Bass caught from 6" to 5', water temps rising to nearly 75, top waters starting to play, the sounds of summer is coming.
Members bagged 135 bass this week and many were of a quality nature including 5's,6's, & 7's that were not the lunkers..
It sure got hot this afternoon. Starting in June we will go to our summer hours of first light to noon. Can't have our senior citizens getting heat stroke.

The Lake Fork Anglers Twice monthly daytime results for May 9th This was tournament 11 of 22.

The bass were caught on drop shot finesse worms, plastic craws, flukes, BBH's and wacky style stick worms.. Lake Fork anglers format is a draw style paper tournament where slot fish count. All fish are measured, recorded and released on the spot year round.

Each boat has a boater and a co-angler.

Only the best five count.

Boater Results .
1st place goes to Jack White of Farmers Branch with 6 bass for 16.82 LB with 7.41 LB lunker caught on weightless fluke.
2nd place goes to Galen Smith of Alba with 10 bass for 16.24 LB with a 6.89 LB lunker .
3rd place went to Tim Gold of Mineola with 9 bass for 14.71 LB. with a 5.08 LB lunker..
4th place went to .Bill Ailes of Sulphur Springs with 5 bass for 14.41 LB with THE boater lunker of 8.67 LB.
5th place went to Bob Roberts of Longview with 6 bass for 12.73 LB with a 6.17

Co-Angler Results
1st place goes to Chuck Roy of Yantis with 8 bass for 13.40 LB with the lunker of 3.16 LB caught on a Yellow Magic in 1' of water.
2nd place goes to Dan Steele of Lake Fork with 7 bass for 9.61 LB with a lunker of 2.74 LB .
3rd place went to Tom Whitrock of Lake Fork with 5 bass for 9.01 LB with a 3.31 LB Lunker.
4th place went to Bruce Allen of Emory with 6 bass for 8.98 LB with a 3.02 LB lunker..
5th Place went to Wes Brown of North Shores again with 1 bass for 8.23 LB..


Only 2 members were skunked on a much improved day of fishing..

The LFA fishes every Thursday during the month on two different formats. The as described LFA twice monthly format where there are declared cash winners fishing for "Angler of the Year" points and plaques.

On the 1st and 3rd Thursdays members fish what we call "Hard Core" which follows the Major League Fishing TV show format where every fish you catch counts. Like MLF members we try to qualify for the semi-final that will be held in Nov by catching at least 6 LB in any of the qualifying tournaments' Also In Nov members those that have quailified are paired and the top 50% by weight will advance to the championship round when announced.
Winning members are rewarded with "Bass Fishing Innovations" plaques and a cash benefit.

Not all of our 50+ members fish every week or even both formats on a regular basis. We are seniors and fish when we have the time. But we do have a core group of about 30 that fish on a regular basis. And because we are mostly seniors we are adamant in making sure there is always two anglers in a boat. Both for safety and for sharing ,learning and making an enjoyable day of it.
Annual dues is $5 and tournaments are $15 with $12 paid back. There is an optional $5 lunker pool and an optional $10 big bag pool.
E-mail me at sjbasser@aol.com for info. Or call at 903-440-2797. We only fish at Lake Fork because the chance for that fish of a lifetime is always there.