RECORD HEAT WAVE

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  AND MAYBE SIX IN THE SEVEN POUND NOT MANY BIG ONES BUT WE HOOK AT LEAST TWO PER DAY AND THEN THERE ARE THE ONE TO TWO POUND JR'S THEY ARE ALWAYS FUN THE BIG CONCENTRATION OF HOGS ARE STILL ON THE LOOSE AND WHEN THEY START IT'S ON! IT COULD BE ANY DAY NOW.....

DIFFERENT KIND OF SUN SET

LAKE LEVEL IS AT 271.71 AND WE ARE STILL ON THE ROLLER COASTER RIDE BUT IT IS BEST WHEN THE LEVEL IS COMING UP. TOOK MY DOG FOR A RUN AROUND THE LAKE SHORE TODAY AND SOME OF THE NEW WEEDS ARE IS IN THE WATER THE NEW BRUSH IS GROWING FAST I ALSO FOUND SOME OLD BOTTLES DATING BACK TO 1961 AND MOSTLY BEER BOTTLES LONE STAR AND FALSTAFF AND PEARL ALL FROM 61 TO 69,I LOVE THOSE ANTICS LURES AND BOTTLES THEY BRING BACK GOOD FISHING MEMORIES WHEN DAD AND HIS FRIENDS WOULD HAVE SOME OF THEM SUDS AND TRADE FISHING STORIES WELL,LETS GET BACK TO FISHING AND IT IS SUMMER TIME FISHING FALCON STYLE FLIPPING AND CRANKING WHAT A COMBINATION AND A LOT OF FISHERMAN ARE FINDING OUT ABOUT THE FUN IN THE SUN IN SOUTH TEXAS IT WILL BE FROM 100 TO 105 IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS TILL MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND, LET US REMEMBER ALL OF OUR HEROES AND THERE FAMILIES IN A VERY SPECIAL WAY WHEN WE ARE OUT ENJOYING OUR FREEDOM THIS MEMORIAL DAY   ,TOOK SOME PICTURES OF THE ECLIPSE OF THE SUN IT LOOKS LIKE A MOON ON A SUN SET,WHAT A SIGHT .I WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL OF MY CUSTOMERS THAT I TAKE FISHING AND ALSO ALL THE ONES THAT SHOP WITH US WE COULD NOT DO IT WITH OUT THEM!!!!HERE IS A 5.8 POUND TALAPIA ON OF THE LOCAL BANK FISHERMAN LANDED WITH A THROW NET,THIS IS WHY THE LAKE IS SO GOOD THIS GIANT TALAPIAS JUST KEEP PUMPING OUT THE FRY FOR THE BASS TO EAT..

MONSTER QUEST/LAKE MONSTERS!!!

 IT SEAMS LIKE THE HUNT NEVER STOPS,IT MAY BE HOT OR WINDY OR COLD BUT WHEN YOU KNOW THAT THERE ARE BIG FISH IN THE LAKE IT PAYS OFF FOR SOME CRAFTY FISHERMAN, LIKE THEY USE TO SAY YOU MAY FISH ALL DAY AND THE BIG HOG HAS DELUDED YOU BUT YOU KNOW THAT ON ANY GIVEN CAST IT COULD BE THE FISH OF A LIFE TIME AND WHEN YOU DO CATCH ONE YOU ARE ALWAYS READY TO BREAK YOUR PERSONAL BEST ONCE AGAIN AND THAT IS WHAT KEEPS US ON THE EDGE AND ON THE WATER RAIN SHINE OR SNOW ITS A PASSION OR YOU COULD SAY YOUR HOOKED!!!! I HAVE BEEN HOOKED FROM AN EARLY AGE.

HERE ARE SOME OF THE HOGS WE HAVE LANDED ON OUR FISHING TRIPS AND SOME ARE CUSTOMERS THAT STOP AND SHOP WITH US ON THE WAY TO THE LAKE.TODAY IT WAS GW RAESZ WITH A 10POUND 15 OZ HOG HE LANDED WHILE FISHING WITH HID DAD ON THE BOTTOM PICTURE....

WATER LEVELS

THE RAIN FINALLY CAME AND WE HAD ABOUT 5 INCHES OF RAIN HERE IN FALCON AND LOT'S UP STREAM THE LAKE CAME UP A FOOT AND IT WILL BE COMING UP THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS THE RIO GRANDE IS FLOWING AND IT GREAT NEWS FOR THE LAKE BUT THE FISHING GETS A LITTLE TOUGH WITH THE WATER RISING,THE FISH JUST WONT LOCK IN AS WELL WHEN THE LEVEL GOES UP AND DOWN.WE BEEN HAVING SOME GREAT DAYS OF FISHING BUT THE MEGA BASS ARE LAYING LOW AND FOR MOST WE BEEN CATCHING FISH UP TO EIGHT POUNDS WE HAD A NINE POUNDER A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO BUT MOST HAVE BEEN IN THE THREE TO SIX POUND RANGE,STILL NOT BAD FOR THE LAST SIX DAYS YOU JUST CANT GO AND FISH MANY LAKES AND CATCH THAT QUALITY OF FISH IN A SEVEN DAY PERIOD SOME TIMES WE GET SPOILED WITH THE AMOUNT OF FISH OVER NINE TO ELEVEN BUT WE ARE THANKFUL THAT WE HAVE A TON OF BASS IN THE ONE TO THREE POUND RANGE  THERE IS A POST IN THE MOUTH OF GOOSE BAY THAT IS NOW JUST BELOW THE SURFACE AND TWO IN THE MOUTH OF BIG AND LITTLE TIGERS ALL THREE ARE NEXT TO THE SUNKEN BRIDGES SO IF YOU ARE FISHING THE ARE BE CAREFUL THEY WILL PUT A HOLE IN THE BOAT.CRANK BAITS ARE STILL THE BEST FOR HOOKING UP WITH THE BETTER FISH CAROLINA RIGS ARE NEXT AND THE FOOT BALL JIG IS THIRD IN MY LIST FLIPPING BITE IS ALWAYS GREAT IF YOU LOVE TO FLIP TREES.ONE THING WE ALL NEED TO DO IS TO HAVE THE STATE DECLARE THE CORMORANTS A INVASIVE SPECIE THE WILL CLEAN UP ALL OUR LAKES WE HAVE THOUSANDS AND WHEN THEY CORRAL THE FISH THEY WILL EAT AND KILL EVERYTHING IN THERE PATH MEXICO STOKED 100,000 FINGERLINGS IN THE LAKE LAST WEEK THEY HAD THEM IN BIG BAGS IN THOSE MEXICAN FISHING BOATS AND RELEASED THEM IN SALANIAS CREEK AND OUR TEXAS PARK AND WILD LIFE DEPARTMENT ALSO STOKED SOME TOO IN THE VELENO CREEK I DON'T KNOW THE NUMBER OF FINGERLINS BUT BOTH SIDES DID THERE CHAIR TO HELP THE LAKE BUT MOST WILL GET EATEN UP BY THE WATER TURKEYS AS WE CALL THEM.LAKE LEVEL IS AT 271.12 AND THE WATER TEMP IS AT 81 DEG,BASS CHAMPS WILL BE HERE TOMORROW AND THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE GOOD FISHING WEATHER WE WISH THEM A GOOD TOURNEY!!!!!  

SUMMER FISHING

THE LAKE LEVEL IS DROPPING FAST AND WE MAY GET SOME RAINS IN THE ARE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS,WE ARE AT 270 .51 AND IT 'S GOING SOUTH WE NEED SOME RELIEF FROM THE DROUGHT,WATER TEMP IS AT 81.5 DEG AND WE ARE CATCHING A TON OF FISH IN THE 10 TO 15 IN RANGE WITH A FEW GORILLAS AND A LOT'S OF HOGS IN THE SIX TO EIGHT POUND RANGE WE HAD AN 11.1 A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO AND WE HAD A MONSTER OF A BASS BLOW UP AND SPIT OUT THE CRANK BAIT AND THEN HAD ANOTHER BREAK ME OFF I DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO REACT AND LOOSEN UP MY DRAG,BUT THAT IS WHY BASS FISHING IN FALCON CAN BE SO CHALLENGING YOU GOT TO BE READY OR THEY WILL GET THE BEST OF YOU,TOOK ALEX AND HIS DAD TODAY ALEX GOT HIS PERSONAL BEST AND SERGIO GOT ANOTHER TOAD NOT LONG AFTER HE LOST THE MEGA BASS IT WAS SO BIG I COULD NOT BELIEVE THE EXPLOSION THAT FISH MADE WHEN HE CAME UP TO THE SURFACE.IT WAS HUGE OF A BASS BIGGEST I HAVE SEEN IN THE LAST MONTH.THE LAST FOUR DAYS OF FISHING HAVE NOT BEEN ON FIRE BUT WE HAVE HOOKED SOME HOGS AND THAT IS WHAT WE ARE AFTER BIG PIGS!!!!!!!