The elite guys crushed the fish at falcon, and in the process crushed a great fishery, by killing alot of BIG fish,and I personally hope they never come back. You can't put over 80 lbs. of fish in a livewell and expect them to live,not to mention many of these fish where caught from deep water and air temps where in the high 90's.Believe what you want but they did kill alot fish.

the best one was when paul elias dropped an 8 lber on the second day weigh in...I couldn't help but laugh though

At least someone said it. I couldn't agree more. I hope they never come back.

over 95 percent of the fish are released alive every bassmasters tournament..... puralator guarentees it

Jaykendrick,where you there?

We did this to Conroe in the mid to late 90's when it took 25+# to win once they went deep the third week of May. You pull them from 18-25 ft in hot weather you are going to kill a few no matter how much you take care of them. We were releasing them alive 98% of the time but they did not all stay alive.

We just took it for granted that you could catch them like that forever. That wasn't the case.

Geesh, you had to know that this post was coming... Forget all of the revenue that that single tournament alone brought to your forsaken area and will continue to bring for years to come.

Yep, they caught and killed every fish in that lake, sure did.

Hey fish die at every tournament...These guys are extremely careful with their fish and take very good care of them...They lose weight for every dead fish that they weigh in...They did not look to sickly at the weigh in...Guys could barely hold on to them...and Keith Allen(the announcer) said that TPWD said they wish they would take some fish out because the lake needs it..Just my opinion...

I am sure that its just the Bassmaster elite anglers that kill fish on that lake.

There fish not people!! unless you were there you dont know

That tournament brought more revenue to the business around flacon that it would have seen in years without it.

Tpwd wanted B.A.S.S to keeps some of the fish and not return them to the water to help the bass population.. Trip Wedlon B.A.S.S tourney director stated that at the day 3 or 4 weight in but said that is not what we do....

I think B.A.S.S has the best fish system out with having release boats that travel and drop the fish off at different lake location instead at the launch ramp, like other big time tournamnets do....

Just imagine had they exercised their legal right and each competitor took his 5 fish limit to the frying pan each day? I'm sure everything was done to protect those fish but the truth is some will die. Its not the end of the world. If losing less than 20 fish from a lake is gonna shut it down I would think the lake has bigger issues than a tournament.

That lake is bad to the bone,, would love to go some day and I bet the fishing is still great after this event!!

I don't think the Bassmaster Pros are a problem. The real problem is the ignorant people filleting fish 5# and larger throughout the year and usually right before the spawn. They have a right to keep some fish for eating but they should be educated on keeping the smaller fish.
Just my 2 cents!

P.S. A correclty run livewell with some please release me will keep fish alive. This assumes that fisherman will bleed the air bladder if fish were caught from deep water.

You guys have no clue you don't under stand what a 7 to 10 lb. bass is to a fishery thats what makes lakes like falcon great.I, know you have fish die in all tour. but in most you dont have 10 fish of that size stuff in a livewell keep on denying it and say oh how much revenue it brought in. But the truth is the truth.

Hey champion just come to lake of the pines on any weekend and you will see it, we have a clue, dont take so personal falcon is so good becouse of the it was so low for so long, same for the lakes around here

Your right champ, your the only one that has witness big fish die and you are the only one effected. That's what I get from your message. We've dealt with it forever here on Fork. People holding fish out of the water forever, dropping them, etc, etc. It's a fact of life, get over it.

So take the time and tell us your credentials on fisheries management then educate all of us that are so lost on the matter.

I understand where you are coming from "champ203", I probably wouldn't want them coming and whacking my home lake for a week straight but, it happens and it will continue to happen...Bassmaster and FLW take extreme caution and pride in fish care and so do the anglers...Hey maybe they will try to put larger livewells in boats because of fisherys like this...Ohh and ya we do have a clue....

OH MY GOSH!!

You people are ruining the deer population of South Texas!!! With all the bass fishermen and tourists driving down to Zapata and Del Rio thousands of deer have been killed by being run over...

Stay off our Highways, we don't want you down there!!

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What is that whambulance I hear?

WOuld you like some cries with that whamburger?

Funny, but did they eliminate the gill nets on the Mexico side? Or do they only net certain size/species? Been years since I was at Falcon, but will never forget the boat loads of fish the netters had. They sure ruined that lake.

Isn't Tigre where lots of them fished over on the Mexico side with all those nets?

If they would have listened to TPWD (the experts) it probably would help the fishery, but assume BASS wouldn't want that publicity. Of course TPWD has ruined lots of our lakes like Falcon, Amistad, Fork, Alan Henry, .............

Falcon is just like every other lake. Falcon will peak and then decline, peak and decline. I remember a friends father bringing home ice chests full of 5 to 10 pound bass in the middle 1960's.
One major tournament cannot be blamed for Falcon demise, IF it happens.