Falcon Lake Fish Kill Rumor False To Date
Recently there has been some gouge circulating around various bass fishing comment and chat boards about an apparent fish kill that supposedly happened as a result of the BASS Elite Series that took place a couple of weekends ago. The initial rumor that was started had stated there was speculation of up to as many as 400 dead largemouth bass floating around Falcon Lake neap Zapata, Texas. Most of the bass were said to be in the 5-8 lb class range.
With no official word being released by any reliable source such as BASS or the Texas Wildlife Department regarding such a disaster, the word appears to be nothing but a false rumor. Unfortunately, many people who read the initial rumors were quick to assume that the word was believable. While tournament bass fishing at that level may be hard to keep track of and gain inside knowledge directly from credible sources, I recommend that many readers and participants of various chat and message board try not to jump to conclusions without the news and information being first released by a credible source.
I will continue to follow this rumor and if anything surfaces of relevance from a “credible” source than I will let you know as soon as possible, but for know I think it appears we can put this one in the trash.
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1 opinion for Falcon Lake Fish Kill Rumor False To Date
mike jones
Jun 3, 2008 at 3:43 pm
I hope for the resource sake that the rumor isnt true and that as many of the fish brought to the docks as possible survived and have made it back to continue breeding and keep falcon one of the best lakes in the nation. What I personally hope is that the commercialization of our fishing resources is stopped and or regulated. I got wind of the rumor from friends who are saltwater fishermen and are tired of the commercial pressure and tournaments all over the gulf coast. We have a limited resources that some of us have been enjoying for years and between all of the magazines, cca, and every organization around having a tournament we are putting our great caostal resource in serious jeopardy not to mention huge crowds of inexpirienced rude boaters. The commercialization and marketing of outdoor prodducts is encouraging more and more people to use an already stressed resource and most of it has nothing to do with people having a good time and way more to do with companies selling products. Thois particular incedent had millions of corporate dollars behind it and had nothing at all to do with recreation. It needs to stop or we will exhaust the resource for generations to come.
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