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Re: Axtons Bass City [Re: Ken A.] #15000864 02/27/24 01:51 AM
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Originally Posted by Ken A.
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Lake Fork is the new tawakoni


It's about 20 yrs away from that Dougie


Stop at the gas station in Alba..... I suggest it's about 30 seconds away

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Re: Axtons Bass City [Re: basshc] #15000872 02/27/24 02:01 AM
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Hope ya do I’ll support it ! Ain’t got to be the Ritz it’s just a fish camp but you gotta have basics.

Re: Axtons Bass City [Re: Ken A.] #15000885 02/27/24 02:17 AM
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Originally Posted by Ken A.
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Lake Fork is the new tawakoni


It's about 20 yrs away from that Dougie


headed that way, unfortunately


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Kinda sucks to see iconic places fall off.

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Burning stump and little mustang are the cleanest places I have ever stayed at on Fork

Re: Axtons Bass City [Re: Sinkey] #15001041 02/27/24 12:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Sinkey
When Rainswood shut down many years back it hurt Axtons business. Axtons and Rainswood was the place to be back in the 90’s and early 2000.


Yes and Val's Landing was right there also and I practically lived there especially during the time they had the motel and restaurant. Of course back then people from all over the country and world were pumping in a ton of money and keeping everybody busy.


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Couple of years ago, Oakridge redid all the hotel rooms. I have never stayed there but the owners try to run a good business.

They have struggled to found people to work the restaurant.

Fork is not the place it was 20 years ago, not as much $ from out of towners.

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Originally Posted by Kodyjoe
Burning stump and little mustang are the cleanest places I have ever stayed at on Fork



scott does an excellent job at fishermen's cove.


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Re: Axtons Bass City [Re: hopalong] #15001242 02/27/24 03:18 PM
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Originally Posted by hopalong
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Burning stump and little mustang are the cleanest places I have ever stayed at on Fork



scott does an excellent job at fishermen's cove.


Is there still a bar at the cove? If so, I'm out. The last time I used that ramp my buddy's truck was burglarized while we were out on the water.



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Originally Posted by Mark Perry
Kinda sucks to see iconic places fall off.


It really does. My guess is the out of town revenue to the businesses is 30% of what it was 20 yrs ago.



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Originally Posted by VT 18 RIDER
Couple of years ago, Oakridge redid all the hotel rooms. I have never stayed there but the owners try to run a good business.

They have struggled to found people to work the restaurant.

Fork is not the place it was 20 years ago, not as much $ from out of towners.


Oakridge was a joke when we stayed there around 2021. Rooms were a mess, half the outlets were coming out of the walls, towels / blankets / etc. needed to be burned. The staff was very nice and the restaurant was not bad.

Next time we went, we stayed at Lake Fork Marina. Way, way, way better than Oakridge. When speaking with other anglers, they said Oakridge rooms got a facelift, but they liked this marina / lodge better.

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Originally Posted by Ken A.
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Kinda sucks to see iconic places fall off.


It really does. My guess is the out of town revenue to the businesses is 30% of what it was 20 yrs ago.



We need the traveling circus to setup camp for a year and drop the DD's on the "Gram", "Tok", and whatever other socials are being used.

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25 years ago when we first started going to fork, we stayed at Axtons most of the time because we thought it was well taken care of.


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Lake Fork is so overpressured; average to above average bass fishermen will struggle there 90% of the time.
Unless you live close to the lake and can fish it regularly, she will beat you most of the time. Some may enjoy crowded fishing torture, but there are too many other good options to have a fun time.


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Re: Axtons Bass City [Re: Sinkey] #15001937 02/28/24 12:24 AM
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Originally Posted by Sinkey
I’d personally like to buy Oakridge. I think there’s a lot of potential there and great location. It’s just gone down hill the last few years.



Im sure the owner would sell it.

Might be $$$$$

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