Tales from Basschamps on Fork

Fished docks, grass, pockets, main lake, stumps, flipped bushes, bridges. Moving baits, plastic, fast, slow, medium. We never got a bite. Congrats to those that did I bow to your greatness!!! How did you guys do?

We ran to our starting spot and then never started the big motor again. Stayed there all day, didn’t get our first bite until 1030. Had a flurry for about an hour and put 5 keepers in the boat for 6.67. Lost two on a swim jig that would have bumped us up around 9 pounds. Tx rig baby brush hog was the bait of the day for us. Brutal tough conditions for sure.

We pitched jigs and T rigs in shallow cover in 2' or so.

Stayed home on the couch and did just as well as about 250 other boats.

We drove over the 515 bridge about noon and couldn’t believe how foggy it was.

Basschamps tales,.....Firstly, 250 boats did not zero!!!!! My guess, is that many of those 250 boats caught good fish. Here is how our day went. started 6-15 foot deep, then went shallow. caught 8 bass, and 1- 4 pound gaspergoo! here's the bad thing about lake fork, for tournament fishing, we caught 8 bass, and weighed em all. we caught a 7#, 2-5#, 2-4#, 2-3#, and a real little bass. count it up! for this time of year, after a huge cold spell, we caught about 31 pounds on 8 fish. we couldn't weigh any of them, because they were in the slot! Top 5 fish would have weighed 25 pounds or so on any other lake! i've been fishing lake fork all of my life. the slot limit needs to go! under those conditions, even though i didnt catch a whole lotta fish i may have been in the money. that is my tale from lake fork.

there's a simple solution to this ^^^^

So, you zeroed.

Exactly what I was gonna say. No legal bass.

yep ^^^^^

250 did zero. A zero means no keepers weighed.

Someone lost count above of keepers

I know several teams that dumped a weigher at the ramp. I know we did. Wouldn’t have mattered. I also had a buddy throw back 2 and he would’ve gotten a check. Lol.

damn that sucks, sounds y'all won the slot tournament though congrats

at least you guys were out there..
I got my skeeter and truck smashed 2 days prior to it....

ugh...

so badly wanted to be there...
Mo

That sucks - sorry to hear of that kind of luck...

I saw one on FB that got rear ended by a kid.

Some of the FB warriors were saying they would have kicked the kids A but the guy who was rear ended was gracious about it.

that was me!!!

and yes.. some people are just goofy

Mo

We had 7 bites one was a slot fish and we culled one time. Moving baits in very shallow in the warmest water we could find regardless if it was muddy. It was good enough for 4th place. Fished clean and stay after it pretty happy as it was my best finish in Champs to date. Also my wife let me keep the check!! Bonus $$

congrats!!!

Way to stick to a plan! Good job. Congrats on getting to keep the check.

Congrats to you and Chris Ozz! Heck of a finish on a tough day!

I like Checks Thanks man.

We had 3 bites all day long. 2 slots and one keeper for about 1.5. Let it go about 2:45 and punted! lol.

The old crew got together for a little brown water and crawfish Saturday night. Man it was a blast.

There some trouble right there for sure!!

Ozz said "what check?" at dinner ........

DAMN! yall got old (me too )

Tell me about it!

Way to go Richard

Damn, that just looks like trouble ......and a good time makes the sh!tty fishing worth it

Congrats to you and Tim too Chris!

We are all a little more tamed than we were back in the day!

Which one are you sink?

Y’all fishing TTO this weekend?

The only one over 6 foot!
Eric Wright, Zach Hughes, myself, and Jeremy Sims.

Not fishing TTO this weekend bud. Got kiddos this weekend. We might be out fun fishing with them or on the dock. Up to them though!

Good luck to you guys. Should be better and more stable than this last weekend for sure.

Isn’t Eric a guide or am I thinking of someone else?

Zach looks like a little like Webber after 6 pack 😁

Comraderie is where it's at, anyways....go have a good time. If you're licking wounds at the end of the day, pour brown water over it and make it feel all better. At least that's my motto!

He's always the one that looks like his dog just got run over even if he's holding a giant bass..

Sorry bud I couldn't resist.

Holy WOW!! Little E shaved his beard!!! Didn't even recognize him!!!! WOW!!

Zach looks like he's had a few "sodas"

Thats him. Eric and Zach are both full time guides out there now.