As some of you know, Keri & I were at lake Fork last week attending the 2nd Annual BassResource.com Roadtrip. I'm telling you guys, this lake is awesome. But just like lakes around here, it can be tough to fish. It really didn't give up many fish until the last day, and then....
Here's Keri's new Personal Best - a 7-pound 8-ounce lunker
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Here's the 8-pound 1-ounce pig that WOULD have been my new PB!
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Just look at the gut on this girl
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And here's the 9-pound 1-ounce Lake Fork Hawg!
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The most amazing thing of all, was that all three were caught on the same day! All were caught on spinnerbaits. After fishing for 3 days watermelon plastics just like the locals said I should, and not having great results, I finally fell back to the "Throw what you know" rule and picked up a spinnerbait - my #1 confidence bait.
I had hooked the hawg the day before on a plastic lizard, I'm certain of it, as it was in the same 25' area. She came off, so I went back there the next day with a spinnerbait. I bumped what I thought at first was a stump. I popped it kept it coming to the boat. I thought to myself, "I don't recall a stump being around there, so maybe that was a fish." So I cast right back there again, brought my spinnerbait back over the "stump".... nothing. I thought, "You're right! It WAS a fish. Dangit! I should have set the.." WHAM!!! and it was a battle from there!
But here's the REAL kicker: It's one thing to catch your personal best, but to do it in front of your friends (several boats in the area were BassResourcers) AND have it caught on tape is truly amazing! Check out the video compilation of the trip here, including footage of the catch:
Lake Fork VideoOh, and daytime temps were in the mid-70's every day, water temps in the low- to-mid 60's. What a nice break from the cold rain!!