Lake Fork Anglers Major League Fishing format results from 9/21 next is 10/19

10/19/2017   6:15 am - 2:30 pm


Location
3015 Sh 154 Lake Fork
Lake Fork, Texas

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903-440-2797





Hard Core (Major League Fishing format) is pretty cool getting to count every fish you catch.

It is not supposed to be this hot going into October. I suppose Dennis might call it global warming, but we don't believe in that yet.

Like the real TV show every fish over 10" counts. You must catch 6 LB + in one of the qualifying tournaments to move into the semi-final. We set it low so most of our members would make to the second level. But there is three ways to qualify. Then in the semi-final on a portion of the lake drawn that morning:

The first ten members to catch 8 lbs will record it on the back of their score sheet and have the other person in the boat sign the sheet and record the time. They will qualify for the finals in November. Which will be held in one of the two remaining lake sections.

Today was the last qualifying tournament for 2017 with the next being the semi-final. Today Tim Gold, Terry Thompson and Stijn Lens qualified for the semi, joining every other participant in Hard Core. None of our members who fished it failed to qualify. A major improvement over 2016.

Today 9/21 was qualifying tournament # 12

Boaters:
First place went to Tim Gold of Mineola with 10 bass for 13.20 with a 2.02 lunker.
Second place went to Galen Smith Of Alba with 5 bass for 8.03 with the 3.31 lunker
Third place went to Terry Thompson of Sulphur Springs with 2 bass for 6.65 with THE 5.94 lunker.
Fourth place went to Charlie Abresch from Hawkins with 3 fish for 5.72 with a 3.02 lunker.


Co-Anglers (Judges)
First place went to Gene Shoemaker of Quitman with 8 bass for 23.35 with a 5.94 lunker.
Second place went to Jackie Price of Alba with 3 bass for 10.93 with THE 7.15 lunker
Third place went to Charlie Arnold of Lake Fork with 3 bass for 10.31 with a 5.49 lunker.
Fourth place went to Stijn Lens of Belgium with 5 bass for 8.72 with a 2.49 lunker.
Drop shots, T-rigs and c-rigs accounted for a bunch.

71 keepers were caught with lot's of slots involved.

For info on fishing this tournament and others put on by the Lake Fork Anglers contact me at [email protected]. We have openings for both boaters and co-anglers right now. This is a club that fishes only on Thursday daytime. Dues are $5 a year.

All of our tournaments are priced for seniors as follows. $10 entry 100% payback, $1 for club and $1 for the Top 6 team* So Total entry of $12. Optional lunker pool 80% payback of $5. Optional 100% payback side pot for $10 per person.

In addition to this format that we call "Hard Core" we also fish our regular every other Thursday tournament, and a team tournament all at Lake Fork on a draw style fishing. All of our tournaments "paper" the bass and slot fish count.

If you are as "Hard Core" as some of us you can fish every Thursday like we do. And some Fridays too. And then Opens on the weekend.

Hey we are seniors and we are supposed to be doing something to keep us he

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Lake Fork

Fishing Report from TPWD (Jul. 9)

GOOD. Water Stained; 82 degrees; 0.23 feet above pool. Fork : Top waters early around pond weed and grass with frogs and poppers still working . Mid morning chatter baits on the outside edge of grass in 3-5 ft is good as well as shaky heads . Best bite is Carolina rigs off shore on points , road beds and humps in 12-25 ft . Big worms and flukes are good . Deep Cranks are good over the same area when the fish are suspending 19-23 ft . Report by Marc Mitchell, Lake Fork Guide Service. Lily fields are filling in, hydrilla and milfoil are reaching for the surface. Fish this type of cover at mid day when bass are seeking cover. Frog patterns are working in the shallow vegetation early and late. Small fish patterns like a dock knocker are producing bass and crappie shallow near grass. Large bream have moved shallow, wooly buggers are producing good fish. Channel catfish are cruising 2-4 feet biting clousers. Report by Guide Alex Guthrie, Fly Fish Fork Guide Service. Lake Fork crappie fishing has been super up and down this past week. The fish are stacked up on brush piles, lay downs, tire reefs and some trees. The bite is the tricky part. Some days the bite is good and the bigger fish show up. Some days the bite is just off and the short fish show up. Seems like the bite may be better on days we have a little breeze. If the winds are calm the bite is very slow. Minnows will get some bites but small 1/32nd ounce hand tied jigs with small bodies and tails are working well on fish that don’t want to bite. Best depths have been 18-13ft with most fish suspended on trees and loaded in the brush. Report by Jacky Wiggins, Jacky Wiggins Guide Service.

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