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 Game Warden Capt. Chris Huff trains his binoculars on the Mexican shore about two miles away from his blufftop perch overlooking Falcon Lake. The faint yet distinct hum of a Mexican ...

Says one tackle shop owner in Texas: “We’ve got $5-a-gallon gasoline and border issues, but low water is our biggest problem.” By James Dobbins SAN ANTONIO — Amid one of the hottest Texas summers on ...

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 ...