THANKS FOR A GREAT YEAR!!!!

2012 WAS A GREAT YEAR WITH THE AMOUNT OF MONSTER BASS THAT WE LANDED AND WITH ALL THE VISITORS THAT MADE THE TRIP TO FISH FALCON,IT WAS A TRIP OF A LIFE TIME FOR SOME AND OTHERS DID NOT DO AS WELL BUT THEY STILL HAD A GREAT TIME.ZAPATA AND FALCON LAKE ARE A MYSTICAL PLACE TO VISIT WITH ALL THE STORIES OF BIG BASS AND THE DANGEROUS THEORIES THAT COME OUT OF SOME MEDIA REPORTS IT'S LIKE AN ADVENTURE WHEN YOU ARRIVE HERE IN TOWN,BUT IN REALITY IT'S A FRIENDLY LITTLE TOWN WITH A POPULATION OF BASS WITH A BAD ATTITUDE THAT'S ALL AND WHEN THEY TURN ON MOST PEOPLE WILL HAVE GREAT MEMORIES FOR A LIFE TIME. HERE ARE SOME PICTURES OF SOME OF THE GUIDED TRIPS THIS LAST MONTH OF THE YEAR.THE FISHING THIS LAST SPRING WAS OUT OF CONTROL WITH SOME MONSTER BASS MY PERSONAL BEST WAS A 15 POUND HOGZILLA! AND MANY FISH OVER 10 WERE LANDED THIS LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS THE FISH ING HAS BEEN SLOW LOT'S OF CHANGES GOING ON WITH WATER LEVELS AND THE BIG FISH JUST HAVE BEEN OUT ON THE MAINE LAKE FLOWING THE BIG SCHOOLS OF FORAGE BUT NOW TIME IS GETTING NEAR FOR THE NEXT SPRING AND I CAN NOT WAIT FOR THE NEXT YEAR 2013 IS GOING TO BE A RECORD BREAKER.THE LAKE CAME UP A FOOT THE LAST WEEK AND RELY DID A NUMBER ON THE BITE, FISHING IS BEST ON A FALL OR WHEN THE LAKE SETTLES DOWN AND NOT AS GOOD WHEN LEVEL COMES UP IT'S AT 267.50 TODAY .MY WIFE AND I WOULD LIKE TO THANK EVERYONE FOR A GREAT YEAR AND WISH YOU A HAPPY NEW YEAR AND WE WILL BE WAITING TO SEE YOU IN 2013.THE WATER TEMP IS AT 55 DEG THE ARIZONA ASH TREES ARE YELLOW AND THE LEAVES ARE ALMOST ALL ON THE GROUND BY MID JANUARY THEY WILL START TO GET THERE BLOOMS AND BY MID FEBRUARY THING WILL BE ROCKING IT'S THE START OF A NEW SPRING WE CAN NOT WAIT.....    

Lake level 266.50

welcome to our blog things have not changed a lot the fishing continues about the same lot's of smaller bass with a couple of nice hogs during the day the fish are always on the move almost like nomadic following the schools of shad,but here it's December and some are going to be ready to spawn by the end of this month the water level is holding at 266.50 and we did get some rain along the lake and to the Rio grande valley.smaller crank baits seams to be the bait of choice,the shad that they are targeting are small.things are running a few weeks behind and we are just waiting for the leaves to start to fall from the Arizona ash trees that is the start of winter for us here and the fish know when all of this is happening and will start on there feeding frenzy.we had one fish over ten the last week but the average has been about three to four pounds and the big ones are a bit slim due that they are always on the move and you know how hard is to target suspended fish.ramps are still in good working order for now but we always find a way to get our boats in the water even if the lake falls a couple of more feet,let's hope the lake comes up instead of down.  if you would like to come and fish we are ready to serve you and make your trip to falcon lake a success..       

November 17th

WATER LEVEL IS HOLDING AT 266 FT AND IS NOW AT 266.45 IT DROPPED A LITTLE AND SO DID THE WATER TEMPERATURE IT'S BEEN AT 71 DEG AND THE WEATHER IS GREAT WE DID HAVE A COUPLE OF WINDY DAYS BUT THE LAST FOUR HAVE BEEN GREAT.WE ARE STILL CATCHING SOME GREAT FISH AND THE BIGGER FISH ARE ON THE MOVE WE HAD SOME UP TO NINE POUNDS AND A LOT OF FOUR TO SIX POUND CLASS FISH,SQUARE BILL CRANKS AND DEEP RUNNING CRANKS ARE WORKING THE BEST IN THREE TO EIGHT FEET OF WATER .CRAPPIES ARE IN GOOD NUMBERS AROUND THE DAM IN THE RIP RAFT WITH WHITE AND CHAD COLOR JIGS,CAT FISHING AROUND THE BIRDS ARE GOOD IN GOOD NUMBERS,THE CORMORANTS ARE BUILDING THERE NEST AND THAT WILL BE A CATFISH AREA TO FISH,THIS BIRDS NEST TWICE A YEAR HERE AT FALCON LAKE,DUCK HUNTERS ARE ALSO TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE ACTION NOW THAT WE HAVE WEEDS ALONG THE BANK THAT MAKE GOOD DUCK HABITAT.WE WANT TO WISH EVERYBODY A GREAT THANKSGIVING !!!HERE ARE SOME OF THE FISH WE CAUGHT ON THE LAST FISHING TRIPS..

NOVEMBER FISHING

THE YEAR IS ALMOST GONE BUT THE BEST FISHING  TIMES ARE ALMOST HERE,NOVEMBER IS THE START OF OUR BIG BASS SEASON I KNOW I HAVE BEEN FISHING HERE FOR OVER 40 YEARS AND HAVE MANY GREAT MEMORIES FROM YEAR TO YEAR AND THERE IS NOT MANY WITH THE SAME CONDITIONS AND WATER LEVEL. THANKSGIVING DAY IS AROUND THE CORNER SO CALL US FOR RESERVATIONS FOR THIS COMING MONTHS BEFORE WE GET BOOKED UP.THE WATER LEVEL IS AT 266.73 AND WATER TEMPERATURE IS AT 73. DEGREASE OCTOBER WAS A GOOD MONTH BUT IT WAS NOT CONSISTENT WE HAD SOME GREAT DAYS AND ALSO SOME SLOW DAYS DUE TO THE FLUCTUATION OF OF THE WATER LEVELS BUT WINTER IS ON IT'S WAY AND THE FISH HAVE TO PUT ON SOME POUNDS FOR NEXT SPRING.  WE WANT TO THANK ALL OF OUR CUSTOMERS FOR THERE BUSINESS DURING THE HOT SUMMER DAYS THE PEOPLE FROM OUR HOME TOWN OF ZAPATA AND FROM LAREDO AND THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY AND OF COURSE ALL THE VISITORS FROM ALL OVER THE U.S.A AND EVEN HAD SOME FROM AFRICA .THANKS TO ALL,HERE ARE SOME OF THE FISH WE HAD ON THE PAST TRIPS ON THE WATER..

NOVEMBER FISHING

THE MONTH OF OCTOBER FISHING HAS BEEN ON A ROLLER COASTER RIDE WITH THE FISHING TAKING A PLUNGE DURING THE LAKE LEVEL RISE AND LAKE TURNING OVER FISHING HAS BEEN A CHALLENGE WE DID CATCH SOME NICE FISH BUT THE OCTOBER PATTERN NEVER GOT ON A FULL SWING,WE STILL HAVE ABOUT 10 DAYS AND IT CAN HAPPEN ANY DAY, IT ALWAYS DOES SOME YEARS IT IS EARLY AND THEN SOME IT IS ALMOST NOVEMBER BEFORE THEY GROUP UP AND FISHING EXPLODES.WATER LEVEL IS AT 266 50 AND WATER TEMP IS AT 78 DEG EARLY IN THE MORNING.WE HAD A COUPLE OF FISH IN THE EIGHT POUNDS AND MOST IN THE FOUR POUND RANGE THE BIGGER FISH WILL BE SHOWING UP NEXT COUPLE OF MONTH.      ZAPATA IS GROWING FAST,LIVED HERE ALL MY LIFE AND THE TOWN IS STILL A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE THE LAKE ALSO CHANGES EVERY 6 TO 10 YEARS IT TAKES CARE OF IT'S SELF WE MAY BE LOW NOW BUT WHEN IT COMES UP ANOTHER TEN TO 20 FEET IT WILL REJUVENATE ONE AGAIN BUT WE STILL HAVE THE GENS AND THE BIG FISH TO MAKE IT HAPPEN WE WILL STILL CATCH SOME MONSTER BASS THIS COMING SPRING AND MAYBE BY THE NEXT ONE WE WILL GET A FLOOD AND FILL IT JUST AFTER A GOOD SPAWN..  ALSO WE WANT TO THANK ALL OF OUR CUSTOMERS FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY AND OUR NEIGHBORS FROM LAREDO TEXAS THAT COME AND FISH THE LAKE,WE ALSO HAVE A LOT OF FISHERMAN AND LADIES FORM THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY FISHING FALCON LAKE THAT STOP BY ROBERT'S FOR AL THERE FISHING NEEDS. THANKS TO ALL WE WOULD NOT BE HERE WITH OUT YOU!!!!                                                    

265.96 WATER LEVEL

FALCON LAKE WATER LEVEL IS AT 265.96 AND THAT GETS US EXITED THE BRUSH IS PLENTIFUL NEAR THE LAKE AND IT WILL DO GOOD FOR THE FISH AD FISHERMAN THE BUZZBAIT AND SPINNER BAIT BITE WILL EXPLODE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS.THE FISHING HAS BEEN GOOD BUT IT WILL GET GREAT AS THE WATER TEMP GETS IN THE MID 70'S,THE LAKE IS MUDDY UP NORTH AND CLEAR IN THE SOUTH END AND WATER TEMP IS AT 80 DEG BY LATE AFTERNOON,FISHED WITH JERRY AND HIS GRANDSON BLAKE AND HIS GREAT GRANDSON DYLAN WE HAD A GREAT TIME DYLAN LANDED SOME BIG FISH HE IS A GREAT LITTLE ANGLER AND LOVES TO FISH WITH HIS DAD AND HIS GRAND DAD..SOME OF THE NEW BAITS WE ARE CARRYING AT ROBERT'S THE LAKE FORK 4.5 BOOT TAIL MAGIC SHAD AND THE REVENGE SWIMBAIT HEDZ THAT HAVE THE HOOK FOR THIS FALCON HOGS WE HAVE BEEN HAMMERING THE FISH ON THEM,THE BOOT TAIL WILL BE ON THE SHELF'S IN ABOUT A WEEK SO IF YOU WANT TO TARGET THEM BIG FISH THAT ARE MOVING AFTER THE MIGRATION SHAD THIS ARE THE BAITS!!!!   

THE LAKE LEVEL IS T 263.48 AND IT HAS COME UP A FOOT AND A HALF IN THE LAST WEEK,THE FISH WILL LIKE THE NEW WATER AND SO DO WE IT IS GOOD TO SEE THE WATER UP ON THE FLOODED BRUSH JUST A FEW MONTHS AWAY FROM THE SPAWN.THE LAKE IS LOWER THEN IT WAS LAST YEAR AND THE WATER TEMP WILL BE A FACTOR IN THE NEXT FOUR MONTHS IT DEPENDS ON HOW COLD IT GETS AT THE START OF WINTER AND HOW THE FISH WILL SPAWN,IT COULD BE EARLY OR MAYBE LATER,I HOPE IS EARLY SO WE CAN HAVE A DISSENT SPAWN.FISHING THE LAST WEEK HAS BEEN ABOUT THE SAME JIGS AND SQUARE BILL CRANKS ALONG WITH THE 10 IN WORMS HAVE BEEN WORKING GREAT,THE WATER TEMP IS AT 80 DEGREASE AND WE BEEN HAVING COOL NIGHTS,SO THE SPINNER BAIT WILL BE GOING STRONG BY OCTOBER.  ALSO HAD SOME CLIENTS ON SOME MONSTER GAR THE LAST WEEK END GREAT FISHING AND GREAT HUNTS COME AND SEE US...

GREAT FALL WEATHER

THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS THINGS COULD NOT BEEN BETTER WIT A FEW SHOWERS AND ABOUT A 1/2 IN OF RAIN SOME AREAS GOT MORE ALSO THE NIGHT TIME TEMPERATURES HAVE BEEN IN THE MID TO 60'S TO MID 70'S AND THAT WILL COOL THE WATER DOWN FOR THE BIG BASS TO GET ACTIVE.IT'S BEEN A NORMAL SUMMER FOR ME I DO BASS FISHING MONSTER CAT FISHING AND ALLIGATOR GAR TRIPS SO IT'S ALL FUN FOR A LOT'S OF FOLKS IF IT SWIMS WE GO AFTER IT AND WE WILL HAVE SOME FUN,TILL THE FOOTBALL SEASON STARTS AND THAT IS WHEN I GO ON MONSTER BASS MODE FROM NOW ON IT'S ON!!! SO IF YOU WANT TO RIP SOME LIPS AND BEND SOME RODS AND MAYBE BUST SOME LINE,GIVE ME A CALL AND WE WILL SET IT UP.LAKE LEVEL IS AT 262.90 AND WATER TEMP IS AT 86 DEG AND THERE IS SOME FLOODED FLATS ALREADY AND THE FISH WILL MAKE THERE MOVE,HERE ARE SOME PICTURES OF SOME GREAT TRIPS THIS PAST WEEK...