The FLW American Fishing Series is headed to Lake Falcon Jan. 7-9 for the first of three stops in the Texas Division series. As many as 300 pro and co-anglers will be competing for top awards of $25,000 and $10,000, respectively.

Anglers will take off from Zapata County Boat Ramp located at #1 County Road in Zapata, Texas, at 7:30 each morning. Weigh-ins will be held at Zapata County Boat Ramp beginning at 3:30 p.m. Takeoffs and weigh-ins are free and open to the public.

The Lake Falcon American Fishing Series tournament is being hosted by the Zapata County Chamber of Commerce.                                                                                                                  

Pros will fish for a top award of $25,000 plus a 198VX Ranger with 200-hp outboard if Ranger Cup guidelines are met. Co-anglers will cast for a top award of $10,000. If the co-angler meets the Ranger Cup guidelines, they will earn an additional $5,000.

The American Fishing Series consists of four divisions in 2010 – Central, Northern, Southeast and Texas. Each division will consist of three tournaments and competitors will be vying for valuable points that could earn them a trip to the American Fishing Series Invitational on Wheeler Lake in Decatur, Ala., Nov. 4-6. The points champion from each division will qualify for the Forrest Wood Cup and a fifth Forrest Wood Cup qualifier will advance from the Invitational that is open to the top 50 anglers from each division.

In American Fishing Series competition, pros supply the boats, fish from the front deck against other pros and control boat movement. Co-anglers fish from the back deck and compete against other co-anglers. Every angler who receives weight credit in a tournament earns points that determine angler standings. Two hundred points are awarded to the winner, 199 points for second, 198 points for third, and so on. The full field competes on days one and two, with the top 10 pros and 10 co-anglers advancing to day three based on their two-day accumulated weight. Winners are determined by the heaviest accumulated weight from all three days.

Total awards are based on a full field of 150 boats in every tournament.