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Report for Canyon Lake & Lake LBJ, Texas
Capt. Jim Files
August 8, 2001
Canyon Lake - Freshwater Fishing Report
LAKE BUCHANAN
Water clear, 86 degrees, 1015.34': STRIPERS are fair to good from Garrett Island to The Dam drifting live bait in 24' of water. Target humps from 30'-45'.
BLACK BASS are fair on mainlake and secondary creek points very early on white Terminator buzzbaits, Pop R's, Rat-L-Traps. Later, work Carolina rigs with chartreuse/pepper 4" Disc Lizards (by Big Bite Baits www.bigbitebaits.com), watermelon/red (Creme Lures www.cremelure.com) 6" Scoundrel worms and pumpkin/char.
4" Disc Worms.
WHITE BASS slow in 22' vertically jigging Horizon Pirk Minnows and 2" Lit'l Fishie Shads.
CATFISH good on live perch, Punch Bait and liver.
TO BOOK A GUIDED TRIP ON BUCHANAN CONTACT JR'S GUIDE SERVICE www.jrguideservice.com Call Jim at (830) 833-5688 or email [email protected]
LAKE LBJ
Water clear; 86 degrees; 824.93': LARGEMOUTH are fair to good at night using 1/8 oz. black Tiny-Buzz or black single bladed Terminator spinnerbaits along stumps and laydowns on midlake flats in 2'-5'. Right at daylight switch to a white/chartreuse 1/4 oz. Terminator spinnerbait, Rat-L-Trap or pumpkin crankbait fishing these on creek points until the sun gets up. Then go to all soft plastics such as wacky rigged Scoundrel worms, pumpkin 4" Disc Worms (Big Bite Baits www.bigbitebaits.com) and pumpkin or Ice Tea
Devil's Tongues working boat docks.
WHITE BASS are good at night using 2" Lit'l Fishie Shads, white or chartreuse Curb's crappie jigs and live minnows.
CRAPPIE are fair to good around brushpiles in 8'-16' especially at night on Curb's crappie jigs, 2" chartreuse Lit'l Fishie Shads and minnows.
TO BOOK A GUIDED TRIP FOR ANY OF THE ABOVE CONTACT THE OLDEST, LARGEST and ONLY FULLTIME, PROFESSIONAL GUIDES
ON THIS LAKE: JR'S GUIDE SERVICE www.jrguideservice.com
Call Jim at (830) 833-5688 or email [email protected].
CANYON LAKE
LARGEMOUTH fair at night and at daylight in 5'-12' on dark topwaters and black Terminator spinnerbaits over tops of submerged trees. At first light switch to a plastic jerkabtait, smoke 3" Super Tube, pumpkin 4" Disc Worm or pumpkin Devil's Tongue.
SMALLMOUTH are slow to fair in 14'-20' tops and brushpiles in the lower end pitching the new Heavy Tube (by Creme Lure www.cremelure.com)
STRIPERS are slow to fair drifting live bait in 50' near the dam at night.
WHITE BASS slow.
TO BOOK A GUIDED TRIP CONTACT THE LARGEST, MOST EXPERIENCED/RECOMMENDED and ONLY, FULLTIME GUIDES ON CANYON LAKE: JR'S GUIDE SERVICE www.jrguideservice.com
Call Jim at (830) 833-5688 or email [email protected]
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