Hate seeing posts like this, my wife and I are going for the first time this weekend and this doesn't sound to promising but oh well I guess we will make the best of it!

Hope u guys get into some fish....have a planned trip in a couple of weeks, kind of feel the same way: anxious, one buddy is driving in from Missouri.....hoping the "zero train" rides on out of town by then...

Honestly, you can have a blast on 3-4 lakes within 10-15 mins of Fork. Lake Holbrook, Winnsboro, and Quitman are very close and have good size fish, and easier to catch IMHO.. I grew up on Winnsboro, Mike you did to. It has less pressure, you can catch some decent numbers and size..
No kidding I've hauled out of fork on a tough day, drove to Winnsboro or Holbrook and had a blast, saved the day... Change of lake can be good some times,, I would come back to fork and do what was working on those lakes and get lucky sometimes.. I know guys don't drive from Big Mo. to fish Holbrook, but hey, It's fishing....

I don't believe the pressure theory. I fished it hard up until the LMBV and grass die off (both happened at the same time coincidentally). For years after Ethel was caught and before the LMBV, the parking at every ramp was completely full, including overflow, and down both sides of the road for hundreds of yards. Plates from out of state outnumbered Tx plates three to one. Fishing was still good. That all changed when the grass disappeared. I fished it a few times since and had some good trips..... but nothing like it was when it was full of hydrilla.

Yep.....LMBV my [censored].....TPW sprayed the grass virus is what happened...

Lake Fork is dying due to the pressure it receives. This might be a sign of that.