February 17th 2011
The water temp is at 70 deg in some creeks,the bass are making there move a lot of buck bass in 2 to 5 ft of water and have some good reports on some bass on beds,we been catching some good bass on spinner baits the Pepper Hawg in the california and the gilly and also the the new bleeding shad are some ones the bass are hammering,Santone in the white /chart and the citrus,Watermelon red lizards and the Bass Kandy speed bug in the new watermelon magic.
The Crappies and the Bluegill are also in good numbers along bridge pilings and doodle socking the brush with a small jig and cork if you have never fished Falcon you need to come and fish we hope the last of the bad fronts have past us and it will be hot for the rest of the season.
The Lake level is holding and let's hope they wait till we have the spawn till they drop it some more it would be nice! we have been blessed the last four years with all the water and the level the lake has been at.Give us a call for reservations for March and April it's going to be a Blast!!!!!

February 16- The weather is finally warm. We were getting tired of the brrr cold so now we are ready for some good fishing. Water is starting to get warm 61 degrees morning and up to 65 degrees by the afternoon. The day temp is about 80 degrees and the water level is at 299.62 ft. Hopefully we can keep the great weather a little longer. Fish are starting to move shallow. Spinnerbaits are working in about 2 to 8 ft of water so are the common plastics like brush hogs, lizard and worms. Fishing was tough the last few days with the cold weather but the folks from Bass Champs still found the big ones taking over 40 lbs to win the contest. The biggest weighing over 12 lbs. It is going to start soon so make plans to come down to Zapata. We will upload some good photos in the next couple of days so stay tuned!!!

February 10th 2011
February has had about 4 good fishing days, with the cold fronts and high pressures it just messes with the fish and fisherman high winds and cold temperatures I am glad we are in for some hot days.
The fish are ready and this weekend it's going to bust wide open,we hope this is the last of the monster fronts and the water gets back to the 60's and the fish start on there spawn.
Basschamps will be fishing on the 12th and they are going to have a great tourny ther is going to be a lot of big fish hooked and it may take 40 pound or better to win,I am going to be on the water as well with some customers and I can't wait,just cleaned the tank and it's ready for some Hawgs,
Fished with Chris and Kent on the 7th and 8th and the weather just did not help the wind out of the north one day and then out of the south the next about 15 to 30 m.p.h and then on the 9th it was brutal and cold with the wind up to 40 m.p.h we landed some good fish but they did not come easy.
The next two weeks it's going to be a lot better as long as Mother Nature and the weather worms up,it wont be long till we are wearing shorts and saying only in South Texas.....

February 6 2011
Old man winter has cooled the lake back down to about 56 deg and as low as 51 back of some creeks,we fished yesterday after some cold days it was in the mid 60's and man that was good the bite was not bad but only boated about 15 fish two about 7 pound and a couple of five pound toads that is slow by Falcon standards.they are fat and are not eating till water and weather worms up a couple of deg that will be soon as long as we have sunshine water will worm up in protected creeks and things will change fast the fish are ready to come in shallow.
We will keep you posted on the conditions and the fishing, we are ready for some good weather there is going to be a lot of big fish in the next three months.

January 31st 2011
The fishing and the weather has been about the same ,some days the weather is perfect and the fishing is great but there are those days that you have to fish hard and never give up! the fish have been holding deep and started there move a couple of days ago the water level is still at 299.17 and the temp is in the mid 60's by the afternoon,The fish up the river and on the north end are going to make there first move but the next week weather is going to be cold as long as the wind is not blowing 30 to 40 the fish in the back of coves will back out to creek channels.
The first Sharelunker was weigh in today and Ky Martin landed the big Hawg a 13 pound 03.6 oz Hawgzilla and it's just the start of a great year congrat's to Ky his fish is the first from Falcon and that will help the program for all Texans to enjoy, we get so many people that fish Texas waters and they say boy we wish our state would work as hard as you all's,The big girl is in the holding tank and she is doing good Ky took good care of her and we are monitoring the fish till T.P. W.life fishery's pick here up.
Fished with Justin last couple of days he was looking for the Hawgs we had two big fish on that were just mean and full of that Falcon attitude,Justin hooked a great big fish yesterday on a Pepper Hawg spinner bait that was a toad bit it won the battle he will be on the hunt when he comes back he is a real trophy hunter and that why he fishes Falcon Lake .
Basschamps will be fishing on the 12th of February and they are going to have a blast it's going to take at least 42 pound to win!!!!!!

January 26 2011
Winter weather for South Texas in January and February can be a little hard to predict with the cold fronts and high pressures rolling in fishing can be great on day and slow the next but we almost always manege to put something together.
The fish are still there but you must work with the conditions and always be safe on your plans when fishing cold front and wind,there is not many places to go to hide from the wind and you can not fish open water even if you think you know the lake, you must fish areas back of creeks with a lot of brush to do some flipping or spinner bait fishing slow rolling the bait slow and pause every time your bait comes in contact with brush.
Fished with Don and Carol Sesson yesterday and we started fishing the wind was at 14 m.p.h then it got to almost 25 to 30 and we had to find the right places to fish, Don landed an eight pounder carol landed a 4 pounder I got one about seven and all on spinner baits the Pepper Hawg Spinnerbait in the gilly was the ticket they slammed it!! then we fished for some giant crappies Carol wanted to see if they were as big as the ones on her own lake and she did catch the biggest of the day.
The next couple of weeks the fish are going to start to move so if you want to catch a big one come to Falcon Lake to fish you will be back thanks and tight lines....

January 24 2011
Today the lake level is holding at 299.44 and it has come up a few inches and the water temp is not bad it starts at 56 and gets to almost 60 by late afternoon.
Well the fishing last three days were great on Friday Bob and Jerry had about 25 bass with some heavy 8 pounders Saturday it was crazy we landed about 6 fish over 8 two heavy 9's and about 10 fish in the seven pound range and landed about 42 bass,Sunday the fog rolled in and it did not lift till almost noon Bob had a 10 pound Hawg and Jerry had another seven,not only did the fog rolled in so did the high pressure and that turns fish off we did catch some buck bass in the shallows but had to move out for bigger fish,it's almost time and the bucks are moving in the big Girls are not far behind.
January is almost gone and some trees are starting to bud as soon as we start to see orange blooms on the Huizache.The Grande Bass fish contest sponsored by the Zapata Chamber of Commerce got started on the 15th and runs till April 30th and there is a $2,500 reward for the biggest bass it's $25. dollar to enter in the contest if you would like to enter come sign in here at the shop you got to bring your heavy bass and have it weigh here and register and you can weigh as many fish as you like as long as it's bigger then the last good luck and good fishing!!!
Ronnie Fulford entered on the 21'st and weigh one in the next day it was a pig that was 10 pound 04 oz and he works in the oil field and likes to fish falcon on his days off.Great Job Ronnie!!!!! for more info go to www.zapatachamber.com they will be posting all entries....

The next 4 months it's going to be great fishing call us for reservations thats the winter and spring fishing and then the summer fishing starts it never ends Falcon Lake is an all year round bonanza you need to come and experience the great fishing and weather....