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Paul Elias set the four-day weight record the last time on Falcon. (B.A.S.S. photo)
By Deb Johnson, Bassmaster.com
ZAPATA, Texas — When is it a bad day to catch five big bass?
Only when $100,000 is at stake, and 99 other angers can catch five bigger fish than yours — and do it again for three more days.
In pro bass fishing, such a competition is often called a slugfest. And that’s what Bassmaster Elite Series anglers have good reason to expect on Falcon Lake in the March 21-24 Rigid Industries Falcon Slam out of Zapata, Texas.
Proof of the lake’s potential: Falcon’s record for a single largemouth catch on a rod and reel is 15.63 pounds and 28 inches in length, according to Texas Parks and Wildlife. In 2008, the last time the Elite Series stopped at...