Falcon Lake Tackle store owners James and Tom Bendele of Zapata recently issued a word of warning to visiting anglers about venturing across the Rio Grande River to fish the Mexico side of the ...

A new, nice hotel recently opened in Zapata. And it's staying booked, especially on weekends. For a lot of places, this would be minor news. But for the 5,500 or so residents of this sun-baked seat of ...

ZAPATA, Texas (AP) - A few days before a late winter bass fishing tournament, a steady stream of anglers backed their motorboats into the chilly waters of Falcon Lake and zipped away in hopes of ...

On the long drive to Falcon Lake, it slowly becomes apparent why it's ranked the No. 1 bass fishing lake in America: It's in the middle of nowhere. The lake straddles the Texas-Mexico border, and San ...