borders the texas-mexico border. nbc s janet shanlian has the details. reporter: james used to feel like he had a gold mine. but lately, he spends more time shocking lures than selling them. this january, february and march, you might not believe it, but this store was constantly with people, we have had a few problems and our business has slowed down significantly. reporter: flushed with big bass, falcon lake is considered one of the best fishing destinations. wild stories of gun toting modern day pirates. everybody said just stay away from the mexican side, there s people getting robbed and things like that. reporter: richard drake, a san antonio doctor who s fished the lake for decades, didn t pay much attention to the warnings,
but lately he spends more time stocking oars than selling them. this january, february, march, this store was constant people. our people has slowed down significantly and the whole town has. reporter: flushed with big bass, falcon lake is considered one of the big fishing destinations and summer boaters are no where to be found on the lake, which borders the u.s./mexico border due to gun toting pirates. stay away from the mexican side, there are some people getting robbed. reporter: a san antonio doctor who fished the lake for decades didn t pay attention to the warnings and then recently a wake-up call the angler says was straight out of a movie. it started with people yelling from a nearby boat. two people stood up and started waving machine guns at me. kind of pointing them at me going, hey, hey, pull over, pull over. i just, i thought, you know, i
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commerce administration for recreational fishing businesses. this will help our individual fisherman, and assistance for commercial and recreational fishing businesses. as many of you know, louisiana is the top producer of commercial fishies in 48 states, and one of the top fishing destinations in the country, and this will adversely affect the ecosystem. it s critical the fisherman and their families have the type of support they need to get. specifically we are asking the sba to consider temporarily suspending repayments affected by the oil spill, and we have economic injury loans as a result of the hurricanes.