Lake Fork Anglers MLF Format Semifinal Results from November 12




It started out cold around 48 and by the time we got off the water it was in the low 70's. And there was quite a pile of clothes sitting on my seat by the time we headed in to the ramp.

The MLF format counts every fish over 10" including slot fish. We fish three rotating sections on Lake Fork every other Thursday daytime about 22 times a year..

Members must fish at least 8 tournaments to maintain membership.

Like the Major League Tournament format they go thru several ways of eliminate anglers to get to their championship day. We do it a little differently because we don't start with 30 anglers. All of our members can qualify for the semi-final by catching 6 LB in one tournament during the year or by fishing 80%. So today we started with 13 boats each with a boater and co-angler. Right now we have 20 members on leave due to covid 19 precautions. On the morning of we picked 1 of 3 sections. The final will be held in one of the other two.

We fished section 2 for today.

Boaters

  1. 1st Bruce Allen of Emory with 8 bass for 18.60 LB with a lunker of 6.17 LB .mostly caught on a square bill.
  2. 2nd Randy Bunch of Lake Fork  with 6 bass for 17.39 Lb with the boater lunker of 6.40 LB
  3. 3rd Gary Pardini of Tyler with 8 bass for13.31 Lb with a 4.68 LB lunker.
  4. 4th Dennis Bubinas of Lake Fork with 8 bass for 9.58 Lb with a 1.63 Lb lunker.
  5. 5th Jack White of Farmers Branch  with 5 bass for 9.29 with a 3.39 LB lunker.

 

Co Anglers

  1. 1st Bill Ailes of Sulphur Springs with 4 bass for4.92 and a lunker of 1.49 Lb
  2. 2nd Jimmy Bright of Frisco with 2 bass for 3.94 with a 2.31 LB lunker.
  3. 3rd Rick Wright of  Rowlett with 2 bass for 3.89 LB Lb with a 2.02 lunker.
  4. 4th Jackie Price of Alba with 3 bass for 3.88 Lb with the co-angler lunker of  2.36 tie with Greg Geisler in 7th place.
  5. 5th Don Cox of Garland with 3 bass for 3.36 Lb with a 1.41 lunker.

 

78 were caught and there was 2 skunks.

 




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Lake Fork

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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