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

Friday

Chance Thunderstorms

Hi: 81

Friday Night

Slight Chance Thunderstorms

Lo: 65

Saturday

Thunderstorms Likely

Hi: 80

Saturday Night

Thunderstorms Likely

Lo: 66

Sunday

Thunderstorms Likely

Hi: 76

Sunday Night

Slight Chance Thunderstorms

Lo: 66

Monday

Chance Thunderstorms

Hi: 82

Monday Night

Mostly Cloudy

Lo: 70


Lake Fork Water Level (last 30 days)


Water Level on 5/3: 403.05 (+0.05)



Lake Fork

Fishing Report from TPWD (May 1)

GOOD. Water Stained; 60 degrees; 0.67 feet above pool. Lake Fork flood gates are open which can make the bite tough. The best bite has been on shaky heads and Carolina rigs on main lake points and secondary points in 5-8 feet of water. Squarebill crankbaits are catching a few in the same areas. Frog bite is slow over flooded grass. Yum dingers are fair at the edge of the grass 2-4 feet. Report by Marc Mitchell, Lake Fork Guide Service. Report by Guide Alex Guthrie, Fly Fish Fork Guide Service. The crappie fishing on Lake Fork has been great this week if you find the right areas and patterns to fish. The spawn is coming to an end and the black crappie are beginning to load up on certain bridges and docks. If you search you can find some big schools of keeper size black crappie. We have had to battle heavy rains, terrible winds and even thunderstorms lately a lot. Hopefully we will see more stable weather conditions over the next few weeks. You can still find some larger white crappie on timber in 10-22ft. Also seeing some white crappie loading up on certain brush in some areas close to where they spawned. Jigs and minnows are both producing well right now and should stay the same until around June or July. Catfishing is still hot on Lake Fork. Baited holes in 12-20ft along creek channels are doing great for channel cats. Use cattle cubes or sour grain to get them to hold in one spot. Then use any prepared catfish bait or cut shad to load the boat with eater sized catfish. Report by Jacky Wiggins, Jacky Wiggins Guide Service.

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