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Re: the glory days... top 3 lakes you remember [Re: Mark Perry] #13431842 02/08/20 03:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Mark Perry
Fork- for obvious reasons.

Hubbard Creek- I was convinced nothing under 3lbs lived in that lake after my first few trips. Numbers and qualitywere insane. And those fish fought like crazy.

Falcon- to this day I have yetto have a fish hit as hard as my first ever bass did on a football jig there. It was only a 5-6lber but that bite was insanely hard.


I only caught a few down there this week, but there was no question if you had a bite on Lake Falcon.


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Re: the glory days... top 3 lakes you remember [Re: senko9S] #13431856 02/08/20 03:23 PM
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Ray Roberts back in the 90's was awesome, all we needed was a bunch of watermelon flukes and chartreuse dip. Caught my first fish over 10lbs. There.
O.H. Ivie was excellent until about 2011, caught my PB there at 11.24.
Alan Henry from 96 until 2005, it's a shame now to have to pay $30 to go catch 12" spots.
Can't add Fork Cuz my first time there was 08 and it was good but not great, still wound up buying a place there and spend 3-4 months out of the year there and have had some great days there. Got to fish Falcon and Amistad both a few times when they were hot. Frog fishing on Amistad back in the fall of 2011 was as good as it got. Smallmouth fishing on Lake Meredith was great back in the 90's we would throw black 38 special spinnerbaits at night and catch 20 fish from 3-5lbs. There is a small lake by Childress called Baylor Lake that at one time was unreal for big fish.

Re: the glory days... top 3 lakes you remember [Re: senko9S] #13431857 02/08/20 03:23 PM
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Re: the glory days... top 3 lakes you remember [Re: Okie Poke] #13431858 02/08/20 03:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Okie Poke
I'm glad to see you posting productive threads instead of being an a-hole on all of your comments. There may be hope for you after all. Hang in there....



how old are you again okie? still butt hurt from a thread you didn't agree with? still have your drunken childish pm, grow up man.

Re: the glory days... top 3 lakes you remember [Re: fivebites] #13431866 02/08/20 03:29 PM
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Originally Posted by fivebites
#1: Late 80's...Lake Fork...Big Mustang...AC Plugs in the late fall/early winter with 4 - 14 pound bass busting giant gizzard shad completely out of the water. Catching my first worm fish on Fork. Wasp nests as big as basketballs. 100 fish days. Trees and grass everywhere!

#2: Believe it or not, Cedar Creek used to be covered up with hydrilla. Caney creek was where I caught my first bass over 7 pounds... and on a jig fishing the hydrilla line.

#3: Monticello in the winter. Thomas at the gate always wanting to make the $5.00 bet we wouldn't catch an over. (He won quite a few until I figured the lake out some). Weather so cold your steering cables would freeze and having to dip your rod in the warm water to thaw the line out of the rod guides. Those Monty fished pulled as hard as any bass I've ever seen!!

#4: Commedero. More 3-5 pound fish in one day than you could count. No giants on our trip, but got to go with Bob Ridgeway from SW parts and service and a great group of guys. That was very special.


The $5 dollar bet is missed by many I'm sure

Re: the glory days... top 3 lakes you remember [Re: senko9S] #13431905 02/08/20 04:01 PM
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Re: the glory days... top 3 lakes you remember [Re: senko9S] #13431972 02/08/20 05:01 PM
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Re: the glory days... top 3 lakes you remember [Re: senko9S] #13432029 02/08/20 06:21 PM
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Re: the glory days... top 3 lakes you remember [Re: senko9S] #13432126 02/08/20 09:29 PM
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Re: the glory days... top 3 lakes you remember [Re: senko9S] #13432134 02/08/20 09:42 PM
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Lake Austin before the introduction of the Grass Carp. One of the best in the Centex for both numbers AND size, and though its 21 miles long, only 1600 acres. Our little secret until BASSMaster mag declared it #8 best lake in the country a few years back. Then the grass carp destroyed the vegetation and severely damaged the ecosystem in that lake, which is trying to recover but will take years to accomplish.

Re: the glory days... top 3 lakes you remember [Re: senko9S] #13432157 02/08/20 10:17 PM
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Originally Posted by senko9S
What are some of yalls glory day stories from the past, specifically top 3 lakes?

Fork obviously comes to mind. I remember fishing with Hollice Joiner in the 80's before the timber fell and the grass was immaculate. he would run timber lined "guide lanes" in his Charger like a NASCAR race. crazy fun. fishing was insane, never have seen so many huge schools of 5-8 pounders in the mouths of the major creeks certain times of the year. matted floating islands of hydrilla, it was insane, catch em however you wanted to.

Ray Roberts brings back some memories as well. Sand branch trap bite in the spring would get your arm broke off, lots of 10-12 pounders cruising around there in the spring. Then you had the wolf island hydrilla flat drifts. that's where I learned the magic of bubblegum flukes. start on one end and let the wind push you for ever throwing over the grass. also remember black light fishing at night on the humps in the early 90's.

Cooper was a unique gem for a few years. you didn't even need a map. you could easily see every road bed, fence line, channel etc. Pitching tubes in 14ft of water along the tree lined roadbed going into doctors was a blast. During the spawn you could go deep into the forest and sight fish double digit bass spawning on huge horizontal oak tree limbs near the surface on the edge of the river channel in deep water. 10 pounders being caught daily by many anglers.

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I seem to remember we did good at Cooper years ago...
But Fork in the late 80’s I loved it
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Re: the glory days... top 3 lakes you remember [Re: senko9S] #13432174 02/08/20 10:47 PM
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In the mid 90's Fork was unbeatable....as most have stated.
I do remember Catching lots of size and numbers at Cypress Springs and the topwater fishing at Monticello was 2nd to none in the 90's.
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Re: the glory days... top 3 lakes you remember [Re: senko9S] #13432183 02/08/20 11:03 PM
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Lakes that I hit in their hey days. Ray Roberts in the 90's, Amistad back around 07-08, Toledo Bend 2015.


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Re: the glory days... top 3 lakes you remember [Re: Mike Keenan] #13432204 02/08/20 11:27 PM
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Originally Posted by senko9S
What are some of yalls glory day stories from the past, specifically top 3 lakes?

Fork obviously comes to mind. I remember fishing with Hollice Joiner in the 80's before the timber fell and the grass was immaculate. he would run timber lined "guide lanes" in his Charger like a NASCAR race. crazy fun. fishing was insane, never have seen so many huge schools of 5-8 pounders in the mouths of the major creeks certain times of the year. matted floating islands of hydrilla, it was insane, catch em however you wanted to.

Ray Roberts brings back some memories as well. Sand branch trap bite in the spring would get your arm broke off, lots of 10-12 pounders cruising around there in the spring. Then you had the wolf island hydrilla flat drifts. that's where I learned the magic of bubblegum flukes. start on one end and let the wind push you for ever throwing over the grass. also remember black light fishing at night on the humps in the early 90's.

Cooper was a unique gem for a few years. you didn't even need a map. you could easily see every road bed, fence line, channel etc. Pitching tubes in 14ft of water along the tree lined roadbed going into doctors was a blast. During the spawn you could go deep into the forest and sight fish double digit bass spawning on huge horizontal oak tree limbs near the surface on the edge of the river channel in deep water. 10 pounders being caught daily by many anglers.

what are some of yalls? texas

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I seem to remember we did good at Cooper years ago...
But Fork in the late 80’s I loved it
Bob Sandlin


we did and cooper wasn't a true grass lake, hydrilla came towards the end and was very little

Re: the glory days... top 3 lakes you remember [Re: senko9S] #13432209 02/08/20 11:30 PM
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Kurth... From about 2000 to about 2010 it had some peak years that were ridiculous. The density of 6-9lbers per acre was insane. During the spawn, we'd go almost everyday for 2 months. If you didn't catch 35-40lbs it was an off day. Several days 45+ into 50lb range. I know of atleast 3 over 13 caught and a 15+ found floating. Come summer you could flip grass in 22ft of water and catch those same toads all day.

Lake Austin.... As mentioned earlier, it was on pace to be the destination for big fish. Deep grass, cool water in summer. They'd be spawning pretty much all spring into June. Water temps would be in the 60's in may sometimes. Ttz tournaments would take 40-45lbs to win. It was crazy

Lake nacogdoches.... It's had some up and down years but early 2000's when the grass died but the pads were thick was the place to learn how to frog fish. The only frog on the market was a snagproof. We'd buy everything Mr hale had at his little tackle shop. It was pretty much endless 4-6lbers all day everyday in the summer and we didn't even know what we were doing but we learned quick and never looked back. In more recent years the new catch and release limits has helped out by keeping the big ones in the lake. There's still plenty of true sharelunkers in Nac. The spot where I caught my 13 out there gave up probably 40 over 8lbs in just a couple years. Special place

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