DECEMBER 2013

WELCOME IT'S DECEMBER AND WE ARE ALMOST  AT THE END OF 2013 THE FISHING HAS BEEN UP AND DOWN THIS YEAR AND SO WAS THE WATER LEVEL.THE FISH DID NEVER ESTABLISHED A GOOD PATTERN BUT IT LOOKS LIKE THE COMING YEAR IS GOING TO BE A GOOD ONE MAYBE WE WILL HAVE A DECENT SPAWN,WE HAVE A LOT OF FLOODED BRUSH AND IF THE LAKE STAYS AT THIS LEVEL TILL MAY OF 2014 WE WILL BE IN GOOD SHAPE.FALCON LAKE IS STILL FULL OF GIANT FISH BUT NOT AS MANY AS YEARS PAST WE ARE GOING THROUGH OUR 10 YEAR CYCLE AND FISH ARE BIGGER THEN IN THE PAST,AND

THAT'S THE ONES THAT MADE IT ARE MONSTERS AND ARE OUT THERE JUST WAITING TO COME IN AND SPAWN,SO IF YOUR PLANNING A TRIP EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED MAYBE NOT NUMBERS BUT BIG FISH IT'S TROPHY HUNTING AT IT'S BEST AND THAT'S WHAT I LIKE TO FISH FOR THE BIGGEST AND BADDEST BASS ON THE LAKE.SO GIVE ME A CALL OR E-MAIL ME FOR YOUR NEXT TROPHY QUEST!   

THANKSGIVING AT FALCON

THANKSGIVING IS ALMOST HERE AND THE FISH WILL BE ON A WINTER PATTER BEFORE LONG,THE WATER TEMP IS AT 72 DEG AND THE LAKE LEVEL IS AT 273.59 WE HAVE BEEN FISHING UP SHALLOW THIS LAST FEW WEEKS BUT LEDGES AND LONG POINTS ARE GOING TO BE OUR TARGET FROM NOW ON TILL THE SPAWN SLOW ROLLING SPINNER BAITS AND CAROLINA RIGGED PLASTICS AND CRANK BAITS IS WHAT YOU NEED TO BE TROWING AT THEM FISH WE HAD A BIG FISH ALL READY THIS MONTH THAT ALMOST TOUCHED 10 POUND ON A SPINNER BAIT IN FIVE FEET OF WATER ON A WINDY POINT.

WITH MILES OF NEW FLOODED BRUSH THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS COULD BE A DONKEY CONG OF A YEAR WITH A LOT'S OF GIANTS COMING IN FROM THE DEEP THE ALLIGATOR GAR ARE DEEP AND MOVING SLOW SO THE BIG BASS ARE GOING TO MAKE THERE MOVE TO THERE FAVORITE SHAD MIGRATORY AREAS AND GORGE FOR THE COMING WINTER.

WE ALSO HAVE OUR RESTAURANT HERE AT ROBERT'S SO COME ON IN AND ENJOY A GREAT MEAL AND TALK FISHING OR HUNTING WHILE YOU RELAX AFTER A HARD DAYS FUN, WE ARE FAMOUS FOR OUR CATFISH BUT WE ALSO HAVE COUNTRY STYLE CHICKEN FRIED RIB-EYE STEAK THAT WILL MELT IN YOUR MOUTH.

   

COOL WEATHER .

WITH THE COOL WEATHER AND THE RAINS IN THE AREAS AND UP NORTH ALONG THE RIVER THE LAKE CAME UP A FOOT AND WE ARE GOING TO GET A FEW MORE FEET OF WATER,FISHING THE LAST TWO DAYS WAS NOT AS GOOD AS EXPECTED BUT WE LANDED SOME GOOD FISH UP TO 7.5 POUND YESTERDAY FISHED SOME ROCK FOUNDATIONS ALONG THE RIVER AND DID GOOD BUT TODAY THE WATER WAS MUDDY AND A TON OF TREES AND BRUSH FLOATING DOWN THE MAIN LAKE CHANNEL UP TO MARKER 8, FISHED THE CLEAR WATER IN AROUND MARKER 7 AND FISH WERE OFF BIG TIME BUT THEY WILL COME INTO THE FLOODED BRUSH BEFORE LONG WHITE SPINNER BAITS WERE THE BEST THE LAST TWO DAYS FISHING AROUND FLOODED BRUSH IN ABOUT SIX FOOT OF WATER WATER TEMP IS AT 79 AND UP TO 81 BY LATE AFTERNOON.

November 2013

WITH OVER NINE INCHES OF RAIN AND THE LAKE WATER LEVEL AT 267.86 FOR THE LAST WEEK THINGS ARE ABOUT TO GO THROUGH A CHANG TO FALL AND WINTER,THE FISH ARE STARING TO MOVE TO SHALLOW WATER SPINNER BAITS AND SWIMBAITS ARE GOOD THIS TIME OF THE YEAR

WATER TEMP IS AT 78 DEG AND COOL DAYS AND COLD FRONTS ARE ON THE WAY AND THE FISHING WILL IMPROVE,HOT SPOTS THAT PEOPLE ARE HAMMERING ARE AROUND THE DAM AND SOUTH END OF THE LAKE BIG TOURNAMENT IN TOWN THIS WEEKEND TEXAS TEAM TRAIL AND THEY ARE FISHING FOR TWO BRA

ND NEW BOATS. SOME ANGLERS ARE CATCHING AND SOME ARE NOT GOING TO SAY THAT'S TOURNAMENT FISHING.BOOKING MORE TRIPS NOW AND WE ARE READY IT'S BEEN HARD TO PUT ALL MY EFFORT INTO THE NEW EDITION TO OUR TACKLE SHOP BUT IT'S GREAT YOU CAN COME AND GET YOUR FISHING GEAR AND GRAB SOME GOOD FOOD BEFORE YOU GO AFTER THEM BIG BASS OR AFTER YOU GET OFF THE LAKE HERE ARE SOME PICTURES OF THE LAST FISHING TRIPS EVEN LANDED A FALCON SMALL MOUTH BASS.   

SEPTEMBER 2013

WELCOME RAIN!!!! WITH OVER FIVE INCHES OF RAIN HERE AT THE SHOP AND MANY MORE IN THE MOUNTAINS,FALCON LAKE IS GOING TO CATCH SOME RUNOFF IT'S A BLESSING WE DID NOT HAVE TO WAIT MANY MORE YEARS FOR IT TO FILL UP SOME.IT'S GOOD FOR THE FISH AND THE TOWN OF ZAPATA WE NEED THE FISHERMAN COMING TO HUNT THEM BIG HOGS AND THEY WILL BE ROOTING IN THE SHALLOWS SOON.THE FISHING HAS BEEN ABOUT THE SAME WE ARE STILL CATCHING SOME DESCENT BASS AND ALSO SOME WHITE BASS THEY BEEN EXTINCT FOR THE LAST 10 YEARS .THE RESTAURANT IS BEEN DOING GOOD AND WE THANK ALL OUR CUSTOMERS FOR THERE SUPPORT WE HAVE THE BEST CATFISH AND SEAFOOD IN ZAPATA NOT TO MENTION OUR FALCON POORBOY SANDWICH OR BBQ ON WEDNESDAYS AND FRIDAYS SO NEXT TIME YOUR IN TOWN COME IN AND WE WILL TREAT YOU LIKE FAMILY..

AUGUST 2013

IT'S LIKE AUGUST 1997 THINGS WERE HOT AND DRY LAKE LEVEL WAS LOW AND WE ENDURED THE DROUGHT TODAY WE ARE AT 262.64 AND THE LAKE IS FALLING EVERY DAY EVAPORATION AND IRRIGATION ARE GOING ON STRONG BUT HE LAKE CONTINUES TO GROW GOOD COVER FOR THE NEXT FLOOD LET'S HOPE IT'S NOT A LONG TIME BEFORE THE WATER GETS TILL AT LEAST 288 THAT IS WHAT I LIKE ALL THAT FLOODED BRUSH AND THEN POPULATION EXPLOSION THERE WILL BE FISH LIKE IN 2005 THOUSANDS IN THE 12 TO 16 IN AND THEY GET BIGGER EVERY YEAR AND FAST.GUIDE BUSINESS HAS BEEN SLOW THIS LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS BUT IT WILL BE GETTING BETTER BY OCTOBER PEOPLE CALL AND SEE HOW IS THE FISHING AND IT'S FAIR, WE STILL HAVE A LOT OF BIG FISH BUT NOT AS MANY OR THEY ARE OUT OFFSHORE SUSPENDED AND ARE HARD TO CATCH.THE WEATHER IN THE 100 DEG AND WATER TEMP AT 84.5 DEG LOT'S OF ALLIGATOR GAR HAVE BEEN SHOT AND MOST ARE FROM 4 TO 7 FEET THEY WILL START TO GO DORMANT AROUND OCTOBER WHEN THE WATER TEMP STARTS TO FALL AND THEN THE BASS WILL BE STAGING LIKE THEY NORMALLY DO WHEN YOU HAVE SCHOOLS OF GIANT GAR SWIMMING AROUND YOUR FAVORITE LEDGE OR POINT IT KIND OF MAKES THOSE BASS HEAD FOR THE OPEN WATER..

 

JULY FISHING

JULY FISHING IS STILL GOOD TO FAIR WITH SOME ANGLERS DOING GOOD AND SOME FAIR YOU MUST HAVE THE STAMINA TO FISH CRANK BAITS AND RIP THE BAIT FOR THOSE REACTION STRIKES YOU SLOW DOWN IN WINTER AND SPEED UP IN SUMMER BUMPING AND GRINDING IS THE KEY FOR GREATER NUMBER OF BIG FISH BUT WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE 100 DEG THIS IS HARD TO DO ALL DAY SQUARE BILLS AND SPINNER BAIT AND RATTLE TRAPS ARE THE TICKET FOR SUCCESS.GIANT CATFISH AND ALLIGATOR GAR ARE COMMON THIS TIME OF YEAR THE BIG BASS ARE POOR AND ARE SLIM  THIS TIME OF YEAR BIG HEADS AND SLIM BODIES MIKE AND FRANK LANDED A COUPLE OF HOGS THAT WEIGHT EIGHT POUNDS IN A 10 POUND BODY.WATER TEMP IS AT 83.6 DEG AND WATER LEVEL IS AT 265.12.WE HAD OUR FIRST BBQ WEDNESDAY LAST WEEK AND PEOPLE LOVED THE FOOD BABY BACK RIBS AND PULL PORK WITH POTATO SALAD AND BEANS ALSO HAD THE PULL PORK SANDWICHES.YOU MUST STOP BY AND EAT AT ROBERT'S WE ARE OPEN WEDNESDAYS THROUGH SATURDAYS FROM 11;30 TO 8;PM AND 11:30 TO 5'PM ON SUNDAYS WE CLOSE THE RESTAURANT ON MONDAYS AND TUESDAYS BUT THE TACKLE SHOP IS OPEN FROM TUESDAYS THROUGH SUNDAYS COME SEE US FOR GREAT FOOD AND THE TIP OF THE DAY WE LOVE TO TALK FISHING AND WE MAY HELP YOU CATCH THE FISH OF A LIFE TIME!!!!! COME IN AND ENJOY THE HOSPITALITY AND THE CATFISH, SHRIMP, OYSTERS AND BBQ IT'S ALL GOOD!

RACHEL LOVES DADS COOKING

PULL PORK AND POTATO AND BEANS

ROBERT AND RACHEL BEFORE WE OPENED UP WEDNESDAY.

PULL PORK SANDWICH IT IS DELICIOUS!!! 

BABY BACK RIBS FALL OF THE BONE GOODNESS.

WOOD STARK I THINK THAT'S WHAT IT'S CALLED 

THE BRUSH KEEPS ON GROWING FOR THE NEXT HAY DAYS.

MIKE WITH A TOAD FROM FALCON

GOT THIS ONE ON A BRUSH HOG.

NICE SPINNER-BAIT FISH

FRANK WITH HIS EIGHT POUNDER

       

Happy Fathers day.

THE RAINS ARE A BLESSING JUNE IS ONE OF THE WETTEST IN A LONG TIME AND WE HAVE A BUNCH OF WATER ROLLING DOWN THE RIVER COMING TO FALCON IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS THINGS ARE STILL ABOUT THE SAME THE FISHING IS GOOD TO FAIR BUT YOU STILL HAVE A 50/50 CHANCE AT YOUR PERSONAL BEST LAST WEEK WE HAD A 9.14 MONSTER BASS AND ROBERT FROM CLEVELAND OHIO WAS A HAPPY FISHERMAN IT'S LIKE A BIG GAME HUNT YOU MAY FISH FOR THREE DAYS AND ONE OF THEM YOU ARE GOING TO HOOK UP WITH THE THE ONE YOUR LOOKING FOR AND HE DID AND HE WON! CRAPPIES ARE STILL EASY TO CATCH IF YOU FISH FOR THEM WE KEPT SEVEN BIG SLABS THAT WE HOOKED ON THE LAKE FORK LIVE BABY SHAD AND THAT WAS ENOUGH FOR SUPPER THE REST WERE CATCH AND RELEASE ,CATFISH ARE ALSO PLENTIFUL ON SHRIMP AND PUNCH BAIT THIS IS THE TIME OF THE YEAR FOR THE BIG CATS FROM JULY TO AUGUST.THE LAREDO BASS CLUB FISHED LAST WEEK AND CAME OVER FOR SOME DINNER AFTER THE FUN.WE ALSO HAD THE A.P.I TOURNAMENT THIS WEEK END.THINGS ARE LOOKING GOOD WITH ALL THE RAIN MAYBE WE WILL BE IN GOOD SHAPE BY THIS COMING FALL.

ROBERT'S REPLICAS

ROBERT FROM OHIO!!9 POUND 14 0Z FALCON BASS

PLENTY OF PARKING !!!

JOHN AND JOE AND SOME OF THE CLUB.

LAKE FORK BABY SHAD  DID A NUMBER ON THE SLABS!!!

WE HELP YOU CATCH YOUR DREAM!! COME SEE US

   

JUNE FISHING AT FALCON

JUNE IS FINALLY HERE AND THE LAKE CAME UP A FOOT FROM THE LAST RAIN AND THAT DID GOOD FOR THE BRUSH AND HABITAT IT'S GROWING FAST WITH THE FULL SUN IT'S BEEN GETTING. THE WATER TEMP IS AT 81 DEG AND FISHING CONTINUES FAIR TO EXCELLENT ON ANY GIVEN DAY YOU JUST HAVE TO GRIND AND FISH HARD ON THOSE SLOW DAYS GOOD THINGS CAN HAPPEN IN AN INSTANT YOU JUST HAVE TO BE READY WHEN THAT HOG TAKES THE BAIT. KIDS ARE OUT FOR SUMMER AND IT'S TIME TO TAKE THEM FISHING OR HUNTING OR JUST BEEN OUTDOORS IN THE SUN AND ON THE BEACH OR ON THE COAST, HAD SOME GOOD DAYS AND SOME SLOW DAYS BUT IT'S ALL FUN JUST THE WIND HAS BEEN TO FRIENDLY AND BLOWING UP TO 30 MPH AND THAT IS THOUGH ON EVERY ONE.IF YOU COME TO ZAPATA TO FISH FALCON LAKE BRING A BIG HAT AND SUNSCREEN BECAUSE IT'S HOT,MAKE SURE YOU STOP BY AND COOL OFF AND GRAB SOME LUNCH OR DINNER AT OUR RESTAURANT WE ARE A FAMILY OWNED BUSINESS AND WE WILL BE HAPPY TO TAKE CARE OF YOU LIKE FAMILY WHEN YOU ARRIVE..

celebrating a birthday at Robert's

This Bucket Mouth is the reason thousands come to Falcon Lake we landed this one last June and we are looking for her this June...

Mama and me

Working Men on there lunch break at Robert's

Josh Sullivan with a 10 pound 07 oz hog fishing with Robert

another Hog