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Bassmaster Elite Series Travels
to Texas for First Visit to Bountiful Falcon Lake
March 24, 2008 - The Lonestar Shootout presented
by Longhorn marks the first time BASS has visited Falcon Lake
in Zapata, Texas. The mainstream reservoir on the Rio Grande
River has a surface area of 83,654 acres, and anglers consider
it a fishery capable of record-breaking weights.
Kevin VanDam of Kalamazoo, Mich., coming off his
third career Bassmaster Elite Series victory March 16 at the
Citrus Slam on the Kissimmee Chain of Lakes, believes that Falcon
Lake will be one of the most productive locations BASS has visited
in its 40-year history.
"I'm really excited to go to Falcon. It ranks
with (Mexico's) El Salto," VanDam said of Falcon, which
he visited in last fall. "We are going to knock their lights
out. Steve Kennedy's record is in real trouble there."
Kennedy holds the BASS tournament record for heaviest
total four-day weight with a catch of 122 pounds, 14 ounces,
caught in March 2007 at California's Clear Lake.
"The big factor at Falcon is the wind,"
VanDam said. "The wind blows a lot in Texas. If we get a
couple days where the wind blows 30 mph during competition, it's
going to make it hard for guys to move around and hard to fish
if we hit stable weather there, the all-time record's going
to go down."
All the action from the April 3-6 LoneStar Shootout
can be viewed on The Bassmasters on ESPN2 at 9 a.m. ET, Saturday,
April 12.
Daily launches Thursday through Sunday will be
at 8 a.m. CT at the Zapata County public boat ramp at Lake Falcon
Park, half a mile south of Veleno Bridge/U.S. Hwy 83 on County
Road. Daily weigh-ins at the park begin at 4 p.m.
Activities at the Lonestar Shootout begin at 1
p.m. CT Saturday and Sunday. The Zapata County Chamber of Commerce
will sponsor the "Taste of South Texas Cook-Off," set
to begin Saturday, April 5, at 1 p.m. Sunday's activities include
dueling mariachi bands at 3 p.m., as well as the live taping
of Hooked Up, hosted by ESPN Outdoors personalities Tommy Sanders
and Mark Zona. The show, which airs on Bassmaster.com on Sunday,
April 6, at 4:30 p.m. ET, will preview Sunday's final weigh-in.
Live, streaming video of the Lonestar Shootout's daily weigh-ins
begins at 4:30 p.m. ET at Bassmaster.com.
Fans can meet the Elite Series pros at Angler Alley
presented by OPTIMA Batteries on Wednesday, April 2, from 4:30-5:30
p.m. CT at the Zapata County Community Center, 601 U.S. Hwy 83.
They can also interact with the Elite pros during Bassmaster
University's "Ask the Experts" session, set for Saturday,
April 5, at 4 p.m. at Lake Falcon Park.
Local sponsors of the Lonestar Shootout are Zapata
County Chamber of Commerce & County of Zapata.
Sponsors of the Bassmaster Elite Series include
Toyota Tundra, Advance Auto Parts, Berkley, Lowrance, Mercury,
Purolator, Skeeter, Yamaha, Evan Williams Bourbon, Longhorn,
OPTIMA Batteries, Triton Boats, Costa Del Mar, MotorGuide and
Ramada Worldwide.
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