Capt. Jim Files
December 13, 2001
Canyon Lake - Freshwater Fishing Report
CANYON LAKE
Water clear; 61.5 degrees; 911':
LARGEMOUTH are good on creek points in 6'-12' using a smoke 4" Super Tube Heavy, and gray/blue S&C "slidingweight" craw worm; 4" pumpkin/chartreuse Disc Worm.
SMALLMOUTH are fair to good on breaklines of gravel points in 8'-14' on 3" smoke/red Super Tubes, smoke Devil's Tongues and 3/16 oz. Tiny-T jigs with pork trailers. The 3" version of the smoke "slidingweight"
crawfish (www.slidingweight.com) is really producing
quality smallies.
STRIPERS are good to very good on the surface using Red Fins or Berkley walkers, jigging 1/2 oz. Pirk Minnows and casting white Curb's bucktail jigs or 3" plastic shads.
LAKE LBJ
Water murky to muddy; 60 degrees; 825': VERY FEW FISHERMEN OUT.
LARGEMOUTH are fair upriver in stained water using a 1/4 oz. pumpkin/pepper Terminator Finesse Jig or 3" watermelon/red "slidingweight" crawfish (See: www.slidingweight.com) 7" blue fleck or red shad Power Worms.
LAKE BUCHANAN
Water clear, 60 degrees; 1014.75':
LARGEMOUTH are good along channel breaklines and ledges slowrolling a white/chartreuse Jimmy Houston spinnerbait, pitching a smoke 4" Super Tube Heavy and crawling a smoke/blue 3" S&C craw worm (www.slidingweight.com).
STRIPERS are good with limits drifting live shad, jigging Pirk Minnows or castin 3" Lit'l Fishie Shads.
We offer guided trips for largemouth, smallies stripers, whites & crappie on some of the most productive lakes in central and south Texas: Canyon Lake, Lake LBJ, Choke Canyon and the Highland Chain. We offer 1/2 and full day rates on most lakes. Price includes everything necessary for fishing. Trips are prioced for 2 anglers. Additional charge for a third person.
