Fishing Reports by Capt. Jim Files

Report for Canyon Lake & Lake LBJ, Texas - CANYON LAKE Water clear; 62 degrees; 912': Largemouth are good in the mouth of feeder creeks along buck brush in 4'-8' of water pitching a smoke 4 Super Tube Heavy, 4 watermelon Disc Worms and shallow running Wee R's. Try working ledges in 8'-14' more...
Capt. Jim Files - Canyon Lake

Report for Canyon Lake & Lake LBJ, Texas - LAKE BUCHANAN Water clear; 61 degrees; 1014.54': LARGEMOUTH are fair in 6'-10' working brushpiles and docks in creeks with a watermelon 3/8 oz. Terminator Finesse Jig with Disc Craw worm (www.bigbitebaits.com), neon/red fleck Scremer worms (www.crem more...
Capt. Jim Files - Canyon Lake

Report for Canyon Lake & Lake LBJ, Texas - CANYON LAKE Water muddy; 64 degrees; 12' above normal pool: No fishermen out. All park ramps closed - County parks open. LARGEMOUTH fair in 4'-8' on bright colored Terminator spinnerbaits, chartreuse 4 Super Tubes and Firetiger crankbaits. STRIPER more...
Capt. Jim Files - Canyon Lake

Report for Canyon Lake & Lake LBJ, Texas - CANYON LAKE Water clear; 98 degrees; 909': LARGEMOUTH are fair to good in 6'-12' along breaklines of boulder rock banks early on Tiny-T spinnerbaits, Frenzy threadfin crank-baits and Rat-l-Traps. At mid-morning the bite changes to plastics such as w more...
Capt. Jim Files - Canyon Lake

Report for Canyon Lake & Lake LBJ, Texas - LAKE LBJ Water clear; 68 degrees; 824.76': LARGEMOUTH are very good to 5 1/2 lbs. in 6'-12' on sandy creek points using white/char. 1/4 oz. Terminator spinnerbaits, watermelon/red wacky rigged Scoundrel worms and chrome Wiggle Warts. Pitching a wat more...
Capt. Jim Files - Canyon Lake

Report for Canyon Lake & Lake LBJ, Texas - CANYON LAKE Water clear (stained upriver); 71 degrees; 909': LARGEMOUTH are good in 5'-10' channels and on sloping secondary creek points using a white Terminator spinnerbait, medium running shad colored crankbaits and chrome Rat-L-Traps. Good sch more...
Capt. Jim Files - Canyon Lake

Report for Canyon Lake & Lake LBJ, Texas - LAKE BUCHANAN Water clear; 70 degrees; 1014': LARGEMOUTH are very good in 4'-10' of water along long sloping points and flats near deeper channels using white Terminator spinnerbaits, Rat-L-Traps, Devil's Tongues on drop shot rigs and crankbaits. Pi more...
Capt. Jim Files - Canyon Lake

Report for Canyon Lake & Lake LBJ, Texas - CANYON LAKE Water clear; 75 degrees; 909' LARGEMOUTH are very good to 6 lbs. along 6'-12' breaklines on white 1/4 oz. Terminator spinnerbaits, Tat-L-Traps or Fat Free Shad crankbaits and plastic jerkbaits fishing perpendicular to shorelines. Other more...
Capt. Jim Files - Canyon Lake

Report for Canyon Lake & Lake LBJ, Texas - CANYON LAKE Water stained-Clear; 76 degrees; 909': LARGEMOUTH are good along 6'-10' ledges in creeks and pockets using 1/4 oz. Rat-L-Traps, 1/4 oz. blue/green/silver Terminator spinnerbaits and crankbaits. Some quality fish coming on topwaters such more...
Capt. Jim Files - Canyon Lake

Report for Canyon Lake & Lake LBJ, Texas - CANYON LAKE Water clear to 12'; 909'; 77 degrees: LARGEMOUTH are good, even after the passage of the recent front early in 3'-6' using chrome Rat-L-Traps, 2 Lit'l Fishie Shads, 1/4 oz. Silver Shad Terminator spinnerbaits. Look for shad activity in more...
Capt. Jim Files - Canyon Lake