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 Texas Sharelunker by Year
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12/11/19 05:17 PM
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Joined: Nov 2018
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jbw3
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Texas Sharelunker
Over 13LBS
Year # of fish
1999 16
2000 24
2001 2
2002 18
2003 8
2004 18
2005 24
2006 31
2007 16
2008 15
2009 18
2010 31
2011 20
2012 14
2013 12
2014 7
2015 6
2016 1
2017 5
2018 6
2019 5
Interesting to see the decline over the past 6 years. Curious as to what people think are the reasons for the decline. Cyclical? Pressure? Climate? If "cyclical" do you think we are on the verge of having another "run" where large number of fish are caught?
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Re: Texas Sharelunker by Year
[Re: jbw3]
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12/11/19 05:20 PM
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Joined: Dec 2008
Posts: 16,181
grout-scout
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Drought and lakes that aren’t as fertile as they once were.
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Re: Texas Sharelunker by Year
[Re: jbw3]
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12/11/19 05:20 PM
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Joined: Apr 2014
Posts: 8,382
Jpurdue
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The age of our reservoirs and the decline of Fork. Fork has always kicked out a majority of those fish and for whatever reason everything I'm hearing is she's very unwell at the moment.
"Bragging may not bring happiness, but no man having caught a large fish goes home through an alley." -A.L. www.LunkerLore.com
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Re: Texas Sharelunker by Year
[Re: jbw3]
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12/11/19 05:24 PM
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Joined: Jan 2018
Posts: 2,561
Jeff From Iowa
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If my memory is right 2010 was the last time Falcon was full?
Were all Texas lakes high in 2010?
If so I would say all the new water and structure lured some of them big fish up into new areas resulting in that record year for the lunkers. But its just a guess, I only fished a few times a year until 2017.
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Re: Texas Sharelunker by Year
[Re: jbw3]
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12/11/19 05:52 PM
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Joined: Mar 2010
Posts: 25,824
T Bird
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Big'ens attended "how not to get caught" grad school. 
Okie by birth, Texan by choice. ![[Linked Image]](https://texasfishingforum.com/forums/pics/userpics/2021/01/full-47849-80883-111.jpg) USAF "Thunderbirds" Alumni 1985-1989
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Re: Texas Sharelunker by Year
[Re: jbw3]
#13369162
12/11/19 06:02 PM
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Joined: Dec 2010
Posts: 754
5PounderOnAFrog
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![[Linked Image]](https://texasfishingforum.com/forums/pics/userpics/2019/12/full-55309-32878-2019_12_11_115737.jpg) My guess would be water fluctuations. Looks like low sharelunker years correlate pretty closely to years where lakes were rising and higher sharelunker numbers were reported in years with declining water levels.
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Re: Texas Sharelunker by Year
[Re: jbw3]
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12/11/19 06:08 PM
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Joined: Mar 2003
Posts: 18,279
Hookem
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Some were not reported or submitted for Sharelunker.
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Re: Texas Sharelunker by Year
[Re: jbw3]
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12/11/19 06:27 PM
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Joined: Oct 2011
Posts: 3,333
Mark Jones
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Probably due to the data correlation from 5pounder and Sharelunker non reporting noted by Hookem. Sharelunker shaming is real...
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Re: Texas Sharelunker by Year
[Re: jbw3]
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12/11/19 06:34 PM
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Joined: Apr 2006
Posts: 24,849
outfishdya
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But isn't there a guy on here who caught about a dozen this year?
Woke up this morning
Got yourself a gun....
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Re: Texas Sharelunker by Year
[Re: jbw3]
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12/11/19 06:54 PM
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Joined: Jun 2014
Posts: 637
LakeForkGroupie
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My thoughts on why the dip over the last 6 years are lakes are older, grass is being sprayed and a few dead sharelunkers had many people not turning them in.
Also with 251 sharelunker entries, how Fork goes, so goes this list. The drought from 2011 probably has a bit of an influence as well.
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Re: Texas Sharelunker by Year
[Re: jbw3]
#13369334
12/11/19 08:32 PM
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Joined: Aug 2004
Posts: 1,052
balata9999
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The 3 big years for sharelunker were put up when the west Texas lakes had large entries. 2005-2006 Alan Henry churned out a large portion of those and in 2010 Lake Ivie was a real big contributor. Numerous factors have caused those 2 lakes to decline.
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Re: Texas Sharelunker by Year
[Re: jbw3]
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12/11/19 08:37 PM
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Joined: May 2003
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Chris B
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Seems to be around the same time hydrilla started disappearing from Fork. Back when we all still believed spraying didn't kill hydrilla.
![[Linked Image]](https://texasfishingforum.com/forums/pics/usergals/2017/07/full-3769-170037-image.png) I hate photobucket.
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Re: Texas Sharelunker by Year
[Re: Chris B]
#13369384
12/11/19 09:07 PM
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Joined: Mar 2003
Posts: 18,279
Hookem
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Seems to be around the same time hydrilla started disappearing from Fork. Back when we all still believed spraying didn't kill hydrilla. Grass has been gone from Austin since 2013.
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