Lake Fork, TX Recomendations

I'm planning a trip to take by Dad (80) and son (12) to Lake Fork the first
weekend in April for some bass fishing. I would like recommendations on a
guide, accommodations, and boat rentals.

My idea trip would be to drive over from the Dallas area Sat. morning, use a
1/2 guide Sat. afternoon to evening, stay in a decent place, and rent a boat
for 1/2 Sunday morning. Then drive back. I'll have a rental car so the
boat would need to be on the lake or have one of the outfitters tow it.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.
Brian Walko
Boulder, CO

"Brian Walko" wrote in message
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I'm planning a trip to take by Dad (80) and son (12) to Lake Fork the
first
weekend in April for some bass fishing. I would like recommendations on a
guide, accommodations, and boat rentals.

My idea trip would be to drive over from the Dallas area Sat. morning, use
a
1/2 guide Sat. afternoon to evening, stay in a decent place, and rent a
boat
for 1/2 Sunday morning. Then drive back. I'll have a rental car so the
boat would need to be on the lake or have one of the outfitters tow it.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.
Brian Walko
Boulder, CO




Brian, I spent a week on Lake Fork year before last. I towed my own boat
though. I stayed at the Minnow Bucket on the Quitman side of the lake. It
was decent for a marina motel. Clean, even had a TV with cable. The folks
there were very nice. I'd suggest you contact them for referrals on guide
and boat rentals. They have a restaurant, which I did not really care for
too much. But, there are very few restaurants around those parts. Did have
an excellent steak at a pizzeria on the far side of the lake one night. At
that a hoot, only place in Quitman Texas to get a steak and it had to be a
pizza joint. Sorry I don't have the number for the Minnow Bucket. If I find
it later, I'll respond again.
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Minnow Bucket Lodge Motel & Rv Park - (903) 878-2500 - Highway 154, Quitman,
TX 75783 -

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"Brian Walko" wrote in message
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I'm planning a trip to take by Dad (80) and son (12) to Lake Fork the
first
weekend in April for some bass fishing. I would like recommendations on
a
guide, accommodations, and boat rentals.

My idea trip would be to drive over from the Dallas area Sat. morning,
use
a
1/2 guide Sat. afternoon to evening, stay in a decent place, and rent a
boat
for 1/2 Sunday morning. Then drive back. I'll have a rental car so the
boat would need to be on the lake or have one of the outfitters tow it.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.
Brian Walko
Boulder, CO




Brian, I spent a week on Lake Fork year before last. I towed my own boat
though. I stayed at the Minnow Bucket on the Quitman side of the lake. It
was decent for a marina motel. Clean, even had a TV with cable. The folks
there were very nice. I'd suggest you contact them for referrals on guide
and boat rentals. They have a restaurant, which I did not really care for
too much. But, there are very few restaurants around those parts. Did have
an excellent steak at a pizzeria on the far side of the lake one night. At
that a hoot, only place in Quitman Texas to get a steak and it had to be a
pizza joint. Sorry I don't have the number for the Minnow Bucket. If I
find
it later, I'll respond again.
--
Da Chief,
All outgoing mailed scanned by
Symantec Anti-virus

"Brian Walko" wrote in message
...
I'm planning a trip to take by Dad (80) and son (12) to Lake Fork the
first
weekend in April for some bass fishing. I would like recommendations on a
guide, accommodations, and boat rentals.

My idea trip would be to drive over from the Dallas area Sat. morning, use
a
1/2 guide Sat. afternoon to evening, stay in a decent place, and rent a
boat
for 1/2 Sunday morning. Then drive back. I'll have a rental car so the
boat would need to be on the lake or have one of the outfitters tow it.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.
Brian Walko
Boulder, CO



Brian,

Try this link... http://www.ets-systems.com/ it has some very good info on
Lake Fork including guide service, lodging, boat rentals, and ect. Also
contains the most current fishing report from some of the guides on the
lake.

As far a guides go, contact Jerry McDonald at 903-383-7216. After suffering
a stroke nearly 2 years ago, he no longer guides, but still stays in touch
with whats going on the lake. Prior to the stroke, he was one of the
foremost guides on Fork and started guiding there before the lake was even
filled. He can give you recommendations on a guide, lodging, fishing
patterns, and whatever else that you need to know. He will welcome your call
and is one of the truly nicest guys that you would hope to meet. I think
that the link to his web site is still posted on the web site I listed
above.

I regularly fish Fork and I highly recommend a guide for anyone for a first
trip to Fork as it can be a tough nut to crack due to the heavy fishing
pressure the lake recieves year round, particularly on the weekends. Someone
who fishes the lake on a daily basis can stay on top of the patterns even
better than even someone such as myself that fishes it only 3 to 4 times a
month. That said, it is one of the few lakes that on any given cast, one
could be hooked up with a bass of a lifetime. Bass over 10+ pounds are
caught there on a regular basis and bass in the 4 to 8 pound class are
common, it's one of the reasons why it take a 13 or better for the Share a
Lunker Program that is put on by the TP&W.

Hope all of this helps. I truly wish you, your son, and your dad a fantastic
trip to Lake Fork.

--
Doyce

"Brian Walko" wrote in message
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I'm planning a trip to take by Dad (80) and son (12) to Lake Fork the
first
weekend in April for some bass fishing. I would like recommendations on a
guide, accommodations, and boat rentals.

My idea trip would be to drive over from the Dallas area Sat. morning, use
a
1/2 guide Sat. afternoon to evening, stay in a decent place, and rent a
boat
for 1/2 Sunday morning. Then drive back. I'll have a rental car so the
boat would need to be on the lake or have one of the outfitters tow it.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.
Brian Walko
Boulder, CO





http://www.lkfork.com/ This is Mark Woodruff's site. I used to work for a
Dallas based company and after a few trips to headquarters and a day of
slipping off to Lake Fork, I found I liked this guide best. He was based
out of a marina with an older motel. Was clean and beds were good. He is
easy to fish with, good personality. I highly recommend him. As to driving
over in the morning, is a couple of Hour drive from the Northwest part of
Dallas, so I normally went over the evening before. Motel was cheap, at
least from a California perspective.
Bill