The Lake Fork Anglers are back!




The Lake Fork Anglers are back! After a 2 month hiatus due to Covid 19 we are back to fishing but with restrictions. 90% of our members are 60 or older with some in their 80's so taking precautions is very important.

We have set it up so only the co-angler registers, wearing masks, in the morning paying both entry fees and picking up their score sheets. The setup for fishing is a five fish limit tournament boaters fish against boaters and co-anglers fish against co-anglers. So the co-angler then meets the boater either at the ramp or at a pre-determined location. And the end of the tournament the co-angler brings the score sheet back and presents it to the scoring person. IN this case president Galen Smith.

Once the winners are declared their prizes are put into a envelope and given to their co-angler for the following Thursday when they come in to register.

So because there is no revealing of what the fish were caught on I can only tell you what I "heard". Which is not much. Crankbaits, Texas rigged worms and drop shots.

All of my bass for the last three weeks have come on one crankbait also including 3 catfish, 3 sand bass and a turtle, except for a 6+ caught on a drop shot. LOL

 

All fish 10" and up count as well as slot fish. Only their best 5 count.

 

Boaters

 

First Place went to Curt Blount of Lake Fork with 7 bass for 18.28 LB. with a 5.08 lunker caught on a drop shot.

Second Place went to Jack White of Farmers Branch with 8 bass for 15.84 LB. with a 6.64 LB lunker.

Third Place went to Dennis Bubinas of Lake Fork with 5 bass for 15.20 LB with the boaters lunker of 7.95 LB.

Fourth Place went to Tim Gold of Mineola with 9 bass for 14.66 LB> with a 4.31 LB. lunker

Fifth Place went to Bill Ailes of Sulphur Springs with 8 bass for 14.24 LB. with a 4.87 LB. lunker.

 

Co-Anglers

 

First Place went to guest Jimmy Bright of ?? with 6 bass for 14.35 LB. with the co-angler lunker of 5.08 LB.

Second Place went to Doug Haeussler of Royce City with 8 bass for 10.63 LB. with a 4.49 LB. lunker.

Third Place went to Gary Gilmore of Ennis with 7 bass for 10.50 LB. with a 2.88 lunker.

Fourth Place went to Butch Grove of Sulphur Springs with 10 bass for 10.25 LB. with a 3.95 LB. lunker.

Fifth Place went to Jackie Price of Alba with 3 bass for 7.19 LB. with a 3.02 LB. lunker.

 

So even thought the complaints of "tough fishing" are still circulating the guys managed to catch 135 keepers. There were three skunks, all co-anglers.

 

The LFA fishes every Thursday except T-Day and Christmas on 2 different formats. A 5 fish limit we call LFA and a MLF style format where every fish counts we call Hard Core, 3 special tournaments and an end of year dinner. We are a club of 50+ seniors (Mostly) and are very liberal on members being for off vacations and medical issues.

For information e-mail me at [email protected]. You can check out our website at www.bassfin.com/

 




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Lake Fork

Fishing Report from TPWD (Apr. 23)

GOOD. Water Stained; 63 degrees; 0.25 feet below pool. Bass fishing has been slow with some early morning catching near areas with the shad spawn using DieZel chatterbaits. Once bass move off the shore, switch to squarebill crankbaits in 3-5 feet, or Yum dingers and flukes around grass, and frogs in the grass. Report by Marc Mitchell, Lake Fork Guide Service. Black bass are post spawn and the top water bite is on! Frog patterns are working in the shallow vegetation. The crappie are moving shallow, small clousers are producing well. 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. The crappie fishing on Lake Fork is moving rapidly into the post spawn pattern. Fish are loading up on brush piles, ledges, underwater bridges, road beds, bridges and post spawn trees in 14-25 feet. The fish are hungry after the spawn and they will bite just about anything you out in front of them. We are having great luck with small hand tied jigs but minnows and soft plastics will also work for the next few months until water temps heat way up. Seeing a lot of small fish this year mixed in so some days you will catch and release a lot of short fish. Report by Jacky Wiggins, Jacky Wiggins Guide Service.

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