Falcon Big Fish Photo Gallery These
are some of the larger fish of all species caught or shot during the last decade.
We have restricted this
gallery's pictures
to mostly fish over 10 lbs. taken from Falcon or the river above or below Falcon.
Please note,
Do not bring any fish you have killed or intend to kill to Falcon
Lake Tackle for weighing, pictures or press
releases.
We
strongly believe in catch and release and we do not believe in
killing the big fish of Falcon when replicas are so realistic
and
serve just as well to document the moment and also preserve future production
of fish with big bass genes. Also, Big Bass
are NOT a very good eating fish.
Many fishermen and women from all walks of life are featured in this gallery.
This
Page doesn't get updated as often as it should..New Lake
record.. 1-1-11Caught by Tommy Law on 1-07-11
15.63 Pounds!  Jeff
with a 13 even on 1-07-11
Steve
Thredkeld with a 12-14 on 1-7-11
Here's
a few pics from early 2010.. Just a few..
These
are from 2009. Just a few. Bob
Stevens 11-11 5/29/09
 Harrison
10.2 5/24/09
 Daniel
12.5 March-09
 Leroy
Medford 11.3 5/02/09
 Mike
Stringer 5/18/09
 10.14
Aug 14, 08
 12.7
Aug, 10, 08
 11.8
July 29, 08
 12.2
July 18, 2008
Mike Power 11.56 on May 30, 2008
 Pat
Marley on left 11.50 on 3-09-08
 Tom
Law 13 pounds 3-08-08
 
Randy
Morrison 10.80 2/17/08 on Left... At Right Troy Matte 10 lb 2 oz... Feb 18 2008 Billy
Monhan 11.28 lb 2/15/08
Doug McClure
12 pounder- Feb 11-2008
 Steve
Threkel 12 plus-Summer 07
Nava
(Below left from
Nuevo Laredo) Scored
Big BassTrolling
Crankbait at Falcon
Dam  
^Laredoan ^Bass Cluber ^Winter Texan"Many
Tournament Pofesssionals offer guide trips on Falcon and other South
Texas
Reservoirs. This is a good alternative to traditional guide service that can
provide
some valuable
lessons to the novice fishermen or women looking for a
fast track."
____________________________________________________________
 Team
Skeeter Fisherwoman Debra Hengst
has
caught her share of Big Bass at Falcon
_____________________________________  The
largest Bass ever weighed in the
O.P.E.C.
Legacy Tournament and the largest
bass
caught in any Falcon Tournament since 2001 until Oct 2005
when a 12.90 LB
FISH WAS WEIGHED by Tommy Aguilar, Jr
NEW
RECORD OPEC
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The
largest bass (9.97 lbs) weighed in
a
major tournament since OPEC in 2001
Raulsten and Edwards are frequent
tournament contenders and winners.
________________________________________"A
few Tournament Anglers always find fish regardless of the conditions:
cream always rises to the top!"
________________________________________One
of the largest Gar taken
from Falcon Lake
or the Rio Grande River
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"Hammer
not only catches big catfish, he has taken the time to certify them as TPW Records." __________________________________________________________________
 Hammer
used live bait
to catch this TPW Certified
Record. He has the lake
record for yellow and blue
cats.
_______________________________________These
2 fish below were taken during pre-fishing. Ed caught his 10.48 lber as guest
fishing
SWRI club tournament.  
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"Falcon
had a great spawn last year and the spawn this year (2004) is even better!"
__________________  A.
Garza has caught some huge catfish
However, none have been submitted to
TPW for certification.
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Greg's
26 Lb Blue was caught on a Red Bug Brush Hog
off hardwood while fishing for
bass. Two days later,
Marvin Hendrix, another Lakefront resident caught a
similar fish of a
similar
size on the same type bait
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Tinker's & Kirk's Bass
from River below Falcon The
Rio Grande River below Falcon Dam has produced huge bass this year to 11 lbs and
over. Pabolo Gomez (below left) has fished the river area nearly every week. While
not an area where fish are caught every day, it is frequently a great fishery.
Senkos, centepides and spinnerbaits are all good river bass producers.
 Sour
Grape is one of the better river colors. There are multiple locations where boats
can be launched. Many
of the larger fish taken during 2003 and in 2004 as well have been caught during
tournament pre-fishing such as the 10.7 by Charles Bethany above and Ron Wicker's
10.2 below. Ron Ricketts 10 lb bass was also caught pre-fishing for
a tournament.  The
good news is that all three were released alive to fight again. The bad news,
none of these anglers won their tournaments. The more knowledgable anglers are,
for the most part, avid catch and release sportsmen. They ask themselves, "Why
kill these big fish when replicas are now so life-like you cannot tell them from
a skin-mount? Caught
pre-fishing for OPEC- Can anybody guess where?
This
bass with a 13 lb head and 10 lb body had already spawned out
lending credibility
to history of Falcon's early spawning bass.This bass
took a Norman Gel Deep
Little N in Chartreuse Baby Bass 149SP color. *****************************************************************************************************************    
10
Lb 2 Oz 1-21-07 One
Year later, Sept 04 is showing signs of Falcon
bass being on the prowl. Jorge
Aguilera and his
buddy scored big on lower lake bass of 11.2, 10,
8 and 7pounds plus 35 other fish from 2 to 3 lbs ************************************************************************************************************************************************** ____________________________________________________________________  
 
.................................................................................................Charles
Ormand 12/21/04 11.2 lbs  Luke
Cavanaugh (SWRI Bass Busters) caught this big
10 pound plus bass in the same
tournament as Jerry Ramos's and with it he
won Club Heavy stringer with 43
lbs beating Ramos's 41 lb stringer anchored by
the above 14.28 lb fish. Both
these fish came out of the lower lake area on the US side.
Jerry's fish was
caught in State Park Cove on a Zoom Watermelon Red Brushhog he had
purchased
at Falcon Lake Tackle.
The fish was stabilized in the Falcon Lake Tackle
live release tank and was submitted to
Texas Share-Lunker. A replica of this fish will be on display at Falcon Lake Tackle
as soon
as it is finished by the Clayton's at Lake
Fork Taxidermy. Check out some of their work at
lakeforktaxidermy.com.
If you catch that bass of a lifetime at Falcon or any other lake,
take a
picture, measure the girth and length and have a replica made instead of killing
the fish.
She will spawn 50,000 or so bass a year and spread her genes to
Falcon for years to come.
When you show the fish to anyone, you will be able
to say she is still swimming around in
Falcon making big babies. That will
bring you much greater admiration and respect than having
to admit you killed
a magnificent miracle of Mother Nature to satisfy your ego. To the best of
our knowledge, all of the bass pictured here since 2000 have been caught In Falcon
and released
back in to Falcon by true sportsmen and women.
_______________________________________________________________________________________________ Steve
and his friends from Colorado
caught some great bass Pumpkin Chart Mag
Lizards was one of their best baits  This
is one of multiple big fish caught this weekend ln the Veleno. This Lewis fish
is the largest Bass caught and weighed in a tournament or at Falcon Lake
Tackle and released in 2005.Jerry refused to submit to Share Lunker for fear of
her being killed like so many of their fish.
Tom caught this
fish on Friday while prefishing Falcon for
Texas Classic Bass Club Tournament
and this fish is one of the
late spawners as the picture attests. She was
released back into
Falcon so she could complete her spwan. Texas Classic
Bass Club
has returned to Falcon for tournaments because of the good fishing. *****************************************************************************************   Both
these fish to the left were caught
during the 2005 Bass Champs on 3/26/05
along with a third 10.06# fish we did not
get pictured.Jimmy Steed was the
Second Team
member not picured. Jimmy is a guide on Falcon.
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Caught
07-03-05 by Hector
Cantu using GDD22 Fire Tiger ********************************************************************************************************* Caught
in Austin Bass Club Tournament
on Zoom Magnum WMR Lizard. Dennis Parish
10.28 Lbs 10-30-05......................May 2006 Rogelio Gonzales 10.1#   
..............................................................................................................Bud
Evans 13.02 Lb3/06 .......ABA 5/20/06......................11.07Lbs
fishing 5/20/06   
Pablo
Gomez 28# Striper.........Abelardo Lozoya 11# June 2006 Rio
Grande below Falcon
May 23, 2006 Spinnerbait    
Kevin
Reissig BB Bass Champs 11.32 #
June 3. 2006 Falcon Tournament Brush Hog RH
Center 12 Lbs     
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17
Ft of water on GDD22 BS06............................................................09/06/06
SABC BB ........................................Genaro Munoz
III 10.1 lbs in 20 ft of water(09-06-06) ****************************************************************************************************************  
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 These two lunkers
caught
in Border Bass Trail Tournament  
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`````````Bates
fish 12/13/06 Caught 12-10-06 5 ft water
Lancaster Sweet Beaver California
Color- Campos Magnum WMR Lizard *******************************************************************************************************************    
Caught
in 2-11-07 Tournament ..........................................................Austin
Bass Club 2/25/07 | 
...............................................................Danelo
Gonzales 7/21/07 10.9#