Lake Fork, Texas
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Bagley Pro Sunny B 07
Red Crawfish
Bagley$9.99Bagley Pro Sunny B 07 Designed to put a larger "pro-sized" fast-action balsa wood bait into the hands of anglers looking to find the big mamas. The...
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Zman Chatterbait Jackhammer
1/2 oz / BHite Delight
Zman$15.99Zman Chatterbait Jackhammer A channeled groove along the bottom of the head positions the blade low enough to strike the head, producing a signatu...
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Zman Chatterbait Jackhammer
1/2 oz / Black Blue
Zman$15.99Zman Chatterbait Jackhammer A channeled groove along the bottom of the head positions the blade low enough to strike the head, producing a signatu...
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Strike King Bitsy Tube
Green Pumpkin Red Flake
Strike King$3.99Strike King Bitsy Tube: 2.75" When you're facing post-frontal conditions and the bass have lockjaw, downsize to a Bitsy Tube! The Strike King®'s B...
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Stanley Top Toad
Watermelon Red Pearl
Stanley Jigs$7.29Stanley Top Toad Is a floating hollow body frog that has all the popular features of their top-selling Ribbit, with the added advantages of a coll...
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Zoom Baby Brush Hog
Watermelon Red
Zoom$5.79The most versatile creature bait on the market, this four-inch package of dynamite has tails, wings and arms that slither with the slightest provo...
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Bagley Balsa B3 3D
Red Crayfish
Bagley$9.99Bagley Balsa B3 3D: 9/16 oz The original balsa badass: square lip, super buoyant, unstoppable, built to raid timber and pull shoulder-wrenching ba...
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Bagley Pro Sunny B 07
Sexy Shad
Bagley$9.99Bagley Pro Sunny B 07 Designed to put a larger "pro-sized" fast-action balsa wood bait into the hands of anglers looking to find the big mamas. The...
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Missile Baits D Stroyer
Regular / Watermelon Red
Missile Baits$4.99Missile Baits D Stroyer Not just for pitching and flipping, the Missile Baits D Stroyer offers versatile performance that also excels on the back ...
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Bagley Sunny B05
Bluegill
Bagley$8.99Bagley Sunny B05: 3/8 oz Bagley introduced the Sunny B in 2015. Made using the exclusive HCM manufacturing process, this uniquely shaped bait fish...
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Stanley Big Shot Spinnerbait
1 oz / Bleeding Shad
Stanley Jigs$7.55Stanley Big Shot Spinnerbait The Big Shot Spinnerbait is a 1oz. deepwater spinnerbait. It is great for fishing deep brush piles and ledges. It has...
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Zoom Split Tail Trailers
Silver Rainbow
Zoom$4.79Added to a spinnerbait or a vibrating jig, the Zoom Split Tail Trailer adds a bit of extra action with a dash of matching or contrasting color. It...
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Strike King KVD Caffeine Shad
4" / Pearl Blue Glimmer
Strike King$5.89Strike King KVD Caffeine Shad With its unique air-filled bubble tail, the Strike King® KVD Perfect Plastics Caffeine Shad flaunts an awesome set o...
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About Lake Fork
Unlike many of the reservoirs here in Texas, Lake Fork was originally slated to be a municipal water supply funded. However, the Sabine River Authority (SRA) and Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) got involved with the vision of creating a recreational fishery to help drive the tourism economy.
As part of SRA and TPWD's plan, vast areas of hardwood and pine forests were left standing, with only selective cutting for navigation. The rest of the timber was left for fish habitat. SRA and TPWD also convinced local ranchers to let them use farm ponds created to water livestock as nurseries for growing the first generation of largemouth bass. Since then, the TPWD continues to stock Lake Fork regularly and implements special regulations to protect the lake's notorious broodstock.
Fishing Lake Fork
The record Blue Catfish stands at 71.5 pounds, 52.50 inches caught in 1995 by Tony Shamburger. And the Flathead record is a whopping 80 pounds, 49 inches caught by Sam Cotton in 2015.
Lake Fork Fishing Regulations
There are special regulations for fishing bass and several other species on Lake Fork. Visit the Texas Parks and Wildlife website for information about Fork's fishing records, stocking history and the latest survey report.
Header photo courtesy of The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.
