I'm just glad I was around in 1980 to see the miracle unwound, anyone who was around from 1980 through 1995 saw the best BIG bass fishing around period. I remember the day Mark caught the 17lber, dosent seem that long ago. What a lake she has been.

Happens all the time. They obviously weren't good enough to catch them that day either. I'm sorry to offend you but I never blame a bad day on the fish or the lake. I've seen too many days where I had next to nothing and someone else whacks them and vice versa. Happens every day and not just Fork.

LOL yah, it is the same Randy Oldfield that had a 15.65 in the heat of the summer night fishing year before last. That was legit to, witnesses, certified scales.

Same Randy Oldfield that boat swing 8lbers when jig fishing...lol


Razorback,

Step up yo game, Fork is kickin ur rear and you are a quite bitter being.

Well, if that is the case then I would think you would be more hesitant to tell people they can't fish if they struggle as well. When two guys who charge people $250 to $300 a day to take them fishing weigh in a combined one fish that weighs 1.85 pounds in two tournaments, I would say that qualifies as a lake where fishing is extremely tough.

Isn't that illegal?

Razorback, you sir have NO ground to stand on when insinuating that Randy Oldfield can not catch big fish. He probably catches more double digit fish in a year than you will in a lifetime.

No one gonna touch this one huh?

it could also mean that all the fish they caught that day were in the slot, thus not making it to scales.

And you, sir, are missing the point. I know that Randy Oldfield can catch big fish. So what does it say when he and another EXTREMELY good fisherman and fellow guide can't bring more than one fish to the scales in two tournaments combined.

THE POINT I was making is that bass fishing on Lake Fork is not as outstanding or easy as an outsider reading this board would be led to believe it is.

One of my good friends, who happens to be an outstanding fisherman, told me that when he lived in Tennessee they read and heard stories about Lake Fork, and they thought people were catching eight and ten pound bass on a regular basis down here. They never had much luck when they came down here and paid for guide trips, but they thought they must have just hit the lake at bad times.

He became extremely disappointed when he moved down here three or four years ago and found out that the tough fishing on Fork is not the exception, but the norm.

dang, guess i'll quit floating them marlins under bobbers

Anybody take a look at the Fish at Oak Ridge, that fish was found floating and it was a 20+. I know that was a while back but you still wonder if it is possible. That is enough evidence that it is possible.

Exactly. Ask him, Stroman, Barnes or Loomis what they think about the possibilities. They may or may not say there is one in Fork,but I will bet a good chunk of change though that they think there is.

The 20 pounder is on the wall at Mustang.

There are many Big Foot sightings every year, must be true!

Easy to mount a fish and make it look bigger ask any taxidermist. Most fish I see floating are bloated and are MUCH larger than they were prior to death.

But you can't blame anyone who has a business on the lake for keeping the myth alive. There are many Big Foot sightings every year, must be true!

Here is the article that started this thread, I think.

Hell in 04 I weighed a fish a tad under 11lbs that was on its last leg, one eyed and all...didn't hit 11lbs 30.25" long...fish had a larger head and eye than the 20.51lb bass we had for a marina pet.

Cameron