Lake Fork is a phenomenal lake for fun fishing but I hope I never fish another tournament on that lake again. It rewards you for going after small fish and that goes against everything I’ve done my whole life.
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Did you not read the slot sizes before you signed up for the tourney? DEMs da Berries. Find bigger, or find smaller.
This is just pure whining..
FISH ON!
Todd lake fork slot is 16-21 not 24 so you let a keeper go
Dude lake fork is 16-21 not 24 inches
one of the biggest bed fish i caught i thought was a 6 but it turned out being a 10. the water makes them look smaller.
I hear you
I live at fork
The slot is challenging for sure.
I've been there before because from where I grew up was near a lake called Fuqua Lake and it had a slot limit exactly like that!!! That slot limit screwed me on more tournaments than I could count because my fish were too big!!!
I watched thirty minutes of you whining…. That’s on me
A slot lake is terrible for tourney fishing. Why do you think the pros have catch and release tournaments here. I live here and quit fishing tournaments a long time ago. I have caught too many 8# fish in the slot.
While It is frustrating, the slot is one of the reasons the lake is so good and you can catch so many 5plus pounders. So you gotta take the bad with the good and remember everybody is dealing with the same BS
CRAZY
Lake Fork is a whole different style of fishing that I was used to. But I love the challenge. It’s a totally different ball game coming from Ca fishing Clear lake…where all you need to do is hunt them 5lbers and up. Good video….,
Dang what a good net man…lol
Seriously Todd,
Constant whining
This lake rule is awesome becauae it keeps big fish from being killed sloshing around in tournament boats livewells ! haha
So your ego won’t allow you to compete within the tournament rules? Don’t enter it’s simple.
Bass don't exist for tournaments.
It's real simple guys. IT IS THE RULES OF FORK, they haven't changed and that's proven to have been a successful formula. Looks like fun to me!
To pay to make a living is crazy……..
Horrible place to tournament fish !! No fun at all
Weekend fun fishing anglers win I supppose
Theres too many tournaments to start with in alabama they have them 3 nights a week and everyweekend plus add the local or weekend folks these lakes never get a break
Slot should be two fish over 15 inch and 3 fish under. Shouldn’t be some giant ass gap all the way to 24 inch.
Seems ridiculous to even fish a derby with these retarded rules
You would lose your mind fishing smallmouth on dale hollow
Biggest problem in bass fishing is too many tournaments, so if it makes you or anyone else not fish, I'm all for it.
Your comments/discussion during your videos are way better than most. Really good channel.
Iv had this feeling before. Tournaments like this with slots are good for the tournament organizers that hold these tournaments. They draw big numbers of boats because “everyone” feels they have a chance. Really, it’s more of a luck factor of who can catch the right small fish to cash a check. NOT fun for your typical tournament angler that targets bigger fish. Question for you Tod and an idea for a future video. How much do you think it would hurt fork if TPWD removed the slot?
I fished a slot tournament like that years ago on okechobee. I dont remember the slot exactly but i remember it had a one fish over 20 something inches too. It sucked because i watched my dad have a really nice one come to the top and shake the hook. He was flipping. It was a end of the year top 10 in points club tournament or basically our classic they called it. We didnt do to good couple smaller ones
Nobody cares you are a complete cry baby Karen evertime you post a video you are crying .
Click bait game is getting better
FORK SUCKS! Because of the bull
THEN DON'T! But, don't screw up an awesome fishery because you're a cry baby. WTAF?
Great show man,I laughed my ass off. Your on the water footage is second to none. You guys work together like a well oiled machine.
I don't blame you for kinda rules, I wouldn't want fish any tournament with rules!
I feel your pain man,I would have wore the scales off that first one measuring it. But it's the same rules for everyone so it would still be a fun challenge.
I really don’t understand why any organization would have a tournament on Fork without the elite series format….. it makes ZERO sense……
Any thought on what Chris Zaldain did on lake Murray
Ever heard of TourneyX? That’s the way to go on slot limit lakes.
What is that green thing on the front deck? Water Gun?????
I had no idea there was such a screwed-up tournament why don't they just have a raffle or play a game of bingo instead of wasting fuel and fishing all day
If your not tournament fishing you really don't care about the slot. But in a tournament it sucks. As a Co-angler the last 2 BFL Reginals I caught several fish in the slot and I could of had 12 to 15 lbs for the day but ended up with 0 lbs and 2.5 lbs respectively. Was not fun throwing back 4 and 5 lbs Smallies on Dale Hollow and 2 lb spots on Lewis Smith Lake.