Lake Fork Anglers 1st tournament of 2020 on Dec 12 2019




In order to get the most tournaments possible in a year we now start the next year in December. Today, which was 34 at the start, turned out pretty good. A lot of mostly small fish were caught. But when you have cold fingers any type of bites helps the angler forget his fingers and concentrate on the fish.

Today's fish were mainly caught in 5-6 feet on drop shops, T-rigs, C-rigs, and rattle traps. 

This is a 5 fish limit, all fish count over 10" including slots since all fish are measured, recorded and released on the spot.

Boaters Results

First place went to Dennis Bubinas of Lake Fork with 6 bass for 11.36 with a 3.02 lunker caught on a Yum dinger.

Second place went to Robert Gaylor of Lake Fork with 4 bass for 9.44 and the Boater lunker of 3.09 on a red eye shad.

Third place went to Don Overstreet of Sulphur Springs 13 bass for 7.27 with a 2.31 lunker on a black worm.

Fourth place went to Jack White of Farmers Branch 8 bass for 4.92 with a 1.10 lunker caught on a black worm.

Fifth place went to Charlie Abresch of Hawkins 6 bass for 4.77 with a 1.37 lunker.

 

Co-Anglers Results 

First place went o Gary Paris of Quitman with 9 bass for 7.52 with a 1.87 lunker caught on a speed craw.

Second place went to Tom Whitrock of Lake Fork with 6 bass for 5.80 with a 1.49 lunker caught on a drop shot finesse worm

Third place went to George Mc Cane of Dallas with 3 bass for 3.75 with a 1.45 lunker caught of a Yum dinger.

Fourth place went to John Shinn of Van with 2 bass for 3.70 including the co-angler lunker of 2.49 caught on a drop shot.

Fifth place went to Butch Grove of Sulphur Springs with 2 bass for 3.57 with a 2.35 lunker ( A ticket fish) 

And what is a ticket fish at Lake Fork? It is an exactly 16" bass on your check it stik which by the time you get it to the Sealy tournament has relaxed and now is 16 1/16th and instead of winning a boat you get a ticket from the game warden and get DQ'd for the day.

There were 87 keeper bass caught today even with 5 skunks. 

The Lake Fork Anglers fish every Thursday throughout the year except Thanksgiving and Christmas on 2 different formats. Members are required to fish at least 4 of the Hard Core or 4

of the points tournaments to maintain membership. Dues is $5 a year and tournaments are $15. Go the www.bassfin.com to view our website to read our rules and view results. E-mail to [email protected] or call 903-440-2797 for info. Right now we have openings for co-anglers.




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Lake Fork

Fishing Report from TPWD (Jun. 25)

GOOD. Water Stained; 82 degrees; 0.28 feet above pool. There is a good morning bass bite around pond weed and grass with topwater baits and flukes. Bass are good in front of the weeds with chatterbaits and spinnerbaits in 3-5 feet. Midday bite is best on points and humps with Texas rigs and Carolina rigs in 12-22 feet with big worms and flukes. Deep diving crankbaits are good over road beds, points and humps in 19-26 feet with shad patterned, or chartreuse/blue/black crankbaits. 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 midday when bass are seeking cover. Frog patterns are working in the shallow vegetation early and late. Drop a clouser on an isolated cover for black bass. Large bream have moved shallow, wooly buggers are producing good fish. Channel catfish are cruising 2-4 feet, clousers are a good choice. Report by Guide Alex Guthrie, Fly Fish Fork Guide Service. Lake Fork crappie fishing is improving as we enter the summer pattern. Loads of small fish under 10 inches are still being caught daily, but a lot more large fish are stacking up on brush piles, tire reefs, artificial structures and the base of trees. You can still find some fish on bridges, underwater bridges and road beds in 16-26 feet. Minnows, small hand ties and soft plastics are all working. Report by Jacky Wiggins, Jacky Wiggins Guide Service.

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