I heard through the grapevine that the Fork tournament is on!

48 hrs of fishing with someone walking away with a great chunk of cash!

Both Buffalo and Carp will weigh!

A tourney in Texas that is not in Austin, and not a CAG event, Whaaaaatttt!?!?

Where can we find more information Richard?

Official announcement will be made within a couple of days but the dates are set for the week after the ATC and the tournament payout pot is $10,000. It's a team format event (two anglers plus an optional runner) with entry fees set at $400 for teams registered by midnight Dec 31, and $450 for registrants after that time.

The tournament is being run by Wild Carp Companies and USCARPPRO magazine in association with the Lake Fork Sportsman's Association. Buffs and Carp count in this tournament.

We've worked hard to change the date so as not to clash with the ATC event. That way, anglers have the opportunity to fish both events if they want to.

Details of how to register, rules and competition formats will be available soon. I'll update the thread when the official announcement is made.

This might pull some anglers out of hiding....

Awesome. I hope one of the TFF'ers win it!

Come on Donny! You and jason team up and show em how its done!

[censored] now just to come up with the 400 dollar entry fee n to find a team mate! ha

Interesting............

I thought that bank access was a major issue on Fork; how do you get around that? Every peg in a marina, or is there a large public access park that I haven't heard of?
Sounds exciting, regardless!

We worked with the Lake Fork Sportsman's Association to obtain bank space that is not normally publicly accessible.

One more little detail - there may be an additional $10,000 up for grabs on top of the prize money. We're planning to microtag two fish, one carp and one buff. Each fish is worth an additional $5000 for the first angler to catch them during the tourney. This is not yet set in stone but we have the insurance quotes to do it so if you catch the tagged carp and the tagged buff, you could walk away $10,000 better off in addition to the $10,000 prize pot on offer. There will not be an extra fee to enter the tagged fish competition - that will be part of the $400/$450 per-team entry fee.

Interest grows.

Details will be available very soon.

Compound interest grows compoundedly...

That sounds kinda awesome.

Come on guys whos all gonna fish this??!!!! IM gonna do my best to make this event.Can we put up a tent if we need to?

It is going to be amazing guys. We(Wild Carp Companies) are very excited to working with USCarpPro and the LFSA. This tournament will be the model for more to come in Texas. Look for at least 2 big money tournaments a year as well as the Wild Carp Club of Texas points based sessions already scheduled.

of course you will be able to put up a tent. The tournament is going to be minimum 48 hours straight.

More info will coming down the pipes in the next few days

This is my kind of tournament. Only problem is my wife is due at anytime then. Dang!!!!! Forget the ATC. Have it that weekend lol.

Well if your wife's going to be in the hospital, why not go fishing? LOL

I'm still thinking about t. My luck I'll pay entrance fee and my wife has it that weekend lol

Can't you decide a date on these things now? j/k - best of luck to you and your wife.

Thanks lol

Finally! A tournament that is NOT in Austin.

Jim & I want to do this tourney. The trouble may be time off. We'll see what we can do.

Chad

I may even crawl out of the woodwork for this one. Will have to find a partner...Hmm. Damn this anti-social aspect of my life.

My trouble with it is the timing; just after ATC (which I will be fishing), as well as the entry fee being a bit stiff for me.

The cost are about the same since you won't need a hotel room for 3 nights. Both will be a good time

$75 vs $200 to fish it...
75 fits my budget, 200 does not. No brainer, indeed.

The last thing I want to see is this becoming an ATC vs Lake Fork Tourney debate. Nor do I want it becoming a CAG vs USCP/WCC contest. That benefits no one and I believe there's enough room in the calendar and the state of Texas to accommodate us all.

We realize the Lake Fork Tourney is not going to fit everyone's budgets but we believe the price point is fair given the prizes on offer--$10,000 prize pots and two $5000 tagged fish prizes are not cheap to cover.

I'll also add that we planned the event initially for the last weekend in February but when we found out that the ATC had been brought forward from the normal end of March slot, it took a huge effort from us so that our event did not run on the same weekend as the ATC.

We finally managed to move our date back a week so that more anglers would have the opportunity to participate in both events, as individual budgets allow.

The timing is an unfortunate coincidence. Nothing more than that. Please don't turn this into another polarizing debate.

fishing both events back to back would be awesome but with money being as tight as it is lately I will be lucky to be able to fish 1 of them, I wish everyone the best on both tournaments.

Anybody want to be my partner for this even though I might have to back out at last minute if my wife goes into labor?

,

This is what alot of us have been hoping for!!!! I will definately be in this tourney...

A huge + Tony for that comment. I think we forget that we both love this trophy fish. Push all emotions aside and fish either both events or just one. Doesn't really matter, it's all for the same cause, bringing education to the sport of carp angling. Good luck guys with this tourny and will hopefully be at a future event as a competitor. Hope to see new faces at the Nov 12 tourny in Austin.

Scott will never put his emotions aside. If this is how we are going to cross promote these events I think you might want to think before you speak. Just my 2 cents.

I think this is a good event and I like the way you were able to work with the local sportsman association to get this going.

Absolutely. We wanted their support because they've been protecting the lake since 1999 and know it better than anyone.

Man, I wish I had $450 and knew how to carp/buffalo fish.........

Well when you get to Emma we'll show you how.

Depending on when this is I may have to drive over and Spectate...never been to Fork........

one of these days .......

Team BigCarpTackle.com is in.

I'm looking forward to the time when the entry fee is not an issue, my younger son's a Junior at A&M this year, once colleges are completed I'll have more disposable income (which these are for me; donating to others' winnings!) for tournaments.

I'm not wild about the 48 hrs straight, but am willing to give it a try sometime. It takes me most of a week to recover from an overnighter!

Good luck guys! Looks like a quality tournament series (WCC) being planned!

Try fishing a 100 hr tournament lol 48 hrs isnt bad at all lol

The Press Release is up on the WCC site. As you'll see, we have a new tourney format especially for this event, called the Texas 44.
http://www.wildcarpcompanies.com/media-c...Fork-Texas.html

in the red clay mud and raining and only 2 fish for the whole 100 hours.

Sorry - updated link.
http://www.wildcarpcompanies.com/media-c...Fork-Texas.html

Are there a maximum number of entries?

+1

No, but logistically there are only a finite number of pegs available in the stretch of water we plan to fish. If we approach that number (and we'll review that with LFSA in November) we may have to close registration. At this time, we have not set a limit.

I think they have at least 7 miles of bank space, I'd say no limit!

Well I am breaking my no posting rule on here for this..........

Great news for Carp fishing in Texas.

This event has been a long time in the planning, a huge amount of work has been done already..........I for one cannot wait to get back to Texas.

Looking forward to seeing some of you guys again (in the flesh so to speak), and meeting some of the guys I haven't met yet.

This event will be a doozy IMO!

It's been a long time since I've seen you Karl. I think it was when you fished with zach at Athens after the ATC.

Yeah probably Tracy, that was the last time I was in Texas.......Sure have missed fishing out there, I have some fantastic memories of my time fishing there, with all kinds of people.

I loved Athens, and cannot believe more big carp (and buffs don';t get reported from there).........

And yes I saw Zach pick up a spawning 30lb carp with his bare hands from there too, with my own eyes (it isn't a tall tale!!)

Hopefully I can make some more good memories at this event.......Really looking forward to trying anyway!!

Hope to see you there Tracy if your wife can keep it corked for that weekend!

I am looking forward to it...anyone fished any of that 7 miles of bank yet?
Its going to be cool to see what comes out...

Can sobeone post a Google map of the 7 miles of bank?

Any chance we could get a insurance policy on a lake record as apposed to tagged fish?

Dave and I already have some plans...

Gonna bust out the triple xxx glow bait...

Details will be forthcoming re location. We're not insuring for a record fish.

Its really cool that you both are fishing it! Really look forward to seeing the two of you fishing a new premier event in the great state of Texas! Beer's are on me! Have a total blast!

Just a suggestion get someone to sponsor u for a portion of the winnings for those who can't afford it.20% per $100

Can we get a Google maps or Google earth shot of where we will be fiahing

Not yet, but soon you can. Dots are being made and t's crossed still with that aspect

Please link to the sign up info page. Thx.

Bank space secured yet....I am looking forward to this tournament

I would think that a tournament on a lake this big would allow 3 rods per angler, not 2.

I hope that the bank space will be restricted from bass boats. Fork is a world class bass fishery with Hundreds if not thousands of boats on it at any given time, mostly slowly moving down the shorelines pitching to any possible cover. Could be a bank fishers nightmare if not restricted...
I look forward to fishing this some time, just not this year.

There's no spots on fork that will possibly be free of bass fishermen. I'd say since it's at the time it is we shouldn't have too much trouble with them since the spawn is going on but we may just have to live with them.

as soon as we go out and visit the available bankspace we will make the determination if we go up to 3 rods per person. As far as bass fishermen bothering us I don't see it being a problem. We might get a few spectators but most of them will know about our tournament and try and avoid us.

Even with me talking with the rowing clubs and university and kayak rental places on LBL we still had issues at the ATC. You can't control everyone and make them abide by our request.

I sure wouldn't want to be around a bunch of guys with long cast rods throwing out 3oz or bigger sinkers in a bass boat.

Well put.

Looks like this maybe pretty big!

I know of 6 Teams from Texas, 3 teams from IL and 2 Teams from IN!

Who is planning on fishing it?

I'm gonna fish it for sure, I think Ryan and I are partnering up for it.

Jim and I are planning on it. Only thing that would prevent me from doing it is if I have to pick just one tourney that week.

Chad

Fork has lots of snags. I hope that this 7 mile area is relatively clean for yall.

Good luck to all who fish it. This is a fantastic idea and I see some very large fish being caught there for the tourny!

Looks like at least 2 teams from So. Cal will be driving across for it, possibly a couple more.

I am as long as i can find a Teammate

Anybody need a partner?

Is it on SRA land? Want to get the boat out there and start mapping swims :-)

I might be looking for a partner if i get to go.

The event location is secured but peg locations will not be revealed until it is appropriate. Details and further updates will be placed on the tourney facebook page.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Lake-Fork-Carp-Buffalo-Challenge/169330903156182

Thanks for your continued eagerness and interest in the tourney. Did you register yet?
http://www.wildcarpcompanies.com/wild-ca...tournament.html

For those of us who don't use FB will there be a non-FB with this information?

http://www.wildcarpcompanies.com/wild-ca...tournament.html
Tourney Information will also be posted here.

I guess no one with a USCARPPRO or WCC affiliation will be fishing it then?? It would be totally unfare for some to know the location of the pegs and others not to...it would really put the entire event in a bad light and put all futare events at risk...

I mean nothing would be better then to have a USCARPPRO staffer win it and since you guys are so close you would I imagine give them information that would tilt the event in there favor.

Nobody from USCP or WCC will be fishing it.

ok cool, also its not NEW YORK so dump that 2 rod rule...this is TEXAS we get up to 100 hooks here.

that means no USCARPPRO sponsors or advisers or writers correct?

uscp pro-staff team members are not participating

the 2 rod rule is getting examined when we visit the spot here in a few weeks. Looks like it will be dropped for a 3 rod rule.

Zach, what are you implying? Are you saying sponsors of the magazine are not allowed to fish due to possible cheating? I don't think CARPTS has that same rule that sponsors cannot fish their events cuz I saw a lot of Dynamite baits teams at their tourneys? This is not going to be a walk off. All of the pegs will drawn at random so knowing the swims will not make a bit of difference for anyone.
Are you really going to fish this event or just dissect it?

wow, sorry if asking questions before I send off my money upsets you guys. I am not asking to know the swims I was just asking where the 7 miles of bank access is I could careless about pegs.

don't get so defensive.

and yes team bigcarptackle.com is in 100%

am not defensive, just not sure what you were implying

Let's hold on a second here. The location is chosen but the pegs have not been decided yet. That will happen after we visit the location and before the tournament starts. Locals may already have some local knowledge.

LOCAL (i.e. Live in Texas)prostaff of either USCP or WCC NOT be allowed to compete and neither will the tournament directors. They won't be gaining the advantage of local knowledge and you can be sure that there won't be any behind the scenes information passed out about locations either for any prostaff to gain an advantage.

As far as I am aware, and I think this is the way we are going, magazine advertizers and sponsors and WCC sponsors etc will also be allowed to compete. I see no reason not to allow that.

I'm not sure where this thread is going but we will be as fair as possible with regards to the peg locations and divulge them only after they are pegged. There will be no behind the scenes shenanigans or collusion whatsoever. The WCC tournaments have a great reputation for fairness and impartiality and we will do everything possible to maintain that reputation.

If anyone feels it won't be fair, then don't enter the tourney.

I have yet to say anything about this tourney, mostly because I will not be able to participate but everything being done be the directors looks very up and up to me and we should be thanking them for having such a high dollar event at our back door and not picking at it with peg issues and the such.

The bit not having the sponsors being able to participate would be a bad call, they are what makes a tourney what it is.

This has the makings of a great tournament.

It will be kept fair. no information will be shared, including location; preventing locals from mapping the pegs in a boat prior to the event.

Just to be clear, event sponsors, magazine sponsors, and/or WCC sponsors WILL be allowed to compete.

Lol @ Zach

Insinuating that there may be an advantage for certain people, but wanting peg locations so he can gain an advantage by mapping swims.

Nice bait Zach but no real takers ;-)


Don't worry mate EVERYTHING will be revealed after our visit there in a couple of weeks......,,,,.

This will be a great event, hopefully one that future events are modeled on.

No fair Karl!
You all might have an extra day of looking over the seven miles of shoreline that you won't know you will fish until the peg draw!

No one is looking forward to this thing more then me I want to win it and I plan to :-) I have wanted to see a tourney on fork for years the fish we will catch will blow this lake wide open and its going to be a big deal when word gets out.....its not just bass that are trophys here.... Karl you know me better then most I went fishing, I want to know the location of those 7 miles don't want to be neck deep in Gators and wild hogs and Marsh I know it has to be on sra land i have explored it remember i have been fishing and talking about fork for years! I am mostly just anxious to see where it will be...

Blah blah blah

your not going to fish the event?

Zach

Still not sure on the fishing to be honest, but I will be there for sure!

And remember young grasshopper......."A man who is master of patience is master of everything else."

All will be revealed in good time

I can't believe it took me until yesterday to notice the misspelling in the title. lol

There's only 9 letters in my name...hope they don't misspell it on the check!

I never noticed till now! lol

but then again, nearly 2000 views and you were the first to notice!

Official logo of the 2012 WCC/USCARPPRO Texas Lake Fork Tournament

Ok that is badazz ... long sleave on a orange shirt. .

It needs a gun.....put a .44 Cal gun in there and it will be the perfect shirt...it is Texas and we all love our guns!

think cammo

My favorite color... Cammo...

the fact its a buffalo and not a carp is kinda cool as well.

Wtf, that rod has 5 rod rings. Lol, just playing.


I am so excited for this tournament.

im gonna needing a partner.Any takers?

Now that you mention it, that buffalo looks a bit small to me...

Where's the tip ring? lol

We are the quality assurance of the TFF.

Let me get your details I may have a guy who is also looking for a partner for this event.

I'll hook you two up

Thinking about climbing out of the hole for this one. Just waiting for an official set list of rules before i lay my money down.....

We'll be at the venue next weekend, so will have all the details following our visit

I have been really patient, we are closing in on the deadline to get in on the cheap price, but we have no more details. I just want a general area so I know I won't be sitting in a marsh or trying to deal with a unreasonable about of timber.

and can we use boats...if there are a ton of trees using a boat could save a bunch of fish

As of now, we can't use any form of watercraft due to liability reasons(injury or drowning).

John any update on the pegging map??

Pretty sure from what I saw during my visit over there recently, nobody will have to deal with unreasonable amounts of timber....Nor will anybody be sitting in a marsh!

But then again who is to define unreasonable?

Also I'm absolutely positive that you will not be using a boat

Like several/most other events held over here in the US, the actual pegging is left pretty late due to the possibility of things changing.

Take the ATC for example.....We all knew we would be on Town Lake, but we didn't know what pegs would be used until the draw, or a couple of days before at the earliest.

Karl your a bit out of the loop no biggie, I had a conversation with Jason at wcc monday over the phone and he said he would try to have a map up Tuesday and that he has gotten several calls from people asking for the same thing

My original concern was the 7 miles of bank access you had gotten from LFSA that I assumed was SRA land.

John at LFSA?

This tourney is being managed by Wild Carp Companies and promoted by USCARPPRO in conjunction with LFSA. We've all worked hard at identifying suitable pegs and we have received confirmation that we will have access to SRA land, not including the dam, for the tourney.

Pegging, as Karl correctly stated, is being determined based upon the access granted to us from all over the lake, including this land, and the fishability of each location. Thus, no one will be forced to fish unfishable pegs whether that's due to bank conditions or standing timber.

At this time, we have more than enough good peg locations for all expected entrants to fish competitively and without location-specific hindrances.

Areas that may be pegged have been identified but I suggest that anyone with concerns over specific peg locations contact Sean or Jason at WildCarpCompanies before paying to enter the competition. I'm sure Sean and Jason will do whatever is necessary to ensure that all entrants will be given suitable and competitive pegs.

As for the LFSA and the 7 miles of bank space... WCC, USCP and the LFSA has worked with the SRA and with LFSA members and Lake Fork residents and businesses to ensure we have more than enough peggable and competitive bank space for the tournament. Is is 7 miles? We didn't measure it to the inch. If it's only 6 miles, would that be enough for up to 30 or 40 teams?

Zach

I ain't out of the loop at all mate......No biggie though

What I told you is all fact

You will not be using boats

Most events in the US wait until latish to announce where the pegs will be (I used the ATC as an example but I could have used several other events) Some even leave it until the competitors have arrived.

You know what they say about assuming Zach

Looking forward to seeing you there, it has been too long

dude I assumed right, Jason of the WCC told me you guys are looking into RV parks and some bridges now you have to play it by ear as the water level is so low and subject to change also a couple of the members of the LFSA had volunteered land Jason told me he would get a map up of the general areas that where going to be pegged he also told me I wasn't the only one that had called and asked about it. I was just asking Jason if he had a chance to do that as he said he was going to post it here on the TFF and on the WCC website..

You have a ton of carp anglers close to that lake we all know there are big fish there but the reason many of us don't fish it is because lake of bank access. So yes many of us are interested in the locations of the pegs.

Fork and Town Lake can not be compared Fork is a 27,000 acre lake in the middle of where Town lake is a public park with pretty much unlimited bank access...

Zach

Whatever mate

You were the one originally moaning about unfair advantages, now you want to have the peg locations, so you can gain an unfair advantage over the guys who don't know the venue.

I am however very pleased that you have everyone else's interest at heart, and have been persistent in your questions. (And edits!)

All these guys you mention asking, and you being their spokesman is very kind of you.


I said it earlier in the thread mate.............You've got nice bait, but no real takers.

You registered for the event yet????

dude I assumed right, Jason of the WCC told me you guys are looking into RV parks and some bridges now you have to play it by ear as the water level is so low and subject to change also a couple of the members of the LFSA had volunteered land Jason told me he would get a map up of the general areas that where going to be pegged he also told me I wasn't the only one that had called and asked about it. I was just asking Jason if he had a chance to do that as he said he was going to post it here on the TFF and on the WCC website..

You have a ton of carp anglers close to that lake we all know there are big fish there but the reason many of us don't fish it is because lake of bank access. So yes many of us are interested in the locations of the pegs.

dude I assumed right, Jason of the WCC told me you guys are looking into RV parks and some bridges now you have to play it by ear as the water level is so low and subject to change also a couple of the members of the LFSA had volunteered land Jason told me he would get a map up of the general areas that where going to be pegged he also told me I wasn't the only one that had called and asked about it. I was just asking Jason if he had a chance to do that as he said he was going to post it here on the TFF and on the WCC website..

You have a ton of carp anglers close to that lake we all know there are big fish there but the reason many of us don't fish it is because lake of bank access. So yes many of us are interested in the locations of the pegs.

dude I assumed right, Jason of the WCC told me you guys are looking into RV parks and some bridges now you have to play it by ear as the water level is so low and subject to change also a couple of the members of the LFSA had volunteered land Jason told me he would get a map up of the general areas that where going to be pegged he also told me I wasn't the only one that had called and asked about it. I was just asking Jason if he had a chance to do that as he said he was going to post it here on the TFF and on the WCC website..

You have a ton of carp anglers close to that lake we all know there are big fish there but the reason many of us don't fish it is because lake of bank access. So yes many of us are interested in the locations of the pegs.

The page has been updated with a map that shows areas to be pegged.

http://www.wildcarpcompanies.com/wild-ca...tournament.html

Sorry for not responding sooner, but I am generally not much of a forum poster. This is Tournament Director Jason Bernhardt from WCC.

Everyone please refer to our website as Rich pointed out. There is a map up with tentative peg sections posted. We have stated that peg locations may be subject to change due to water level fluctuations, as we visited the lake for pegging purposes at the end of a very long TX drought.

We are partnering with USCARPPRO magazine and Lake Fork Sportsman's Association on this event, and LFSA is our eyes and ears in Lake Fork for monitoring the water levels and peg locations.

LFSA informed us this week that we have the Sabine River Authority's cooperation for this event to take place, which is positive since it may open up additional land for back up and/or expansion.

No matter what the final outcome of the eventual peg locations, there will be ample bank space for our competitors.

Also, feel free to contact me with questions:

jason@wildcarpcompanies.com
315-427-7109

Thank you,
Jason

are there vendors who will come to the event???

im looking for a partner for the tournament..my partner cant make it. please pm me..

Awesome Thanks Jason! I fished a coouple of those.

Update, Jason J and I will be looking at some previously un fished SRA controlled bank space this weekend.

These pegs will be in addition to the currently listed ones and will be on deep water.

So far looks like 13 Teams have joined! Including me n Austin.. get on it people this is gonna be awesome

14 teams signed up!