Lake Fork Nights

08/22/2015   6:00 pm - 12:00 pm


Location
The Minnow Bucket Marina
Lake Fork, Texas

More Info
214-773-5451




This will be the fourth and final 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, 8/1, 8/15, 8/29

$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

Friday

Rain Showers Likely

Hi: 78

Friday Night

Chance Thunderstorms

Lo: 68

Saturday

Chance Rain Showers

Hi: 83

Saturday Night

Rain Showers Likely

Lo: 67

Sunday

Rain Showers

Hi: 77

Sunday Night

Thunderstorms Likely

Lo: 64

Monday

Chance Thunderstorms

Hi: 82

Monday Night

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Lo: 65


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Fishing Report from TPWD (Apr. 24)

GOOD. Water Stained; 60 degrees; 0.20 feet above pool. Bass have slowed, but post spawners are setting up on points in 5-7 feet of water with Carolina rigged creature baits. Topwaters and frogs are good early morning around grass. Shaky heads are good around boat houses. Report by Marc Mitchell, Lake Fork Guide Service. Report by Guide Alex Guthrie, Fly Fish Fork Guide Service. Changing weather means changing bite. First phase spawners are now in a post spawn pattern and aggressive. Frog pattern top waters 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, catching them on edge of banks, 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.Crappie are good in 2-13 feet on timber and around grass lines. Some fish are moving back out into the 12-18 feet areas and a little deeper. Black crappie are on a few bridges, but fish are not loaded up yet. Black crappie are also grouping under docks on sunny afternoons. Cast 1/16th ounce hand tied jigs continue to be good in white and gray, white and chartreuse and light blue and gray colors. Minnows will still work very well and especially on shallow fish around grass. Soft plastics will also work well as the fish have been very aggressive. We should see the aggressive bite until the warmer months get here and the fish get a little finicky. Catfishing continues to be good around timber where birds are roosting in 10-18 feet. Also getting reports of some shallow catfish around grass lines and sea walls. Those fish are most likely chasing shad spawns. Catfish are cruising around shallow wood in 6-12 feet, with lots of fry showing up. Use your favorite prepared catfish bait to load the boat once you locate the fish. Report by Jacky Wiggins, Jacky Wiggins Guide Service.

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