Lake Fork Anglers MF Format results from 8.20.20

The weather today was great, started out fairly cool and stayed that way until about 11 AM. Then it got hot. Light winds to boot but out of the East. And you all know what that means. Lake Fork was just plain stingy today. The fish were caught on wacky rigs, little rattle traps, drop shots and t-rigs.

Hard Core is what we call this tournament, but it follows the Major League Fishing format where every fish you catch over 10" counts. With Lake Fork partitioned into three sections and the section rotates each week throughout the year. Today section 3 was scheduled. LFA Members will qualify for the semi-final in November by catching 6 lb. in one tournament and attending at least 6 tournaments. Or fish 80% of the tournaments.

All the bass are measured, recorded and released on the spot except for pictures taking of which there is a lot because of all the big fish we catch. Not bragging. It's Lake Fork man! But not this week.

Boaters Results

1st place went to Galen Smith of Alba with 5 bass for 11.15 LB with the boater lunker of 5.71 LB lunker .

2nd place went to Randy Bunch of Lake Fork with 5 bass for 9.47 LB with a 3.16 LB lunker

3rd place went to Herb Powell of Lake Fork with 3 bass for 5.59 LB with a 3.78 LB lunker.. tie

3rd place went to Tim Gold of Mineola with 3 bass for 5.59 LB with a 2.31 LB lunker.. tie

4th place went to Dennis Bubinas of Lake Fork with 3 bass for 5.31 LB with a 3.46 LB lunker.

5th place went to Richard Morris of Houston with 2 bass for 4.95 LB with a lunker of 3.25 LB

Co-Angler Results

1st place went to John Berech of Garland with 3 bass for 4.48 LB with a 3.16LB lunker..

2nd place went to Jackie Price of Alba with 3 bass for 3.61 LB with a 1.58 LB lunker.

3rd place went to Jimmy Bright of Frisco with 1 bass for 3.23 LB which is the co-angler lunker .

4th place went to Rick Wright of Royse City with 4 bass for 2.82 LB with a 0.90 LB lunker.

5th place went to John Shinn of Van with 3 bass for 2.36 LB with a 1.07 LB lunker.

42 keepers were caught and even though everyone said it was tough today there were only 2 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 8 of the Hard Core or LFA or any combination of 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.

Author: Bruce Allen

Company: Lake Fork Anglers

Charter member of the Lake Fork Sportsman's Association and founder of the Lake Fork Anglers Bass Fishing club. Lives on the shores of Lake Fork in the Hideaway subdivision in Garrett Creek. Has also lived in Quitman and Yantis before moving to Emory. Lives with wife Cheryl, former pro bass fishing lady and fire fighter.

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Fishing Report from TPWD (May 7)

GOOD. Water Stained; 73 degrees; 0.73 feet below pool. Good early morning bass bite around shad spawn areas and with topwater frogs over grass. Midday to mid afternoon work flukes and yum dingers around grass good1-3 feet. New wave of spawners pulling up this week. Carolina rigs fair in 5-10 feet of water on secondary points. 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. Crappie fishing is settling into the post spawn and summer patterns we should see for the next few months. We are seeing incredible numbers of small black crappie right now loading up on brush piles, lay downs, bridges and docks. The larger black crappie are a little hard to find but you can find some nice groups of them or pick a few out of the smaller fish. The bigger white crappie are beginning to load on the summer pattern trees. We have a tremendous amount of fry covering up a lot of those trees and making it very hard to see those bigger white crappie on forward facing sonar or for them to see your bait. You can find fish in 10-30 feet of water and some may only be 2 feet under the surface or right on the bottom. Minnows and any colored jigs are both producing extremely well. Report by Jacky Wiggins, Jacky Wiggins Guide Service.

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