are shallow in 1-4 feet with Texas rigs, yum dingers, chatterbaits, flukes, and swim jigs. Offshore bass are good on humps and points in 5-7 feet of water with Carolina rigs with light weights, mid-running crankbaits, and shaky heads. Report by Marc Mitchell, Lake Fork Guide Service. Changing weather means changing bite. First phase bass spawners are now in a post spawn pattern and aggressive. Frog pattern topwaters are excellent in the grass and brush. Casting into the pockets and letting the frog sit for a few seconds is a good idea. Crappies are shallow, small fish patterns like wooly buggers are a good bet. Bream are beginning to make themselves known in the shallows, wooly buggers and small poppers should bring a strike. Report by Guide Alex Guthrie, Fly Fish Fork Guide Service. Crappie are great with some pre-spawn fish, some fish actively spawning and some post spawn. Fish can be found in a few feet of water to 30 feet of water. All crappie on Lake Fork do not go shallow to spawn and we catch fish in 18-20 feet that are spawning on timber. You can also find some fish on brush, lay downs, bridges and docks. It is a very versatile time to catch crappie with multiple patterns. Minnows will work great right now but any crappie baits will catch fish. Try small hand tied jigs and soft plastics. Catfishing is excellent right now on Lake Fork around timber in 12-20 feet. Still seeing loads of fish around roosting trees. Lots of birds in the shallow areas close to the bank in the early mornings chasing shad spawns. The catfish are also up there feeding on shad as well. Use any prepared catfish baits or cut shad on baited holes in the timber. Use a cork with anything a catfish will bite up shallow. Minnows and cut shad will work great on this shallow fish. Report by Jacky Wiggins, Jacky Wiggins Guide Service.

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