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 Re: Lets Get Real About Lake Fork
[Re: BassChaser57]
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04/08/13 11:03 PM
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txmasterpo
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Nothing wrong with the lake.....something wrong with the people .......fish it on Wednesday or in July when it's 102°..........fish are there......getting smarter every day!
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Re: Lets Get Real About Lake Fork
[Re: Accutrigger33]
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04/08/13 11:12 PM
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Fork-LegendV21
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all about the pressure...and with the high winds congragating everyone together equals more boat noise...traffic...sometimes i feel sorry for those fish...lol...but i go there all the time and love the lake!!! ^^^This^^^, I love it so much I am moving there to!!
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Re: Lets Get Real About Lake Fork
[Re: BassChaser57]
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04/08/13 11:21 PM
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Dr JL
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If that tourney would have been last Monday 4/1 it would have been a massacre.
A lot of fish spawned then.. It's been a long time since I saw so many pounds of fish spawning as I did that day.
Also, that much noise in wind concentrated areas probably does turn fish off, especially the bigger over slot types.
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Re: Lets Get Real About Lake Fork
[Re: BassChaser57]
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04/08/13 11:40 PM
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Bruce Allen
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fly on a express that is whay it looked like today EXCEPT for the 4' waves
Lake Fork Anglers Every Thursday Daytime Tournaments. Lake Fork Sportsman's Association www.lakeforksa.com/We are VERY PROUD of our Induction into the Texas Freshwater Fishing Hall of Fame.
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Re: Lets Get Real About Lake Fork
[Re: BassChaser57]
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04/08/13 11:51 PM
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Lake Fork Guide- Greg West
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515 ramp was pure insanity. dad trailered and i ran the boat over to rainswood to get off the water.
Strike King Lews
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Re: Lets Get Real About Lake Fork
[Re: BassChaser57]
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04/08/13 11:54 PM
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Fast Lane
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I live on Lake Fork and love it but...
The Dodge Ram Tournament was held on Lake Fork yesterday and ONLY 2 over the slot fish were weighed...lets do some math
about 1800 Anglers
times 7 hours fished per Angler
Equals 12,600 fishing hours
And ONLY 2 overs caught.
There were great Anglers with millions of dollars worth of equipment fishing 12,600 hours with only 2 overs.
Lets get real...what is going on with Lake Fork 1800 Angler = Tremendous fishing pressure..
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Re: Lets Get Real About Lake Fork
[Re: BassChaser57]
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04/09/13 12:06 AM
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Hobbs McAvoy
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A 24" bass is huge. I bet there were a lot of 7-8 lb fish caught maybe even 9 lb fish caught that didn't measure the 24" and couldn't be weigh in.
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Re: Lets Get Real About Lake Fork
[Re: txmasterpo]
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04/09/13 01:33 AM
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Riptide103
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Nothing wrong with the lake.....something wrong with the people .......fish it on Wednesday or in July when it's 102°..........fish are there......getting smarter every day! +1 - can't beat a good hot summer day.
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Re: Lets Get Real About Lake Fork
[Re: BassChaser57]
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04/09/13 01:40 AM
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Rob Lay
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I think that tournament situation would produce the worst odds. Tell me what the hours are per over that are caught in Cody Malone or Mark Pack's boat (any guide)? They know Fork and the fish better than everyone in those tournaments and many of their overs are caught during the week.
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Re: Lets Get Real About Lake Fork
[Re: MARK PACK]
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04/09/13 01:48 AM
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Billy_Lawson
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Re: Lets Get Real About Lake Fork
[Re: BassChaser57]
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04/09/13 01:50 AM
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K.D.
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I think it's interesting that by your math it took over 12k man hours to produce two overs. One of the strange factoids I've always recalled is a study by TP&W that said it takes, on average, over 10k man hours on Fork to catch a double digit fish.
I think it was ol' Ben Franklin who said nothing is either good or bad until its compared to something. So with that in mind I'd say things are right on track.
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Re: Lets Get Real About Lake Fork
[Re: DKennimer]
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04/09/13 01:52 AM
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Stax®
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I fish Fork about 100 days a year. The fishing was really tough this weekend (for me at least). Pressure, post front conditions has a lot of effect on the fish. They didn't really turn on until 2:00 Sunday for me. Then I caught some really nice slots that got my heart pumping with only minutes left in the tourney. I caught a 8.00 at 2:10 that I thought might have a chance to be an over... Nope 23 1/2". It was a fun tournament and everyone was very courteous where I was. Fork can and will humble you. Sums it up pretty well...This is what keeps us all coming back 
"If it swims I'll catch it and if its wild I'll hunt it!!!"
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Re: Lets Get Real About Lake Fork
[Re: Mark Perry]
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04/09/13 01:52 AM
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BassChaser57
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Heck I think its fishing pretty good all things considered. You just can't keep fishing it the same way with the same results. It changes and we have to change as well. Well said. I have many fantastic days on Fork and of course been skunked many days. I have learned to get away from the banks and fishing gets much better.
Airline Pilot by Profession, BassChaser by Passion
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Re: Lets Get Real About Lake Fork
[Re: BassChaser57]
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04/09/13 01:53 AM
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PESCADOR12
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So I've never fished fork or a tournament so I don't know. You can't weigh a 22' fish that weighs 8lb? So is it better to catch small fish in a fork tournament?
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