To put aside controversy for a moment, BASS's Elite Series announcement yesterday included the full 2008 tour schedule, and included on that list was Falcon Lake (April 3–6). It's a Rio Grande reservoir located in the far-southern portion of Texas (downriver from Laredo). BassFan asked Texas pro Kelly Jordon about the lake, and from what he said, it could be the next Amistad – provided it has water.
"I don't know it very well – it's the same distance from me as Nashville, Tenn.," he said. "So I'm by no means a local, but I do know that in April, we should be there in the post-spawn, and that's when you catch the biggest stringers of the year. The water was low for quite some time, but tremendous weights come out of there."
Jordon noted the lake was created for irrigation, so it exhibits significant water-level changes as both Mexico and the U.S. draw water for citrus irrigation. He'd heard that a few weeks ago, the water was so low there were no ramps in the water. But when the lake's going, it's a monster.
"In team tournaments down there, 40-pound stringers were coming in the Top 5. A friend of mine has a friend who had a club deal down there last fall with a three-fish limit, and for a 2-day tournament (six fish), a guy had six that weighed 57 pounds. He caught them all on a buzzbait in 2 feet or less. And 2nd place was six fish for 54 pounds. It that was just a club tournament with 10 or 15 boats."
> The lake, when full, covers approximately 100,000 square acres.
