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InSeptember, late, latesummer, Ispentthedayfish-
ingFalconLakeinSouthTexaswithGeneEisenmann,
thefounderofHydroWave.FalconLakeisalwaysa
greatlatesummerorearlyfallakeasthebasbegin
toschoolupandfedforthecomingwinterandfol-
lowingspawn.Thistimeofyearrealyplayswelfor
anglersthatarelookingtoeithercatchthatFalcon
Lakemonsterbasortheanglerthatwantstogoout
andcatch50plusbasaday.
FalconLakehasbenonagreatupwardtrackafter
theseveredroughtthatplaguedtheareabackin2013
whenthelakehit alowlevel of256.32fet. In2015, an
abundanceofrainfelinthespringmonthsandthe
lakerosetoalevelof285.49fet.FalconLakeis
greatlyafectedbylowwaterlevelsasitisashalow
lakeandafewfetcanmakeaworldofdiference.
CurentlyFalconLakeisat270.90fetandhasben
risingafterrecentrainfal.
ThedaythatwewereoutonFalconLakewefound
themschoolingdownbythedamanddecidedwe
wantedtogoafteroveralnumbersandnothuntfor
oneortwobigbites.FalconLakehassomeofthe
mostaggresivefishIhaveeverhadtheopportunity
tofishandmyguestforthedaysaiditbest:
SUMMERDAYS
ATFALCONLAKE
ByWadeMiddleton