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 Lake Fork and the Drop Shot
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04/26/11 09:26 PM
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Scotty T
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This past Saturday 4/23 my cousin and I had 2 goals. 1) catch some fish (stay out of the wind) 2) get comfortable fishing a drop shot Before this trip we hadn't fished a DS much at all, only a few times with a vertical deep water presentation. Been hearing that the bite was on up shallow we figured it was time. Started about 9:00am on the south side of the lake and started catching fish immediatley! We caught fish in every cove we fished, the fish were really easy to pattern. Had 30+ fish on the day with the biggest around 7.5lb, our best 5 unders would easily go 10lb. Needless to say we both go comfortable fishing a DS! He used a bait caster and I used a spinning rod and we both hammered em. We never put the DS down, even though they aren't supposed to catch big fish!! Below are photos of are biggest 2. Feel free to PM me if you want any specifics on where and how.  7.5 by far my biggest fish on spinning rod/reel... pulled drag like no other!  cousin Rob, he was the brains behind the game plan 
Caught me a big'n and I let him go.. 
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 Re: Lake Fork and the Drop Shot
[Re: Scotty T]
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04/26/11 09:29 PM
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bogey♂
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Nice 
you know, nothing wrong with seven men who met on the internet going for a swim together
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Re: Lake Fork and the Drop Shot
[Re: bogey♂]
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04/26/11 09:53 PM
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RickS.
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DS is a great technique. nice hawgs
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Re: Lake Fork and the Drop Shot
[Re: RickS.]
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04/26/11 10:00 PM
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Hawg Sticker
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Like Father Like Son! Had A Great Day On The 12th With Cody Malone. First Time I Ever Used A Drop Shot Or A Spin CAst Reel. Cody Was Very Patient And By The End Of The Day All Was Good. Nice Fish Boys, Looking Forward To Going Out And Slaying A Few With You Guys Next Time.
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Re: Lake Fork and the Drop Shot
[Re: Hawg Sticker]
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04/26/11 10:17 PM
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goodman_fishing
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Very nice fish! I have a TON of confidence in drop-shotting. Good thing to know how to work.
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Re: Lake Fork and the Drop Shot
[Re: Scotty T]
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04/26/11 10:20 PM
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FootAndAHalf
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even though they aren't supposed to catch big fish!!
someone's been lying to you!
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Re: Lake Fork and the Drop Shot
[Re: Scotty T]
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04/26/11 10:47 PM
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chilli31
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This past Saturday 4/23 my cousin and I had 2 goals. 1) catch some fish (stay out of the wind) 2) get comfortable fishing a drop shot Before this trip we hadn't fished a DS much at all, only a few times with a vertical deep water presentation. Been hearing that the bite was on up shallow we figured it was time. Started about 9:00am on the south side of the lake and started catching fish immediatley! We caught fish in every cove we fished, the fish were really easy to pattern. Had 30+ fish on the day with the biggest around 7.5lb, our best 5 unders would easily go 10lb. Needless to say we both go comfortable fishing a DS! He used a bait caster and I used a spinning rod and we both hammered em. We never put the DS down, even though they aren't supposed to catch big fish!! Below are photos of are biggest 2. Feel free to PM me if you want any specifics on where and how. 7.5 by far my biggest fish on spinning rod/reel... pulled drag like no other! cousin Rob, he was the brains behind the game plan Pm me some time we should set up a time to go out to fork and I'll show you some really great DS techniques you' ll double that # on what I will teach you I'm a tournament fisherman east texas mainly and I never go into a tournament without a DS rig tied on the last time I went out to fork I boated 40 fish 10 overs and the rest were unders and slots fished from 7 am til dark
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Re: Lake Fork and the Drop Shot
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04/26/11 11:01 PM
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TOAD33
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Guess u haven't been there since they raised the slot
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Re: Lake Fork and the Drop Shot
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04/26/11 11:03 PM
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Re: Lake Fork and the Drop Shot
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04/26/11 11:07 PM
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Re: Lake Fork and the Drop Shot
[Re: chilli31]
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04/26/11 11:38 PM
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This past Saturday 4/23 my cousin and I had 2 goals. 1) catch some fish (stay out of the wind) 2) get comfortable fishing a drop shot Before this trip we hadn't fished a DS much at all, only a few times with a vertical deep water presentation. Been hearing that the bite was on up shallow we figured it was time. Started about 9:00am on the south side of the lake and started catching fish immediatley! We caught fish in every cove we fished, the fish were really easy to pattern. Had 30+ fish on the day with the biggest around 7.5lb, our best 5 unders would easily go 10lb. Needless to say we both go comfortable fishing a DS! He used a bait caster and I used a spinning rod and we both hammered em. We never put the DS down, even though they aren't supposed to catch big fish!! Below are photos of are biggest 2. Feel free to PM me if you want any specifics on where and how. 7.5 by far my biggest fish on spinning rod/reel... pulled drag like no other! cousin Rob, he was the brains behind the game plan Pm me some time we should set up a time to go out to fork and I'll show you some really great DS techniques you' ll double that # on what I will teach you I'm a tournament fisherman east texas mainly and I never go into a tournament without a DS rig tied on the last time I went out to fork I boated 40 fish 10 overs and the rest were unders and slots fished from 7 am til dark 
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Re: Lake Fork and the Drop Shot
[Re: chilli31]
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04/26/11 11:52 PM
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Scotty T
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Pm me some time we should set up a time to go out to fork and I'll show you some really great DS techniques you' ll double that # on what I will teach you
I'm a tournament fisherman east texas mainly and I never go into a tournament without a DS rig tied on the last time I went out to fork I boated 40 fish 10 overs and the rest were unders and slots fished from 7 am til dark
that is a bunch of overs 
Caught me a big'n and I let him go..
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Re: Lake Fork and the Drop Shot
[Re: Ranger1]
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04/26/11 11:53 PM
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JCBfromTHF
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This past Saturday 4/23 my cousin and I had 2 goals. 1) catch some fish (stay out of the wind) 2) get comfortable fishing a drop shot Before this trip we hadn't fished a DS much at all, only a few times with a vertical deep water presentation. Been hearing that the bite was on up shallow we figured it was time. Started about 9:00am on the south side of the lake and started catching fish immediatley! We caught fish in every cove we fished, the fish were really easy to pattern. Had 30+ fish on the day with the biggest around 7.5lb, our best 5 unders would easily go 10lb. Needless to say we both go comfortable fishing a DS! He used a bait caster and I used a spinning rod and we both hammered em. We never put the DS down, even though they aren't supposed to catch big fish!! Below are photos of are biggest 2. Feel free to PM me if you want any specifics on where and how. 7.5 by far my biggest fish on spinning rod/reel... pulled drag like no other! cousin Rob, he was the brains behind the game plan Pm me some time we should set up a time to go out to fork and I'll show you some really great DS techniques you' ll double that # on what I will teach you I'm a tournament fisherman east texas mainly and I never go into a tournament without a DS rig tied on the last time I went out to fork I boated 40 fish 10 overs and the rest were unders and slots fished from 7 am til dark I had to laugh too!
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Re: Lake Fork and the Drop Shot
[Re: JCBfromTHF]
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04/27/11 12:20 AM
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Re: Lake Fork and the Drop Shot
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04/27/11 12:27 AM
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JIM SR.
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