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 Fork gates are open
#4653321
03/25/10 03:10 PM
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kmb411
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Just drove by and they are open. Will the rain ever stop?
Live Bait Dead Brain.
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Re: Fork gates are open
[Re: kmb411]
#4653530
03/25/10 03:45 PM
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Joined: Feb 2003
Posts: 4,331
Goat Farmer
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That figures, so much for the great fishing this weekend
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Re: Fork gates are open
[Re: Goat Farmer]
#4653705
03/25/10 04:11 PM
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Posts: 50,379
fouzman
Methuselah
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Methuselah
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Just talked to a guide friend who is on the lake right now. He said the fish ARE acting like the gates are open. Now he knows why!
Coincidence is His way of remaining anonymous.
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Re: Fork gates are open
[Re: fouzman]
#4653751
03/25/10 04:19 PM
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Joined: Mar 2009
Posts: 1,053
1 Oar
Extreme Angler
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Seems like the fish would be used to them being open. They've been open all year.
Kurt Ratliff Griffith Roofing Company 207 Ranch Trail Rockwall Tx, 75032 griffithroofingco.com kurt@griffithroofingco.com 972.679.5088 cell  Since 1926
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Re: Fork gates are open
[Re: 1 Oar]
#4653770
03/25/10 04:23 PM
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Joined: Jan 2008
Posts: 1,060
Forkfish
Extreme Angler
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Re: Fork gates are open
[Re: Forkfish]
#4653774
03/25/10 04:24 PM
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Joined: Jan 2007
Posts: 6,749
Jersey Dan
Guido
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Guido
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I'll just target bed fish this weekend.
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Re: Fork gates are open
[Re: Jersey Dan]
#4653818
03/25/10 04:32 PM
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Joined: Apr 2006
Posts: 16,679
Lake Fork Guide
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I'll just target bed fish this weekend. that would b my plan too!
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Re: Fork gates are open
[Re: Lake Fork Guide]
#4653977
03/25/10 04:57 PM
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Joined: May 2004
Posts: 15,681
Lakeguide
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Yesterday was no picnic on Fork, I'm sure it won't get any worse 
Last edited by *Lakeguide*; 03/25/10 04:58 PM.
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Re: Fork gates are open
[Re: Lake Fork Guide]
#4653984
03/25/10 04:58 PM
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Joined: Nov 2009
Posts: 1,111
Shep M
Extreme Angler
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What other planis there this time of the year! I love sight fishing !  
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Re: Fork gates are open
[Re: Lakeguide]
#4653990
03/25/10 04:59 PM
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Posts: 12,639
JIM SR.
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Eveyone stay home,..I'll let ya know when it's ok to come back,
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Re: Fork gates are open
[Re: JIM SR.]
#4653994
03/25/10 05:00 PM
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Posts: 3,267
tommyc
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That's mighty nice of you Jim. I hate to waste a bunch of gasoline
Tom Cornelius
Romans 10:9-11
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Re: Fork gates are open
[Re: JIM SR.]
#4654000
03/25/10 05:01 PM
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Posts: 4
markshark
Green Horn
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Green Horn
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why do the fish shut down when the gates are open?
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Re: Fork gates are open
[Re: markshark]
#4654202
03/25/10 05:38 PM
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fouzman
Methuselah
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Methuselah
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Welcome markshark. They shut down for a couple reasons. Colder water sits on bottom of lake. Open gates, mix the water, drop the water temp, florida bass don't like that. Plus the mixing diminishes water quality+clarity and this may impact fishes ability to feed by sight and make them sluggish due to having to filter so much suspended material through their gills. Secondly, while Fork has some current it is minimal compared to tidal fisheries. Opening the gates causes lots of current which these fish aren't used to. They'll typically get right on some type of cover (as a barrier from current) and have a strike zone of virtually zero. Finally, falling water will make a number of the fish retreat to deeper water.
That's my very uneducated guess as to why the fish at Fork shutdown when the gates are open, especially all 5 of them.
Coincidence is His way of remaining anonymous.
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Re: Fork gates are open
[Re: fouzman]
#4654215
03/25/10 05:41 PM
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Joined: Apr 2009
Posts: 4,347
elkhartdom
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Welcome markshark. They shut down for a couple reasons. Colder water sits on bottom of lake. Open gates, mix the water, drop the water temp, florida bass don't like that. Plus the mixing diminishes water quality+clarity and this may impact fishes ability to feed by sight and make them sluggish due to having to filter so much suspended material through their gills. Secondly, while Fork has some current it is minimal compared to tidal fisheries. Opening the gates causes lots of current which these fish aren't used to. They'll typically get right on some type of cover (as a barrier from current) and have a strike zone of virtually zero. Finally, falling water will make a number of the fish retreat to deeper water.
That's my very uneducated guess as to why the fish at Fork shutdown when the gates are open, especially all 5 of them. most accurate disertation i have heard on this, thanks
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Re: Fork gates are open
[Re: elkhartdom]
#4654261
03/25/10 05:48 PM
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aggie96
Pro Angler
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I bet the sight fishing will be tough with muddy water and high winds. Jersey you know something I do not. If so PM me.
Fishing for Carter Mayes 6/15/04 - 12/04/10
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