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 Re: Fork Grass Rumors
[Re: J C Outdoors]
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03/24/11 04:54 PM
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With a lack of grass in the creeks for the bass fry to hide in they will be easy pickins for all of the predator fish and birds. Very true. We were working a spawning flat in Birch that had bedding fish on it. There was cormorant that was wounded that was syphoning the area back and forth until it got tired. Rested about 30 minutes then went back to work. It won't discriminate from bass to shad. It wasn't scared of us at all.
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Re: Fork Grass Rumors
[Re: dragonsdaddy]
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03/24/11 04:59 PM
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the nutrients only are lost when "crops" are removed from the "farm". get rid of the grass carp and the coots and the spraying and the grass will be fine. i remember fighting the slime moss in several creeks that people blamed on too many nutrients from the runoff from dairies.
on the brighter side, i can't remember the last hornet/wasp nest i've shared a boat with. and falling deadwood has mostly already fallen. Fishing just like before when this was done to Conroe was excellent for about 3 years. The extra population of bass that have survived due to the grass, now have no place to spread out and go. So, they congregate up in special spots and these are hot spots for about 3 years or so, until the survival rate decreases over a period of time due to loss of fingerling's that don't have a place to hide.
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Re: Fork Grass Rumors
[Re: adam_p]
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03/24/11 05:01 PM
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It was the freeze I think we had. But then again,,,,,, We still have a ton of milfoil over here at Ray Roberts, but that is a different species. Fluctuating water levels is hell on grass. We see it all the time over here. I've said it a hundred times, that pipe is not good for Fork. I really prefer to fish the milfoil instead of hydrilla. But, we need the hydrilla for the sake of saving the fingerlings after the spawn.
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Re: Fork Grass Rumors
[Re: Big Red 12]
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03/24/11 05:46 PM
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soonerjake
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Anyone remember when Mustang was solid grass under the bridge with only the channel open? Man we hammered 'em. Could catch 'em on buzzbaits in early March. We would spend an entire week and never leave the area. AAaaaa, back in the day.
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Re: Fork Grass Rumors
[Re: soonerjake]
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03/25/11 12:31 AM
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etxcowboy
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Court is right the grass is just starting to grow, it will be back in the summer.
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Re: Fork Grass Rumors
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03/25/11 01:01 AM
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I personally witnessed silent black hawk helicoptors spraying the grass at night.
Not really...it'll be back and hopefully when the lake refills it will be deeper.
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Re: Fork Grass Rumors
[Re: adam_p]
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03/25/11 01:07 AM
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If it was gone surely it will "accidentally" be re-introduced.  Hopefully it does better than the hundreds of times it has been "accidentally" reintroduced over here. About three years ago we had a good stand come back. It lasted about a year. Water dropped and it is gone again. The glory days of Ray Bob... Hydrilla in 15-20 ft. of water, it was nothing to catch a grip of 7 lb.+ fish in one afternoon. Sand bass flat alone had acres and acres of hydrilla. The milfoil has come back, but it's not the same.
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Re: Fork Grass Rumors
[Re: Cameron]
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03/25/11 01:25 AM
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lakeforkfishon
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Re: Fork Grass Rumors
[Re: lakeforkfishon]
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03/25/11 04:11 AM
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rxkid2001
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Just how much rain would it take to get back to full pool?
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Re: Fork Grass Rumors
[Re: rxkid2001]
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03/25/11 11:09 PM
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heybaylor
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Just how much rain would it take to get back to full pool? 3.3 feet of runoff
heybaylor
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Re: Fork Grass Rumors
[Re: Shawn Mead]
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03/26/11 02:12 AM
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A lot depends if you can get water to cover the areaneeded to grow it and those swimming pools now get water ,drought or not this summer.
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Re: Fork Grass Rumors
[Re: Shawn Mead]
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03/26/11 02:27 AM
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Mr. Gig E. Head
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Everyone should stay off lake fork for a year or two and let it recoop, exept for me of course!!!
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Re: Fork Grass Rumors
[Re: Cameron]
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03/29/11 02:15 AM
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Silent black hawk helicopters spraying hydrilla on lake fork at night. Hmmm! Was there alcohol on board?
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Re: Fork Grass Rumors
[Re: 28incher]
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03/29/11 02:41 AM
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There is new growth, dig a crank bait in the shallows and you will find some. Of course there will be grass this year, just not like last year because ~75% of last years grass (what would be sprigs for this year) are out of the water. Overall, a lot less grass coming for this year, IMO
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