saw1 Loc: nor cal Windsor

I plan on lookin up several of the guys down there from the stage when I go back. Just don't know when that will be.

OJdidit Loc: Oak Creek Wisconsin

Continued prayers for Sue’s healing.

saw1 Loc: nor cal Windsor

Thanks so much OJD. She has a doc apt tomorrow up north. Hour and a half drive one way. However, that's the only one she will have to go to up there. She got transferred to a doc down here at her hospital. Thank the Lord. Thanks for all the prayers, she still needs em.

hacksaw Loc: Pasadena, Texas

Thanks Gary. That would be so awesome. Thank you so much for that consideration. Where is the tournament held? Hope things go well, not just for my sake, but you can fish in your first Skeeter tournament. Be safe brother.😷
Hack 🇺🇸🇨🇱

GaryH Loc: Northern Pa.

Lake Fork

saw1 Loc: nor cal Windsor

That gonna be this year or 2021?

hacksaw Loc: Pasadena, Texas

Awesome! 👏 👍
Hack 🇺🇸🇨🇱

GaryH Loc: Northern Pa.

2020 not sure about next year

saw1 Loc: nor cal Windsor

WOW, hope all is goin OK by then. With the way it's goin right now I'm not so sure.

OJdidit Loc: Oak Creek Wisconsin

I hope it turns out for you. Legendary Lake, great boat. Good luck!

finschasers69 Loc: taylor co. w.v.

fine looking rig let me know hows she handles & whats top speed on that bad boy, NICE!

Ron620DVS Loc: Guntersville Alabama

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Lake Fork Reservoir is regarded as the best bass lake in Texas, and one of the top in the U.S. The six heaviest largemouth bass on record, and 36 of the 50 largest bass in Texas, came from Fork. Considering this impoundment is relatively new, it has rapidly gained legendary status and should continue producing huge bass in prolific numbers.


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Fishing Lake Fork With Mark Zona:

So sorry for this grade D- video. I have been pretty preoccupied with getting this trip ready and haven’t necessarily stumbled upon too many things to share with you all via upload. BUT that will all change very soon, thanks to everyone who is hanging in there and being so patient! As always… keep fishing, never stop!


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Top 10 Patterns At Lake Fork, May 9, 2019;


How did the top 10 Elites fishing legendary Lake Fork on Day 4 catch em? We asked each guy for their keys to success. The following interviews were done immediately after competition ended at the Toyota Bassmaster Texas Fest benefiting Texas Parks & Wildlife Department.


BRANDON COBB (1st place, total weight: 114)

“When I put the boat in the first day, the shad were spawning on the boat ramp. I basically knew immediately that the shad spawn was, maybe not the only way to win, but the way I was going to win, if I was going to win.

“It took me a little while to figure out the details of the shad spawn here. I was on a point and they came up schooling on a hard spot.


“Basically, I spent the rest of the practice looking for hard spots on flats, place in 1-to 3-feet of water. There were a lot of people doing that, it wasn't a secret.

“The key to why I think I caught them better was I stayed moving the whole time. If I pulled up and caught them for five straight minutes, and then they didn't bite for five minutes, I went to another one point. And I'd rotate back to it and let the fish set back up.

“It was just like herring fishing at home. You can have 100 places, but if you sit on one of them too long, you ruined it. You're better off to keep moving the whole time.

“In practice I caught them mostly on a topwater. By the time the tournament started, I don't know if it was pressure, the wind, I'm not sure what it was, but they just wouldn't bite topwater at all. I picked up the jerkbait and it was fortunate. I caught like a 6-pounder on my first cast.


“I figured out they were eating the jerkbait shallow, in the same places I was throwing the topwater. Once I got going, it seemed like they would always eat the jerkbait. It was situational when they'd eat the topwater.”


GARRETT PAQUETTE (2nd place, total weight: 101-15)

“The keys for me were being persistent, staying confident. I was fishing a pattern on offshore isolated pieces of structure that didn't really get going until about noon.

“It was really hard to stay mentally in the game when you only have one or two fish midway through the day on a lake that is this good. But once the bite started going it was to rotate the spots as fast as possible, and use baits that activate the schools.

“Those baits werea Strike King Pro Model 8XD, and a 7-inch Big Bite Baits Suicide Shad Swimbait on 3/4-ounce jighead.

“I think I caught probably 17 or 18 of my fish on those. I might have mixed enough frog and a topwater baits along the way. But all my weight came on those two baits. Finding schools of fish and then trying to rotate them and just fire them up as the days went on.

“All of my fish I found were in between 10 and 12 feet of water. These weren't summer areas. They were fish that just freshly spawned or actually pre-spawn fish outside of spawning pockets. They were just staging for a day or two and then they'd move. So, each day I'd have to kind of find a couple of new areas. But they were kind of in that mid-range depth zone.

“I did go shallow a little bit. On Day 2 I didn't have anything and I wanted to at least make the top 35 so I went shallow, got a limit and then went back out deep and caught a 6-pounder right away.

“But it was never about giving up o my spot. It was more of a mental thing. If I felt like I was mentally draining myself by not catching any fish, I'd go up shallow, get a few bites, calm down and then go back out and fish for those 5- to 7-pounders.”


MICAH FRAZIER (3rd place, total weight: 96-12)

“The first day of practice I only caught five fish, but one of them was on a flat point on a Zara Spook. There's so many of those points on this lake

“The second day of practice I went out and I tried to do that all day, and I could have had a 30-pound day doing that. It got tough when it got cloudy, but that's what I ended up doing the last two days to catch them big.

“I’m pretty sure it was shad-spawn points, but it wasn’t as obvious a shad spawn as some places are. I actually think they just live there right now.”

Frazier would run the same seven or eight points over and over again to build his weight each day.

“(Day 4) I started on the one point where I had caught 28 pounds on (Day 3). I did not get a bite. I went to two other points, and an hour and a half later, after the sun got up, I came back and I caught 25 pounds. It was every cast.”


BRANDON CARD (4th place, total weight: 95-10)

“The key for me was starting out with my Lowrance units. I got a new transducer installed right before I left to come here, and it's the "Active Imaging Transducer". It has the best detail side scan I've ever seen.

“I was able to find one really good shallow spot, and an off-shore spot with the side scan, that actually showed up way out there. It was probably 10-feet deep. But that was one of the key spots that bailed me out on Day 2. I caught a key fish there today (Day 4).

“Everything else was out deeper. I like to fish on Kentucky Lake and anywhere on the TVA chain. They were probably in 17 to 22 foot of water.

“They were all on long tapering points, next to a drop. There had to be bait there and most spots had white bass. So what would happen is, you'd catch white bass and it would get the largemouth bass fired up and then you would catch them.

“I was deep cranking mostly but today I actually switched to a football jig and caught two really key fish. My two biggest fish today (Day 4) came on a football jig.

“I weighed in two shallow fish the whole week, one on a senko, one on a topwater, but everything else came off shore, deep cranking.”


JEFF GUSTAFSON (5th place, total weight: 94-5)

“First, early in the morning, the banks are alive and it was all over the lake. I don't know if it was actually a "Shad Spawn" where I was fishing but there was a lot of shad on these shallow points.

“You’d pull up there and the fish would just be erupting all over the place. It was a fun first hour the last three days. The first day I kind of missed it. But I spent my mornings doing that for the first hour or two and then I was focused on offshore, main lake points.

“Most of that stuff was in the 9- to 12-feet range. Not super deep but just off the bank. I was throwing a great "Big Lucky Craft Square-Billed Crank Bait." I don't know what it's called but it's huge. ( https://www.thehookuptackle.com/fishing-Crankbaits/Lucky+Craft/SKT+Magnum+110+Mag+MR+Crankbaits ) in Color: Chartreuse Shad, Color: TX White Bass and Color: Pearl Threadfin Shad... I had a couple of them and a few times over the last couple of days I spent about ten minutes getting them off of snags.

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“I also used a ¾-ounce Scrounger with a 7-inch pearl Z Man Scented Jerk ShadZ. Fishing it like a swimbait, real slow.

“I had a shallow point that was really good. The last few mornings I caught two good ones and had a limit pretty easy. So, it took the pressure off and then I was able to go out and do my thing fishing deeper.

Places 1-5, There are a lot of "GOLDEN NUGGETS" for you to glean and learn from these five Pros. The weather is what controls the fishing conditions. Just have to make daily and hourly adjustments. You will enjoy your fishing experience on Lake Fork both by the fishing and the local Texas area.


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Bdubya06 Loc: Salem OR

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Ron620DVS Loc: Guntersville Alabama

The L-O-U-S SKT Magnum from Lucky Craft;

Total Score: 8.10 - GREAT

Introduction: Abnormally sized artificial lures are really nothing new in bass fishing circles. Anglers have been successfully fishing baits measuring eight to twelve inches and more for well over decade, and if you include species other than bass, even longer than that. Even so, these so called "swimbaits" continue to inspire thoughts of disbelief to the uninitiated who are accustomed to tossing smaller, more manageable lures like spinnerbaits, jigs, and so on. Well, now the "lure-of-unusual-size" (L-O-U-S) syndrome has crept into other types of baits as well. Most notably over the past year has been the emergence of L-O-U-S crankbaits. Leading that charge is non-other than Lucky Craft. Here now is our look at the SKT Magnum MR & DR series of crankbaits.


Quality/Construction: I can't remember the last time, if ever, that I opened a package containing a bait from Lucky Craft and was disappointed at the result. This company knows how to put together a good looking product out of the package and the SKT Magnum cranks are no exception. Finish on these baits, while rather modest by LC standards is very good as is the detailing. Hardware is all very stout and feels like it will hold up to abuse and overall craftsmanship is very good.


The 120Mag DR is one of three baits in the SKT Mag suite.

Performance: The trick with these baits is finding the right rod, reel and line to use when cranking them up. I turned to my Megabass F4.5-711GTA Ultimate Cranking stick, matched with an Abu Garcia Revo Winch spooled with 20lb Sunline SuperNatural.


Despite the bait's oversized bill and lack of an internal weight transfer system, it casts well.

Castability: The SKT Magnum series of baits from Lucky Craft are big. They are big and they are heavy, yet often even with baits of this size, casting can be a little bit tricky if there's no internal weight transfer system to change the bait's center of gravity during a cast. The SKT Magnum baits have no internal weight transfer system, yet they cast just fine. The largest, 120 MAG DR, can, at times, get caught in a breeze and blow off target slightly, but these are hardly baits you're looking to place with pin point accuracy. They're just too big and clumsy to demand finesse placement.


This bait definitely gets down though the time it takes to reach maximum running depth is just above average.
Dive Time: Crank the handle of your reel over and the SKT Magnum cranks begin diving right away although I question the dive angle of the 120 Mag DR because it does take some time for that bait to hit maximum depth. Granted this could also have to do with how far this bait can dive. Using 20lb Sunline Supernatural I was able to reach what felt like bottom in 20 - 25 feet of water (according to the depth finder).


Typical Lucky Craft detaining at the head of this bait, though overall realism is average as well.

Speed: Once the DR hits its running depth it's a little difficult to retrieve it at anything greater than a medium cadence. Deep diving cranks just are not meant to be retrieved fast. The MR, however, can be moved at just about any speed though I did not try burning it with a super high speed reel.



Each bait comes with two beefy 3/0 sized hooks.

Deflection: One thing I really like about the SKT Mag DR is the way it bounces off obstacles lying on the bottom whether that be bottom contours, stumps, boulders, etc., the DR does a good job of moving around and avoiding hangups. On the few occasions where I did manage to hang the bait up, the situation was quickly resolved by positioning the boat to pull the bait up from a different direction meaning it's the bill that got caught and not the hooks.

A look at the bait's internal weight placement.

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