Looking for some help w/ Texas lakes

OLD MOSS BACK · Post by **OLD MOSS BACK** » Tue Nov 16, 2010 3:06 pm

My best friend is turning 40 next Feb. I am trying to plan a trip to one of the Texas lakes. We want to fly down and stay at a place where we can have access to a decent boat(and of course good fishing). Anyone on hear have suggestions or experience down there. We are thinking Amnistad, Falcon, Sam Rayburn etc.. Any help would be greatly appreciated Hoping to make it the trip of a lifetime for him. Now if I can just get my wife to agree that 40 days there is only right since he is turning 40!!

sTony · Post by **sTony** » Tue Nov 16, 2010 3:08 pm

Lake Fork. My favorite place to bass fish.

sTony

Paul Matthews · Post by **Paul Matthews** » Tue Nov 16, 2010 3:40 pm

+ 1 for Lake Fork. Call the guys at Lake Fork Tackle. They will hook you up. My personal best was caught at Lake Fork. Great lake and great people down there.

DG · Post by DG » Tue Nov 16, 2010 4:07 pm

I haven't been there (Lake Fork)for about 4 years but used to go all the time. It seems the quantity was there but over the last few years the quality has not been as good. Figured I had about as much chance a 10# or over at Clear Lake. The first year I went, in three days of fishing we boated 17 over 5# and one at 9# Never able to repeat that first trip. If you go there, I suggest Lake Fork Marina. Nice folks that run the place (rooms, restaruant and store) Most of the guides are great just make sure you establish who's equipment your going to use and who's supplying the lures. A couple guides don't supply either! Lake Fort Tackle is just a short distance down the road and they can "hook you up" with what's working.

We usually fished with Flukes (green or green pumkin and black flake) the 5" castaic gizzard shad, rip baits, spinnerbaits, rattle traps in red, chrome with blue or black back and spin tails in the winter. My 9# came on a Carolina rigged Brushog in green pumkin. When all else fails, live water dogs!!!!! Wherever you go, have fun!

FATGUY · Post by **FATGUY** » Wed Nov 17, 2010 8:13 pm

several years back i went to lake fork . the guide i hired said he had a new bait he wanted to try . he handed me the rod and said throw it over by that stump .. i asked " now what" he said do nothing. i thought i paid this guide $$$ and he tells me do nothing. about two minutes later i reeled in a 6.5 .. wow my introduction to guess what ??? THE SENKO !! brought some home and was doing good and then someone won a tourney at clear lake using a senko .. and everyone knows what happened after that . but lake fork is a great lake,, miles and miles of stumps !

Andi · Post by **Andi** » Thu Nov 18, 2010 4:31 am

Fork is definately nice but in Feb will have lots of traffic. Contact James Caldemeyer for info http://www.officiallakeforktrophybass.com/ In feb you'll want white spinnerbaits and swim jigs in pearly shad patterns. Might be a good Trap bite, too.

OH Ivie is off the beaten path and on fire lately. Reports are the fishing there is better than Fork has seen in some time. Contact Tommy Hagler, email thagler@westtexasteamtrail.com, or through Hag's Tornado Baits http://www.hagstornadobait.com/Index.html for info.

I'd stay away from Falcon, there's a border war going on there.