Absolutely! Read back a bunch and you'll learn the details about meeting up for dinner at Fishermans cove marina each night.

Please let us know which nights you can come over so we can plan for the food.

MORE MEATBALLS MUDDY!!!

Ok folks, here goes.  Several weeks ago I bought a Lowrance iFinder H2O along with the "Lakes" chip.  I also purchased a software package for my computer called MapCreate.  With this software and the Lakes chip I can up-load  the Fork topo maps to my computer and view them on my 19' sreen.  when I wish, I can zoom in to areas of interest.   I can zoom to about 1"=150'.

Having learned from RW and others, I began a search for areas that offered shallow water in very close proximity to deep water.  By this I mean 3' rapidly transitioning to 28'.  I further narrowed my search to areas meeting the above criteria and also offering vegetation and/or timber.  I have located and documented about fifty areas that meet all of the above criteria.

The fly in my ointment is that the depth of stream beds in inlets is not shown unless they exceed 28'.  I can see the contours of the channels at 13', but whether their true depth is 14' or 27' I can't tell.  That said, I know very well that my 50 favorite places may be some of the last places that most seasoned bassers would choose, because many of them are not located in the smaller inlets.  Instead, many of them are located off points near big water

I have done the best I can with the tools at my disposal and with almost no on-the-water experience, to compile a list of areas that, in my opinion, have the best  potential of holding BIG bass.  I am not interested in catching bass on their beds or in catching large quantities of dinks, so the list was compiled accordingly.  I want the big ones.

Because I am a very modest and introverted individual, I am willing to offer this list, almost free of charge, to all of the BFR folks who will be attending the "trip"  The caveat is that you need to have a Fork map as least as accurate as the BPS map in order to cross reference   Secondly, the price of the list is one beer of my choice

Most important of all, those of you who know that

DAMMIT! I HATE HAVING THE SHAKES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I WANT TO HIT ONE BUTTON AND HIT ANOTHER.   I'm too PO'd.

talk to you tommorrow.

With apologies

Now that I am over my temper tantrum, I will continue.  Anyway, I have compiled this list of what could be good potential spots for lunkers.  The list shows the latitude and longitude of the point, along with a general description of where it is located on the map.  Would anyone be interested in a copy of the list?  If so, PM me and I will E-mail you a copy.  You can buy me a beer at Fork.

Finally, just in case anyone is interested, I will have the software and the Lakes chip with me at Fork.

There, I typed the message and didn't hit the wrong button.

Be careful guys.  I heard Long Mike has very expensive taste for beer ... Samuel Adams' Utopias at about $100 a bottle.

http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/americas/02/10/ultimate.beer/

;D ;D ;D

Nice work Mike and a very generous offer.

way to do the homework dude!!

(cool bottle)

Life is full of interesting little twists and turns.

Heres one for you.

Alpster saw that I was driving alone from Florida to the fork so he went on the internet and saw how low the fares are at this time to Newark New Jersey, his home port.

So he invites me to join the mooks.  to make a long story short, I am officially the fourth mook on the bass buss.  

Crazy right?  Going from Florida to Texas by way of Newark??????   But it will actually save me money and even if it cost more, who cares?  This will be a road trip I will remember forever.

Much thanks and humble gratitude to Ronne, Dominick, and Ron, for making room and welcoming me with such warmth.

Can't wait to meet everyone,

Lets hope for Florida weather (or at least not freezing rain)

Norman, fYI  I will be sharing the room/cost with you as per our agreement.

It's ALL Good

Excellenet!!  You guys are going to have a blast!!!

My only fear is that one of two of us may have a "flashback"  If we don't arrive on time, Call the San Francisco police department and tell them to look for 4 old men with fishing rods and flowers in whats left of their hair.  ;D ;D ;D

Life is full of interesting little twists and turns.

Norman, fYI  I will be sharing the room/cost with you as per our agreement.

It's ALL Good

Somebody's got to save you from the Mooks Cult. I'll have The Mamas and the Papas all queued up and ready to go (on vinyl, naturally).  ;D

Very cool Avid........will look forward to meeting you at the Nashville lunch stop.

BTW, RW will keep you guys away from San Francisco and on the road to Texas! Ya'll forget the Mamas and Papas and crank up some WILLIE tunes....that will point you straight to Texas!  

I am excited about this trip, and I am not even going. I suspect the stories from this trip will legendary. Flying from south Florida to New Jersey, on your way to fish Lake Fork is one of the craziest things I have ever heard of a fisherman doing (and we all know how nuts most of us are). What a GREAT idea! 8-) Enjoy the journey .

Just an FYI,

My mom is visiting this week.  The office with the computer converts back to a guest room so I will not be as active as usual, especailly late at night.

Call me on the cell if something comes up.  I'll be keeping on all the time except for late night charging.

Oh great The way you like to talk on the Phone

Oh great The way you like to talk on the Phone

What's this new Ragu deal.....I thought you were making the gravy????  

Russ is bored check out thead in everything he needs some help fellas. I am not responsible for any name i get in the near future MOD POWER GONE AWRY

So lemme get this straight...avid and muddy in the same vehicle?

That's gotta be bad news.  

So lemme get this straight...avid and muddy in the same vehicle?

That's gotta be bad news.

I don't get it.  

Let's just say I hope that Ronnie is stocked up on duct tape.  

Let's just say I hope that Ronnie is stocked up on duct tape.

a Glenn Beck reference?

I think he's saying Ronnie won't be getting a word in edgewise,lol.

Avid, are you out of your mind?  Don't you know that those guys what live up North like to eat stuff like corned beef and cabbage, and cabbage roles, and cole slaw and Boston baked beans?  I did a Google search and the results clearly show that people who live in New England suffer from more flatulism than anywhere else in the US of A.  You will be trapped, TRAPPED in an RV with three guys whose primary method of communication will not come from their mouths. The folks from New England have learned to communicate with each other with their sphincters.  For example, the sound "fluuurp" means turn left.  On the other hand, the sound "phweet" means turn right.  Be very alert to the sound "phluurpht"  That means "I have to change my britches."  You must also insist that the bus contains at least four cases of aerosol air freshener.

If Muddy is still the navigator, let's hope he can follow bodily function directions better than he can follow a map! ;D

Well, if they're still stopping at my place on Friday night, I'm feeding them soup beans, cornbread, turnip greens and fried chicken.

Should make for an interesting drive the next day.  

should anyone need a bait monkey fix, there is a BPS in Bossier City (shreveport) Louisiana - not a bad drive.   Also, a Texas based chain, Academy sporting goods, has locations somewhat near Fork-

Be aware that all cell phone services MAY NOT be available in the rural area of the lake- Verizon does not work on some areas of my home lake!   (I just dropped Verizon for that reason).

I have been in spring training on Toledo Bend Lake this week- water is warming fast-bass are moving in fast- my wife and I had good catches- but no hogs- going back the first three days of next week for another fix and a little more training.

see you next Sunday evening on fork!