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!!!!!!!

HOT SUMMER PATTERNS IN MAY 2012

WELL WE KNOW ONE THING FOR SURE THE LAKE LEVEL DROPS EVERY YEAR AND THE WIND BLOWS AND IT'S HOT ,THIS WILL ALMOST BE THE SAME BUT FISHING CONDITIONS CHANGE FROM YEAR TO YEAR THE LAKE HAS DROPPED ABOUT TWO FEET IN THE LAST WEEK AND IT'S AT 273.79 WATER TEMP WILL ALSO CLIMB A BIT FASTER WITH THE LOW WATER LEVEL, AND THAT IS WHEN I LIKE TO START TO FLIP BIG CREATURE BAITS IN THE BRUSH FOR THE BIG HOGS.A NEW CYCLE HAS BEGUN WE ARE 27 AND A HALF FEET LOW AND WE HOPE THAT IT WILL COME BACK UP AT LEAST TEN FEET BEFORE THE NEXT CYCLE OF IRRIGATION.FISHED WIT GRAYSON ON SUNDAY AND HE HAD SOME GOOD FISH WE FISHED IN THE 30 MPH WIND AND HE LANDED TWO OVER SEVEN AND ONE EIGHT POUND HOG ALL ON CRANK BAITS WITH THAT KIND OF WIND THERE IS NO OTHER WAY BUT TO FISH, BUT WITH CRANKS.THANKS AGAIN AND KEEP THOSE LINES TIGHT!!!

WINDY DAYS AT FALCON..

THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS HAS BEEN GOOD FOR BIG BASS BUT NOT FOR NUMBERS BUT THE WIND HAS BEEN TERRIBLE AND THE BAROMETRIC PRESSURE ABOUT THE SAME IT SEAMS TO FALL AND THEN IT STARTS TO CLIMB BACK UP,YOU ALMOST HAVE TO TIME THE EVENT FOR THE BIG HOGS AND HOPE YOU SCORE BIG AND WE HAVE THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS WE HAD AT LEAST ONE MEGA BASS AND THREE OR FOUR PIG TO THE BOAT,FISHED WITH GORGE AND LOCK AND WE LANDED SOME FISH UP TO SEVEN POUND THE PRESSURE WAS STILL HIGH AND BLUE BIRD SKY,BUT YESTERDAY AND THIS MORNING THE CLOUD COVER WAS GREAT AND PRESSURE DROPPED FROM 30.1 TO 29.6 AND THE BIG FISH WERE ON THE PROWL AND WE HOOKED SOME GOOD ONES IT WAS NOT FURIOUS BUT WE LANDED SOME HOGS,MAC HAD A 10.2 AND BRENT LANDED A 8.14 AND THEY ALSO HAD THREE OVER SEVEN,TODAY WE ALSO HAD SOME PIGS EARLY MAC LANDED A 11POUND 7 OZ GORILLA AND BRENT CAME BACK WITH A 9 POUND 10 OZ HOG  WE HAD ONE MORE NINE POUNDER ON A JIG ENDED THE DAY WITH AN ELEVEN TWO OVER NINE AND ONE EIGHT AND FOUR HEAVY SEVENS AND ABOUT 15 FISH TOTAL BUT A BERRY IMPRESSIVE BAG, THE BIG HOGS ARE AFTER TALAPIA AND BREAM WE SAW A COUPLE GET BUSTED UP BY JAWS AND THE LITTLE FELLA WAS HURT OUCH!!!  WATER LEVEL IS AT 275.20 WATER TEMP 81 DEG NO RAIN IN SIGHT BUT WE ARE PREYING FOR SOME SOON.

THE HEAT OF SUMMER!!

WELCOME BACK TO OUR BLOG AND HOPE YOU ALL ARE HEADING BACK TO FALCON SOON,THE WEATHER IS GETTING HOTTER AND IT WILL BE A HOT SUMMER FROM NOW ON,THE HIGH PRESSURES AND THE WINDY DAYS ARE HERE TO STAY IT'S NOT BAD THE WIND IT HELPS KEEPS YOU COOL! WELL THE LAKE LEVEL IS AT 276.10 AND WATER TEMP IS AT 79 DEG THE WATER IS MUDDY IN THE NORTH END AND CLEAR ON THE SOUTH FLIPPING BITE IS STARING TO SHINE AND THE DEEP STUFF IS ON AND OFF BUT WILL GET BETTER BEST BET IS WINDY POINTS BUT YOU WILL CATCH A LOT OF SMALLER FISH,HAD SOME CLIENTS FROM TENNESSEE LAST TWO DAYS WE DID WELL BUT WE DID NOT LAND A FISH BIGGER THEN SIX POUND BUT HAD A GOOD NUMBER IN THE TWO TO FOUR POUND , BUT TODAY WE HAD A SPLIT TRIP HALF CRAPPIE AND HALF BASS, WE HAD SOME GOOD FISH SLABS OBER TWO POUND AND ONE BASS HOG OVER ELEVEN IT WA 11POUND 10 OZ TOAD THIS IS A GREAT LAKE BUT THERE WILL BE DAYS THAT THE BIG GIRLS WONT PLAY,THE SMALL FISH MUST EAT OR BE EATEN GROW FAST OR DIE THERE IS TOO MANY BIG BASS AND GAR ROAMING THE LAKE JUST LOOKING FOR AN EASY MEAL.TILL NEXT TIME KEEP THAT LINE TIGHT!!!!!!

YEARLY DRAW DOWN...

THE LAST FOUR YEARS HAVE BEEN GREAT WITH A LOT OF RAIN AND THE LAKE WAS ALMOST FULL FOR A GOOD WHILE,BUT LAST YEAR WE STARTED THE LA NINA CYCLE AND WE DID NOT HAVE LOT'S OF RAIN WE HAD SOME FLOW FROM AMISTAD LAKE LAST MONTH AND WE CAME UP FROM 273 TO 280 IT WAS JUST AROUND THE LAST OF THE SPAWN AND THAT HELPED THE FRY BUT LAST WEEK IT BEGAN AGAIN AND WE ARE DOWN TO 277.34 IT HAS BEGUN A NEW CYCLE THE BRUSH WILL GROW FAST FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS AND MAYBE WE WILL HAVE SOME GOOD RAINS BEFORE WINTER FOR SOME MORE GREAT FISHING,FISHING LAST WEEK WAS GOOD WE LANDED A LOT OF SOLID FISH UP TO NINE POUNDS BUT WE ALSO HAD A LOT OF TWO TO FOUR POUND BASS HIT OUR BAITS,WE LOVE TO CATCH THE JR CLASS BASS BUT BIG BAD BASS ARE WHAT WE HUNT FOR HERE IN FALCON LAKE IT'S THE FEELING YOU GET ON EVERY CAST YOU HAVE TO BE READY FOR THE HOGS WHEN THEY STRIKE YOUR BAIT,

FALCON LAKE KEEPS MOVING UP THE LIST AND IT HAS REACHED THE TOP LAST YEAR WE WERE NUMBER THREE NOW WE WERE UP TO NUMBER ONE!!!!! IT'S BEEN NUMBER ONE TO ME FOR ABOUT 45 YEARS MY DAD GUIDED HERE FOR 32 YEARS AND HE LOVED THE LAKE ALSO.IF YOU WANT TO FISH WITH SOME ONE THAT CARES AND LOVES THE LAKE GIVE US A CALL FOR THE UP COMING MONTHS IT WILL BE HOT SO WILL THE FISHING!!!!!!!! 

wind is your friend!!!

YES THE WIND IS YOUR FRIEND HERE IN FALCON LAKE WE START GETTING USED TO IT BECAUSE IT BLOWS ALL SUMMER AND IF IT DON'T YOU WILL COOK, THE WATER LEVEL IS AT 278.98 AND THEY ARE STARTING TO DRAW IT DOWN EVEN MORE THIS LAST COUPLE OF DAYS THE FISHING CONTINUES ON A GOOD NOTE IT GETS BETTER AND BETTER EVERYDAY WATER TEMP IS AROUND 78 TO 82 DEPENDS WHERE YOU ARE FISHING,FISH LOVE THE HOT WATER THEY GROW LIKE WEEDS THIS TIME OF YEAR, ALSO.GATOR GARS ARE STARTING TO GORGE ON THEM BASS AND THEY WILL EAT A LOT OF HEAVY FISH THEY ARE NOT PICKY THEY WILL EAT ANYTHING ESPECIALLY THE SEVEN TO EIGHT FOOTERS,WE WILL BE ON THE HUNT FOR THEM ALSO THIS COMING MONTHS SO IF YOU WANT TO GO AFTER THEM GIVE ME A CALL FOR RESERVATIONS IT'S GOING TO BE ON! MIKE AND RICHY FISHED WITH ME THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS AND WE GOT SOME GOOD ONES RICHY GOT 9.2 POUND HOG AND MIKE LANDED A 8.14 HOD ALSO TODAY WE HAD ABOUT 45 BASS AND LOT'S OF HEAVY 6'S TO THE BOAT WE WILL BE AFTER THEM PIGS AGAIN TOMORROW THEY BOTH HAD A GREAT TWO DAYS SO FAR AND HOPE TOMORROW WE WILL PUT THE ICING ON THE CAKE WITH A COUPLE OF DOUBLE 'D'S WE WILL SEE.....

FISHING AT IT'S BEST..

THE WATER TEMP IS AT 77 TO 80 AND THE WATER LEVEL IS AT 279.55 AND HAS FALLEN ABOUT A FOOT AND A HALF NOT AS BAD AS WE EXPECTED SO FAR, WE HAD AN INCH AND A HALF OF RAIN A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO AND THE FISHING IS STILL GREAT, BUT NOT AT IT'S BEST WE DO HAVE TO WORK HARD FOR THE BIG HOGS AND THAT IS MY GAME AND THAT IS WHAT MY CLIENTS FISH WITH ME FOR THE BIG HOGSSS WE DON'T GO FOR NUMBERS WE GO FOR SIZE AND PERSONAL BEST!!!  BUT THAT;S FISHING BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY EVERY ONE HAD A GREAT TRIP AND WITH THE AMOUNT OF PRESSURE THE FISH GOT THIS LAST SPRING THE BIG ONES ARE A LITTLE SMARTER BUT THEY CAN BE CAUGHT! YOU JUST HAVE TO BE PERSISTENT AND BE READY WHEN YOU GET THEM ON..
THE LAST COUPLE OF TRIPS WE HAD SOME BIG FISH GET OFF BUT WE LANDED SOME PIGS ANYWAY LOT'S OF HEAVY EIGHTS AND LOTS OF FOURS AND FIVES.WE HAD SOME THAT WERE OVER TEN OR BETTER BUT THEY NEED TO BE IN THE BOAT FOR THE OFFICIAL WEIGH AND NO GUESSING IS ALLOWED BUT WE DO IT ANY WAY, YOU KNOW HOW WE FEEL WHEN THE BIG ONES GET AWAY IT'S ALWAYS FUN TO GUESS ANY WAY....

BEST DEPTH IS AROUND SEVEN TO 12 FEET THE OFFSHORE BITE IS NOT THERE JET BUT IT WILL PROBABLY BE GOOD BY THE END OF THIS MONTH.....