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Re: Top 5 Fork Bass Guides of All Time? [Re: RoughHuff] #15299096 01/11/25 06:58 PM
Joined: Feb 2012 Posts: 313 San Antonio G GMTK Angler
GMTK Angler G Joined: Feb 2012 Posts: 313 San Antonio	Cody Malone Jack York - yes he's young and new, but the dude can fish.

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Re: Top 5 Fork Bass Guides of All Time? [Re: soonerjake] #15299223 01/11/25 08:52 PM
Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 4,363 Plano J JackMason TFF Team Angler
JackMason TFF Team Angler J Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 4,363 Plano	Originally Posted by soonerjake Jimmy Everett? Now there is a name from the distant past. Fished with him twice. Wasn’t impressed. Had one of best trips ever with that guy. He was dialed in on that trip. Really don't know how he'd rank, but I've fished with a lot of the guys listed above and I can say my trip with Jimmy was tops.

Re: Top 5 Fork Bass Guides of All Time? [Re: RoughHuff] #15299862 01/12/25 02:35 PM
Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 3,469 Uptown, Dallas, Tx Champion1 TFF Team Angler
Champion1 TFF Team Angler Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 3,469 Uptown, Dallas, Tx	Redington has to be on this list somewhere? www.TuffSkinz.net www.basscat.com �It�s all in your head. It doesn�t matter if your 6 or 60. You can participate in this sport."-Rick Clunn

Re: Top 5 Fork Bass Guides of All Time? [Re: RoughHuff] #15299912 01/12/25 03:07 PM
Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 1,000 Emory, Texas T Transplant Extreme Angler
Transplant Extreme Angler T Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 1,000 Emory, Texas	Bill Kells who owned Rainswood Marina 25 plus years ago. The absolute cleanest restaurant on the lake with the Best open face chilli cheeseburger. He was a gruff old fart but took a liking to me and my fishin buddy Ringfry. Caught my PB a 10.88 out of his boat. I remember two tips he gave us. 1. When you think you’re fishing slow enough…….SLOW down. 2. If he had to pick one lure to throw year round it would be a jig, won’t catch as many but his average will be bigger. And his wife Becky was a sweetheart too, especially for putting up with him. Fishing is not a matter of life or death, it's much more important than that! 10 pounds 2 oz.(Pat Mayse) 10.88 lbs PB (Lake Fork) Garmin Pro Staff http://s1279.photobucket.com/user/rmlaskey2/library/

Re: Top 5 Fork Bass Guides of All Time? [Re: Transplant] #15299945 01/12/25 03:32 PM
Joined: Nov 2023 Posts: 3,362 Nacogdoches Co. N nfhbass TFF Team Angler
nfhbass TFF Team Angler N Joined: Nov 2023 Posts: 3,362 Nacogdoches Co.	Originally Posted by Transplant Bill Kells who owned Rainswood Marina 25 plus years ago. The absolute cleanest restaurant on the lake with the Best open face chilli cheeseburger. He was a gruff old fart but took a liking to me and my fishin buddy Ringfry. Caught my PB a 10.88 out of his boat. I remember two tips he gave us. 1. When you think you’re fishing slow enough…….SLOW down. 2. If he had to pick one lure to throw year round it would be a jig, won’t catch as many but his average will be bigger. And his wife Becky was a sweetheart too, especially for putting up with him. Smart man, can't be emphasized enough. Slow down, fish a jig.

Re: Top 5 Fork Bass Guides of All Time? [Re: RoughHuff] #15299952 01/12/25 03:39 PM
Joined: Jan 2021 Posts: 6,458 Grand Prairie R Rescue Fire TFF Celebrity
Rescue Fire TFF Celebrity R Joined: Jan 2021 Posts: 6,458 Grand Prairie	LOL, I would've been afraid to be on a boat with Bill. He'd get mad and push you into the water. He was grumpy but he sure could make a great burger.

Re: Top 5 Fork Bass Guides of All Time? [Re: Transplant] #15299967 01/12/25 03:56 PM
Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 7,136 Frisco, TX. and Lake Fork Sinkey Tidy Scoop
Sinkey Tidy Scoop Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 7,136 Frisco, TX. and Lake Fork	Originally Posted by Transplant Bill Kells who owned Rainswood Marina 25 plus years ago. The absolute cleanest restaurant on the lake with the Best open face chilli cheeseburger. He was a gruff old fart but took a liking to me and my fishin buddy Ringfry. Caught my PB a 10.88 out of his boat. I remember two tips he gave us. 1. When you think you’re fishing slow enough…….SLOW down. 2. If he had to pick one lure to throw year round it would be a jig, won’t catch as many but his average will be bigger. And his wife Becky was a sweetheart too, especially for putting up with him. I never knew what mood Bill was going to be in when I walked in Rainswood. But he was always nice to me as well. Never fished with him but hands down had the best food this lake has ever had. Miss his place. www.mercurymarine.com www.lftlures.com

Re: Top 5 Fork Bass Guides of All Time? [Re: Sinkey] #15300083 01/12/25 05:13 PM
Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 13,687 Trenton, Tx Ken A. Groovy
Ken A. Groovy Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 13,687 Trenton, Tx	Originally Posted by Sinkey Originally Posted by Dognot I'm not qualified to say but here is 3 good ones. Ken Addington, Mark Stevenson, and Larry Barnes. Damn Ken. Mark and Larry are better than El Fenix! Bro, when in Rome eat like Romans!

Re: Top 5 Fork Bass Guides of All Time? [Re: Sinkey] #15300086 01/12/25 05:16 PM
Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 13,687 Trenton, Tx Ken A. Groovy
Ken A. Groovy Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 13,687 Trenton, Tx	Originally Posted by Sinkey Originally Posted by Transplant Bill Kells who owned Rainswood Marina 25 plus years ago. The absolute cleanest restaurant on the lake with the Best open face chilli cheeseburger. He was a gruff old fart but took a liking to me and my fishin buddy Ringfry. Caught my PB a 10.88 out of his boat. I remember two tips he gave us. 1. When you think you’re fishing slow enough…….SLOW down. 2. If he had to pick one lure to throw year round it would be a jig, won’t catch as many but his average will be bigger. And his wife Becky was a sweetheart too, especially for putting up with him. I never knew what mood Bill was going to be in when I walked in Rainswood. But he was always nice to me as well. Never fished with him but hands down had the best food this lake has ever had. Miss his place. I fished with Bill many times at Fork and Monty. He was as good as gold if he liked you. I recall walking thru the doors at Rainswood a thousand times and he would be behind the cash register reading a Louis Lamour novel. The door chime would ding and he'd look up at me and say, "What the hell do you want??"

Re: Top 5 Fork Bass Guides of All Time? [Re: Ken A.] #15300090 01/12/25 05:21 PM
Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 1,000 Emory, Texas T Transplant Extreme Angler
Transplant Extreme Angler T Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 1,000 Emory, Texas	That was Bill. We’d stay there and we’d be standing at front door for breakfast at 5:55am or whenever and like clockwork at 6:00am, never a minute before or after the lights came on and he’d unlock the door! Fishing is not a matter of life or death, it's much more important than that! 10 pounds 2 oz.(Pat Mayse) 10.88 lbs PB (Lake Fork) Garmin Pro Staff http://s1279.photobucket.com/user/rmlaskey2/library/

Re: Top 5 Fork Bass Guides of All Time? [Re: ko bass attack 27] #15300239 01/12/25 08:32 PM
Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 2,233 oklahoma city ok usa skeeterokc Extreme Angler
skeeterokc Extreme Angler Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 2,233 oklahoma city ok usa	Originally Posted by ko bass attack 27 I have fished with many. My top 5 1. Mark Pack 2.Johnny Guice 3. Pake South 4.Ritchie White 5. Tony Clarke Hon. Mention: Jason Margraves, Eddie Garrett, Cody Malone I have had a few guides on Fork, including 1 on your list. He was absolutely the worse of all time.

Re: Top 5 Fork Bass Guides of All Time? [Re: skeeterokc] #15300316 01/12/25 09:58 PM
Joined: Apr 2023 Posts: 169 Oklahoma B BobCobb Outdoorsman
BobCobb Outdoorsman B Joined: Apr 2023 Posts: 169 Oklahoma	Love Fork. My old man guide showed me how to dead stick on the bottom in the middle of August. Big big bass

Re: Top 5 Fork Bass Guides of All Time? [Re: RoughHuff] #15300341 01/12/25 10:37 PM
Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 3,469 Uptown, Dallas, Tx Champion1 TFF Team Angler
Champion1 TFF Team Angler Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 3,469 Uptown, Dallas, Tx	David Vance has been there a long time! www.TuffSkinz.net www.basscat.com �It�s all in your head. It doesn�t matter if your 6 or 60. You can participate in this sport."-Rick Clunn

Re: Top 5 Fork Bass Guides of All Time? [Re: Transplant] #15300576 01/13/25 02:53 AM
Joined: Jan 2012 Posts: 16,394 Fritch, Tx. - Alba, Tx. K ko bass attack 27 TFF Guru
ko bass attack 27 TFF Guru K Joined: Jan 2012 Posts: 16,394 Fritch, Tx. - Alba, Tx.	Originally Posted by Transplant That was Bill. We’d stay there and we’d be standing at front door for breakfast at 5:55am or whenever and like clockwork at 6:00am, never a minute before or after the lights came on and he’d unlock the door! If you wanted to get under Bills skin ask for biscuits when you ordered breakfast, he would let you know that was only on weekends. When we went we would always take our schnauzer with us. He would tell us we could just leave the dog with him, he would sit in his chair and hold that schnauzer all day. Bill was a good man.

Re: Top 5 Fork Bass Guides of All Time? [Re: RoughHuff] #15301394 01/13/25 10:54 PM
Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 3,770 Caddo Mills, TX A Allen Bass Fisher TFF Team Angler
Allen Bass Fisher TFF Team Angler A Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 3,770 Caddo Mills, TX	One time when our club finished a weigh-in at the ramp near Rainswood, Bill closed and locked his restaurant as about 10 of us were walking up to get a late lunch. He just said "We're Closed". It was about 4:00. Guess he did not want to mess with our group.

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