Hmm, i see 10 overs, 8 overs winning hours though. Still lower than one would expect.

LOL...
8 fish Sat--brother cashed with a 2.19 first hr...
4 fish Sun... Looked for a big fish out deep, very winnable with an 8-lber leading Sun morning...No luck..some mag sandbass..

I know one guy that has fished Fork for over 20 years and has NEVER landed an Over. He caught a ten pounder in Feb about 10 years ago but it wasn't an Over. Catching an Over at Fork is not an easy task.

I fished last Wed with a top guide and we had Five Fish all day. We did have a nice 23 incher but it was tough for us. After our trip we compared notes with one of the other top guides. His boat had 22 doing the same exact thing we were doing. It's all about Location right now.

Right on Bro, happens at Fork more than any other lake. That will all stop when gas goes back over $4 a gallon again. I started fishing Fork in 1987 and my son and I would launch at the public ramp on hwy. 17, cruise across to White Oak creek and catch all we wanted. Burned maybe a gallon. Of course my boat wouldn't go over 35mph so I didn't get the "thrill" of doing 70+ like today's boats but sure had a lot of fun catching those Fork bass and still do. Congrats to yesterdays winners.

We fished our butts off from mid-lake to Glade. We do not fish Fork much. last 2 years we have done very well, but wow, we struggled. We could not get a morning frog or topwater bite going, fished 6-12ft and 18-25ft. just could not find them. We had a few but it was beyond a grind.
Please don't interpret this as a "Fork is dead" post, but it was tough tough for us.
Lake looked great, shallow cover, lot of shad, etc etc

I have to say that fishing was tough for us,but we had a great time. Stayed at LFM and rented a boat slip, best time yet.
Seems like folks were a lot more respectful of the water we were fishing than in past years, and everyone we talked to on the water were great. Looking forward to 2017!!!

And timing.

They are starting to stack up...it was tough fishing for us. Boated 10 fish the entire tournament.

Still a fun time for sure...we got a rubber ducky!

Had one over and two unders that won money. Between my partner and myself we caught a total of about 12 fish Saturday through Sunday. It wasn't "katy-bar-the-door" by any means but if you put your head down and fished you could catch a few.

but... "That's how Fork go" especially when you have 1,000 or so boats on it.

So, are we ready for Sand bass Tournaments now?

This is actually a great idea! Have everyone catch a 25 fish limit and get a total weight. Also pay for biggest sandy.

Do it every weekend from now on. All the marinas should jump on this.

With a fish fry to follow!

Prefished 3 days leading up to the tournament. Caught very little. Saturday morning had two unders in the livewell by 0615. Cashed 2 checks the first hour. Sunday morning had another under in the livewell early. Cashed a 3rd check during the first hour. Didn't catch much but apparently caught the right ones and weighed em in at the right time to bring home 3 checks.

I saw where you and your dad both cashed checks. Congrats, Louie Jr. and Louie III.

ha. got lucky