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#11244 - 04-03-2008 14:25

Falcon Reservoir Predicted to break BASS records!

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So the Elite series is at Falcon Reservoir in Texas this week. The word on the street is that Falcon Reservoir is going to break "ALL" the BASS records. So I'm just wondering... is this media hype, or the real deal?

The Texas State Parks and Wildlife department stated "Falcon has long been regarded as one of the best largemouth bass lakes in the state. To win a bass tournament at Falcon, it often takes a 5-6 pound average/fish for your stringer" SOURCE

That's pretty impressive and according to ESPN the general consensus among the 109 Elite Series Anglers is that "no record in the book is safe".

In reading about this lake, I think one of the most interesting facts is how the lake size started at a surface area of 83,654 acres and then was reduced to only 13,000 Acres. The lake stayed down for a few years and the old shoreline became over grown with brush and cover. When the lake filled back up, there was suddenly an over abundance of available cover, which changed this reservoir forever (or at least for the time being). They stocked Falcon with Florida strain largemouths who are now flourishing in its waters.

The lake record is 15.12 lbs and was caught back in 1991 by Scotty Deaton. SOURCE

The pros keep talking about how mean (strong fighting) the bass in this lake are. They are also commenting on how spinning gear is not an option for this event... everything is braid and bait casters.

So what do you guys think, will records fall? Does anyone else have any info about this lake? Please feel free to share as this is an open topic for all...

Looking forward to hearing what everyone has to say.

BC

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#11257 - 04-04-2008 10:11 Re: Falcon Reservoir Predicted to break BASS records! [Re: Brendan]
Brendan Brendan Bassin' USA President Veteran Member Registered: 05-03-2001 Posts: 1320 Loc: Port Jefferson, NY	Holy Cow... look at the day one results!!! Aaron Martens hauled in 42 pounds to lead a field that included 18 bags over 30 pounds and a 13-2 lunker from Scott Campbell. Martins had an 8.4lbs average!!! That's right, 5 fish over 8lbs was his average... If you broke 20 lbs for five fish... congrats you made the top 80! Bassmaster Elite - Day 1 SOURCE _________________________ Brendan Cucinello : Bassin' USA President
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#11261 - 04-04-2008 11:47 Re: Falcon Reservoir Predicted to break BASS records! [Re: Brendan]
Nunz Nunz Bassin' USA Moderator Veteran Member Registered: 09-29-2004 Posts: 148 Loc: Bluepoint	Time to go to Falcon...LOL The BASS single day record for a five-bass limit is 45 pounds, 2 ounces, set by Dean Rojas on Florida's Lake Toho in January 2001. Looks like as you said Brendan there is a good possiblity it will be beat. Lets face it, Reed caught a five-bass limit estimated at 48 pounds during one of the three practice days this week at Falcon. It is amazing. Reed's first practice on Monday was when his eyes started bugging out after he saw what Falcon Lake held. He caught two bass conservatively estimated at 11 pounds each. _________________________ Nunzio Prato : Bassin' USA Staff - Moderator
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#11263 - 04-04-2008 12:20 Re: Falcon Reservoir Predicted to break BASS records! [Re: Nunz]
Brendan Brendan Bassin' USA President Veteran Member Registered: 05-03-2001 Posts: 1320 Loc: Port Jefferson, NY	Why are we talking about this... we should grab my boat and drive down there! $;\)$ (I wish) It will also be interesting to see if the weights stay consistant over 4 days... from what everyone has been saying, they should. _________________________ Brendan Cucinello : Bassin' USA President
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#11264 - 04-04-2008 15:27 Re: Falcon Reservoir Predicted to break BASS records! [Re: Brendan]
Nunz Nunz Bassin' USA Moderator Veteran Member Registered: 09-29-2004 Posts: 148 Loc: Bluepoint	Tonights weight-in will be very interesting. If you all are wondering how come it is so good, check out what they have stocked in this lake. They are all Florida Strain Bass too. Back in 1975 they put 750,000 bass in Falcon!!!! Falcon Stock Program _________________________ Nunzio Prato : Bassin' USA Staff - Moderator
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#11275 - 04-06-2008 21:15 Re: Falcon Reservoir Predicted to break BASS records! [Re: Nunz]
Roboworm99 Roboworm99 Veteran Member Registered: 10-17-2007 Posts: 131 Loc: CA	$\:\($ I thought my boy Aaron had it...but he and Byron burned up the spot.
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#11277 - 04-07-2008 10:14 Re: Falcon Reservoir Predicted to break BASS records! [Re: Roboworm99]
Brendan Brendan Bassin' USA President Veteran Member Registered: 05-03-2001 Posts: 1320 Loc: Port Jefferson, NY	I hear ya Robo... He needs to get control over his last day gitters (or whatever you want to call it). I like him a lot, but don't wait until the last day to complain about Velvick fishing the same area as him. If he was going to push him off that spot, he needed to do it on day 1. What a crazy finish... look at these final stats: http://proxy.espn.go.com/outdoors/bassmaster/members/ldr/leaderboard?tournamentId=832 _________________________ Brendan Cucinello : Bassin' USA President
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#11291 - 04-07-2008 14:00 Re: Falcon Reservoir Predicted to break BASS records! [Re: Brendan]
Roboworm99 Roboworm99 Veteran Member Registered: 10-17-2007 Posts: 131 Loc: CA	Knowing his personality a bit...I think he was hoping Byron would have left him to the spot. But since they are buds, I don't think he would feel comfortable doing that. They pre fish together as well.
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#11292 - 04-07-2008 16:19 Re: Falcon Reservoir Predicted to break BASS records! [Re: Roboworm99]
Brendan Brendan Bassin' USA President Veteran Member Registered: 05-03-2001 Posts: 1320 Loc: Port Jefferson, NY	Yeah, he comes across as very easy going. If you haven't already read it, here's the link to the article on Bassmaster's website: Aaron Martin's Article _________________________ Brendan Cucinello : Bassin' USA President
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#11299 - 04-09-2008 02:13 Re: Falcon Reservoir Predicted to break BASS records! [Re: Brendan]
johnnie crain johnnie crain Veteran Member Registered: 04-06-2002 Posts: 1397 Loc: Muscatine, IA	Paul Elias (one of my crankin' heroes) 132 pounds eight ounces. Mann's 20+. What a catch!! Johnnie _________________________ Johnnie Crain : Bassin' USA Prostaff : Iowa - Moderator
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