Sounds great to me. Let me clear it with the mooks, and we will make it a plan

Heh Heh  ;D

Yo RW thank you man!!!! I dont have to wear a SHIMANO hat or tee shirt or anything though!!!!

Hey I dont drink but them ribs sound good to me !!!!!!!!! Thanks Looking foward to this ROAD TRIP ;D ;D pLUS WE MAY HAVE THE BEGININGS OF A caravan to the fork here!!!!!!!!!

Yea Garlic is great thanks man BUT CAN YOU GET CLOVES THE MINCED STUFF GETS TOO BITTER?

Hey Kent,

Just heard from Muddy. Notify the local authorities and warn the neighbors, they aren't nearly as bad as they look. The mooks will be showing up at your place on Saturday evening. Express our appreciation to "the boss". Muddy will have to cast one of my Shimanos before the week is out. We will see what we will see. LOL

Ronnie

Hi fellers!  I'm a first time poster on the board and noticed your trip thread.  I'm real proud that so many fishermen would travel so far to visit our local lakes.  I've been fishing Fork regularly since around '88 or so and love the place.  I wish everyone the best of luck.  It's been a colder than usual winter so I wouldn't expect the fish to be bedded up yet unless the sun comes out tomorrow and stays out until you get here.  Water temps are around 48 right now.  Should be a real nice prespawn bite in fairly shallow water though.  If you are bringing your boat please remember to take your tackle inside for the night.  We have a rash of thefts every year around this time.   I've got a Media tourny there on the 11th and a small club tourny on the 18th.  With the prefishing I'll be doing I could probably post up some reports just before your trip.   big

Hi fellers! I'm a first time poster on the board and noticed your trip thread. I'm real proud that so many fishermen would travel so far to visit our local lakes. I've been fishing Fork regularly since around '88 or so and love the place. I wish everyone the best of luck. It's been a colder than usual winter so I wouldn't expect the fish to be bedded up yet unless the sun comes out tomorrow and stays out until you get here. Water temps are around 48 right now. Should be a real nice prespawn bite in fairly shallow water though. If you are bringing your boat please remember to take your tackle inside for the night. We have a rash of thefts every year around this time. I've got a Media tourny there on the 11th and a small club tourny on the 18th. With the prefishing I'll be doing I could probably post up some reports just before your trip. big

Or you could just come by Fishermans Cove a couple of nights for dinner. You are welcome to join us.

Howdy bighead,

welcome to the forum

Your posts as well as all you texans fishing the fork are greatly appreciated.

bighead,

Welcome! Looking forward to your Lake Fork reports. Thanks for your input and join us!

Ronnie

Thanks for the invite.  I'll likely be around to meet your group in person.  Fishermans Cove is where I caught my personal best, just an 8 1/2 which isn't that great by Fork standards.  The small bridge at the Cove has the remains of the old bridge submerged just about 15' to the west.  If you go under the bridge with the graph on you'll see what I mean.   I had just caught a 7 then on the next cast caught the other.  This was in Feb a few years ago.  The next year we went to try it again as it semed to be a staging area for the fish moving into the shallows.  A boat was already on the spot when we got there and we got to watch him pull out a nine!  He was alone so we took the picture for him before he released her.    Anyway, good choice for lodging.  Don't lock the rod boxes.  Empty them.  big

Hey Bighead just say the word and like Mama used to say we will put a little more in the pot to feed you ATTSA NICE 8-)

bighead,

Welcome aboard!

To the Captain and crew of the Bassmobile, Woo-Hoo!

Bighead, Welcome Aboard and thanks for the tips!

Hope to see you at Fork.

Welcome Bighead.  Hope to see you at Fork also.

Kelley

This is just a friendly reminder for those traveling in from other parts of the country...

It is spring time in Texas, and allergy season is already here.  If you have seasonal allergies, please get your prescriptions or over the counter meds before leaving... or it could be a miserable trip.  East Tx is HORRIBLE for spring time allergies.  (and crazy weather extremes.)  Claritin is over the counter and the generic version is dirt cheap.  I'm typing this with itchy watery eyes and I took Claritin today!  ...lol

Thanks Keith

HEY ME AND RON SPENT THE AFTERNOON MAKING 150 MEATBALLS COMPLETE WITH FRESH GARLIC.GOOD ROMANO CHHESE,ITALAIN HERBS,RAISINS AND PIGNOLI(PINE) NUTS NEXT WEEK WE WILL COOK EM INTO THE TOMATOES CAFE ITALIANO NIGHT IS SHAPIN UP!

Well, you guys may want to consider going out somewhere to eat on "Cafe Italiano" night.... ;D

HEY ME AND RON SPENT THE AFTERNOON MAKING 150 MEATBALLS COMPLETE WITH FRESH GARLIC.GOOD ROMANO CHHESE,ITALAIN HERBS,RAISINS AND PIGNOLI(PINE) NUTS NEXT WEEK WE WILL COOK EM INTO THE TOMATOES CAFE ITALIANO NIGHT IS SHAPIN UP!

sounds great.   I never heard of the raisins,  secret family recipe?

My mom would sneak in some sun dried tomatoe.

thats old school Italian.  I had them once at a frieds house (last name Pezzelli) in high school.  At first I was wierded out, after eating my first whole one, I was counting how many were left and diving by how many people were eating.

Havn't had them since, can't wait!

I assume you mooks will be heading down I-81?

If so and you pass through my vicinity at a reasonable hour, I'd like to buy youse guys breakfast/lunch/dinner.

Nice offer Burley!!

What's the hitch? If you buy dinner, the guys have to stick to the story that they forced you in the van and wouldn't release you till they were at Fishermans cove marina? (hide your rods in the bushes at the restauraunt the afternoon before )

The water temps are looking good on Fork. 54 degrees already, with more warm weather to come. There will be more rain today and the lake is about 2ft below regular pool. The fish are already moving up into shallow water with lots of big fish being caught.

I've read some reports but haven't really noticed anybody mention water clarity. Anybody know what we can expect?

That's going to depend on wind/rainfall the week before we get there. Still too early to predict. At this time last year, the lake was setting up perfectly for us and 1 week before we left, they got like 3" of rain with 35 mph winds. Temps dropped 25 degrees.  EVERYTHING was choc milk and cold.

Keep your fingers crossed!

I heard that it's pretty clear right now. I know many are using natural colored jigs and worms.