Lake Fork is a reservoir designed both as flood control and as a water supply for Dallas and its suburbs. The Sabine River Authority created it in 1980 when they dammed Lake Fork Creek, a major tributary of the Sabine River. The lake is sixty-five miles east of Dallas and has 315 miles of shoreline. Most of the shore is privately owned, although there are some rental cabins.

Lake Fork is one of the premier trophy bass fishing lakes in the world, and fifteen of the twenty largest largemouth bass in Texas have been pulled from it. In addition to largemouth bass, the lake has stocks of catfish, crappie, sunfish, bowfin, gar, and bluegill. Surrounded by gently rolling upland hills, Lake Fork is a lovely place to visit in north Texas.

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