Lake fork

[jdelo77]

Does anyone fish it regularly ? I'm
Heading that way Thursday got some crappie fishing , the cabin is somewhere near quitman ....

[95_alum]

 You're traveling to Lake Fork, to crappie fish?   

[Hawgon]

I've never done any good at Fork, although one trip we went and about the middle of the day we decided to load up and head just a little way up the road to that power plant lake, Monticello(?), and we loaded up.

[95_alum]

True story:
I walked in to a local sportingood store & asked one of the employees (who was chatting with two other guys) where their 20-lb. test was located?
One them responded, "20-lb. test?! Where are you fishing that requires 20-lb. test?"
I smiled and said, "Lake Fork."
"Follow me. It's right over here..."

[pigture perfect]

Let us know how you do.

[jdelo77]

Yes I fish for crappie for the freezer , bass are strictly catch and release ...

[Rhog]

Yeah crappie fishing at Lake Fork is amazing.  The first time I ever fished Lake Fork
we were using a wacky-worm rig and kept catching crappie by accident; they were huge!
Great fishery for both bass and crappie.  I can't wait to go back next spring.

[Chuck Boarris]

I'm heading to Fork tomorrow morning. The bass fishing has been kind of tough out there lately. I'm hoping it picks up over the weekend.

[jdelo77]

Tough fishing today guys , only caught 24 between four of us in 8 hrs , we fished around bridges and brush piles , and points , 20-25 foot of water ...

[jdelo77]

Caught 72 yesterday , best one was a 2.5 pound bruiser my father caught , lots of solid 1-1.25 pound fish ... I will post pics when I get back tomorrow evening ...

[Chuck Boarris]

The bass fishing was tough this weekend.

[Grizzlyfan]

Where is this Lake Fork that you guys are referring to?

[Rzbakfromwaybak]

Where is this Lake Fork that you guys are referring to?

Texas.  East of Dallas, about 70 miles.

[jdelo77]

We cleaned 104 total , the biggest was this one almost 2.5 pounds , Saturday was slow, i think we caught 10 that kept anyway, lots of small fish on this trip , when i say small i mean we caught over 225+ but only 104 were legal , it was a great time and look forward to it next year....

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[dagnamit]

We cleaned 104 total , the biggest was this one almost 2.5 pounds , Saturday was slow, i think we caught 10 that kept anyway, lots of small fish on this trip , when i say small i mean we caught over 225+ but only 104 were legal , it was a great time and look forward to it next year....

your hand must weigh 5 lbs... =)

[jdelo77]

He was chunky ... But we weighed him on the scale at the marina ...

[Chuck Boarris]

Which marina were you at? One of my sponsors held a pro staff get together this weekend at Lake Fork Marina.

[jdelo77]

Well it was actually oak ridge marina , not really a marina but more of a bait shop and restraunt ...

[Chuck Boarris]

Well it was actually oak ridge marina , not really a marina but more of a bait shop and restraunt ...

We launched and ate lunch there Friday. They carry the sponsors product so he had us all go there and eat lunch as a way to say thanks.

[jdelo77]

Yeah we ate lunch on the water , but ate breakfast and dinner there , pretty good food !  we were fishing out if a new black ranger aluminum , you might have seen us ...

[Chuck Boarris]

I agree, the food there was good! I'm sure I passed you a couple times out there. We did quite a bit of moving around.

[adave]

your hand must weigh 5 lbs... =)

Surly he's not saying the one in that pic was 2.5 lbs..

[jdelo77]

I assure you it was close to 2.5 pounds , I have a few more pics of this fish but they aren't any better than this one ...

[dagnamit]

Surly he's not saying the one in that pic was 2.5 lbs..

I am not buying it. But I am not saying he is fibbing. The scales must of been off by at least a pound and a half.

[PonderinHog]

He was chunky ... But we weighed him on the scale at the marina ...

Looks like a slab to me.

[jdelo77]

Once again we weighed him at the marina , look at how thick he his across his back ...

[dagnamit]

I am looking at the image on my iPad with the best resolution there is. It is a nice crappie. I believe you weighed it. The scales are wrong. It is not near long enough to touch the weight you are saying.

[dagnamit]

[Albert Einswine]

Dude! You just blew the perfect opportunity... should have worded it 17"  5.2 lb crappie

[dagnamit]

Yep I missed up. I did not understand the rules. Sorry

[jdelo77]

Zoom in all you want , it's a crappy picture I know that , but I also had three witnesses with me at the time , and it's a hell of a lot bigger when you just pull it out the water with the fins and tail out ... Say what you want , I was there ...

[dagnamit]

A cooler full of 2.5 pounders .... LOL ---- No. The largest was around 3/4 lb but all 80 of them made some really nice filets.

Caught all of them in a 20 by 20 spot... thanks to a guide friend of mine.