Lake Fork Anglers MLF Format begin 2020 Season on 12/5/19

For December 79 degrees and light winds until past noon is totally unexpected. And the results showed that. Water temps around 58.

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 1 was scheduled. LFA Members will qualify for the semi-final in November by catching 6 lb. and fishing in at least 6 tournaments.

Boaters Results

1st place went to Don Overstreet of Sulphur Springs with 14 bass for 18.02 LB with the boater lunker of 3.62 LB lunker caught on a T-rigged black worm.

2nd place went to Randy Bunch of Yantis with 5 bass for 6.10 LB with a 3.97 lunker caught on a skinny dipper.

3rd place went to Randy Steele of Sulphur Springs with 6 bass for 5.34 LB with a 1.53 LB lunker caught on a baby brush hog.

4th place went to Jack White of Farmers Branch with 4 bass for 2.87 LB with a .93 LB lunker.

5th place went to Dennis Bubinas of Lake Fork with 2 bass for 2.05 with of 1.29 LB

Co-Angler Results

1st place went to Don Cox of Garland with 9 bass for7.30 LB with the co-angler lunker of 1.21 LB caught on a baby brush hog.

2nd place went to Gary Paris of Quitman with 6 bass for 7.27 LB with a 2.42 lunker caught on a drop shot red worm.

3rd place went to Charlie Arnold of Lake Fork with 7 bass for 6.88 LB with a 1.37 LB lunker.

4th place went to John Shinn of Van with 1 bass for 2.74 LB which is the co-angler lunker.

5th place went to Jackie Price of Alba with 2 bass for2.71 with a lunker of 1.54 LB

The guys caught 68 keepers today and there were only 2 skunks. But as you can see the big girls probably moved into deeper warmer water.

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.

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 (Sep. 24)

GOOD. normal stain; 85 degrees; 1.29 feet below pool. There is good topwater action early in the morning around pond weed with topwaters and frogs. Then use flukes and soft plastics stick baits along the edge of the pond weed most of the day. There are still a few groups of fish offshore, but bass are primarily scattered from 12-22 feet in roadbeds, humps and long points. Deep crankbaits are good over points and humps in 18-25 feet. Report by Marc Mitchell, Mitchell's Guide Service. Early and late topwater bites around grass lines and isolated cover on main lake and secondary points. Try frog and mouse patterns for topwater. Bass are schooling in creeks, so a hard-bodied popper should work. Bream are shallow, try small hoppers. Sand bass are schooling mid-lake. Report by Guide Alex Guthrie, Fly Fish Fork Guide Service. Lake Fork crappie fishing is heating back up as we begin to head into early fall. The black crappie are stacking up in huge numbers this week on brush piles and other structures. The bite for them is still a little finicky but small hand tied jigs swam over them or small jig heads tipped with minnows are working to get them in the boat. Still having to go thru numbers of fish to find the larger ones. The white crappie are also showing up on timber along creek channels in 18-28 feet. That bite has gotten stronger and the minnow tipped jig heads are working well on those fish. Have caught some fish on soft plastics the last few weeks. We should see the bite getting even better when water temps drop down as we begin to cool down more. Report by Jacky Wiggins, Jacky Wiggins Guide Service.

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